Halloween 2025: Sweet Treats, Bitter Costs

2025-10-31 15:21:00 ET

By Jharonne Martis

As Halloween approaches, the festive season brings both opportunities and challenges for confectionery makers and retailers. Record-high cocoa prices are squeezing margins and threatening to push candy prices higher, even as companies like Mondelez and Hershey navigate shifting consumer behavior and input cost volatility. While some players are signaling resilience through revenue growth and strong StarMine model scores, analysts remain cautious on earnings surprises....

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