Sylvain Charlebois

You don't need a cold chain, an expensive cold chain.

And so whenever I see a heist of meat, I say, well, that group has a market already.

So the black market will actually emerge because of higher prices.

And so people will actually steal something for someone or a group of people.

So they already have a buyer for some of these products with chocolate.

You're not in a hurry.

You don't have to be in a hurry.

You can actually store it for a while.

That's a really good question because right now, since November, I would say that we've seen Cocoa Futures drop, I mean, dramatically.

They're below $3,500 US a metric ton now.

That's a huge drop in just a few months.

So a lot of people were asking me, are my Valentine's Day chocolate going to be cheaper?

No, not for this year.

Maybe for next year.

You raise a good point.

Nobody really knows.

It just gives the ability for... So whenever I'm asked a question, will chocolate be cheaper?

Will coffee be cheaper?

Or whatever commodities... Because the correlation between commodity prices and retail prices is very weak.

Yeah.