American candy-maker The Hershey Company warned on Thursday that it would fail to have enough candy come Halloween and Christmas time due to a variety of supply-chain issues and labor shortages plaguing the industry.
Hershey Chief Executive Officer Michele Buck told Reuters that the coming shortage will be caused in part by the Russian-Ukraine war impacting cocoa, edible oil, and other ingredients, while other issues stemming from the economic disruption during COVID are also to blame.-
[dailywire.com]