Overview
- Since 2021, a Roses tub costs 95% more with 17% less content, while Celebrations is up 88% with 23% less, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit.
- Other seasonal staples show similar shifts: Heroes price up 71% with size down 8%, Quality Street up 59% with size down 15%, and Terry’s Chocolate Orange up 116% with size down 8%.
- Looking just since 2023, Roses prices rose 47% with sizes down 9%, Celebrations rose 39% with sizes down 17%, and Quality Street rose 23% with sizes down 8%.
- The ECIU links the higher prices and smaller packs to extreme weather disrupting supplies of cocoa, sugar and milk, citing tough conditions in West Africa and poor domestic harvests.
- The think tank urges emissions cuts to net zero, support for farmers to adapt, stronger supply-chain resilience and climate finance to reduce future food price volatility.