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Costco Discontinues Kirkland Chocolate Chips Due to Cocoa Prices
24.08.2024 - 09:25 / bhg.com / Christianna Silva
We come bearing some bitter, bitter news: There's drama in the chocolate chip world.
Earlier this summer, Costco discontinued two of its store-brand chocolate chip products, Kirkland Signature Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips and Kirkland Signature Semi-Sweet 51% Chocolate Chips. The store is replacing them with Nestlé Toll House products, which—to be fair—are also pretty good. But the Kirkland chips were a fan favorite, and fans are devastated.
«So Kirkland chocolate chips are the best on the market, and they are being discontinued,» one Reddit user wrote on r/Costco. «I called customer service, and she said to have as many people as possible leave feedback on Costco.com about bringing the chocolate chips back. They tried this several years ago, but there was such an outcry that they brought them back. Please help all of us home bakers do that again!»
And customers really came through: One even got an email response from Costco, which was posted on Reddit. In it, the company spokesperson claimed they «put an extreme amount of consideration into» the decision. «The reality is, the cost our suppliers were presenting us, would no longer make our Kirkland Signature Chocolate Chips a value against national brands like Nestle Toll House,” they said in the email, as reported by the New York Post.
“Cocoa costs have risen near 200% compared to last year and this is impacting all items in this category, including branded items such as Nestle Toll House,” the Costco manager said. “Members can expect to see the sell prices on these items rise in all retail as we approach Q3/Q4 and new contracts on Cocoa become effective.”
And it's true—cocoa has gotten quite a bit more expensive. According to the International Cocoa Organization, there
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