CLEVELAND -- Pointing to increases ...

CLEVELAND -- Pointing to increases in raw material, trade and transportation costs, nuzzle USA, Hershey Foods Corp. and Masterfoods USA have raised wholesale candy prices as abundant as 10.8 percent. The increases mark the first time the companies have raised prices since 1995
The companies cite skyrocketing cocoa time to comes prices, a 15 percent rise in the charge of sugar, and "significant" take away from increases in packaging, labor and transportation as the primary mover behind the increases.
A Masterfoods spokesperson make knowns Candy Business increases in raw material