Oh, fudge! Chocolate shortage impacting prices, local businesses and your sweet tooth
There are so many outages, shortages and price increases in so many of our supplies the last three years that, to a certain extent, the chocolate has fallen to not not important but another one on the list,” said Kat Gordon of Muddy's Bake Shop. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
“Everything I have been studying tells me that we are definitely going to be, within my lifetime certainly, back in a place that chocolate is something you will have for a very special occasion,” said Muddy’s founder Kat Gordon.
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Christin Yates is a native Memphian who has worked in PR and copywriting since 2007. She earned her B.S. in public relations and M.S. in mass communications from Murray State University.
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