French chocolatiers pin hopes on sales during Easter amid soaring prices

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French chocolatiers pin hopes on sales during Easter amid soaring prices

STORY: French chocolatiers pin hopes on sales during Easter amid soaring prices SHOOTING TIME: March 30, 2024 DATELINE: March 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: SAINT-ETIENNE, France CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the making of chocolate eggs 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JULIEN, Chocolatier 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): JULIEN, Chocolatier STORYLINE: French chocolatiers have pinned hopes on sales during Easter holiday amid soaring prices. In a chocolate factory near Saint-Etienne, Julien had been at work for several days for one of the most important selling seasons of the year. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JULIEN, Chocolatier "The molds are not dirty but they are already covered with a good layer of chocolate because we have been making molds non-stop for several days." SOUNDBITE 2 (French): JULIEN, Chocolatier "We use nearly five tonnes of chocolate mainly for Easter and Christmas in a year. Those are the two big moments for us." The price of chocolate is soaring due to the decrease of cocoa output glob

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