Brave-faced craft chocolate industry finds strength in unity

Brave-faced craft chocolate industry finds strength in unity
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Gregor Thompson
New Zealand’s chocolate industry is fighting a two-front war: in addition to a tough consumer environment, it must contend with record-high cocoa prices.However, you could forgive attendees of Chocstock the weekend before last on Wellington’s waterfront for thinking it was peacetime.The event was set up by freelance food journalist Luke Owen Smith and Wellington Chocolate Factory general manager Matt Williams to celebrate NZ's craft chocolate scene. It finished just three days before Dunedin’s Ocho Chocolate, the bout...

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