[ 2021-02-13 ]

Enough chocolate for Valentine - CPC
The Cocoa Processing Company says there are enough
chocolates on the market to support this year’s
Valentine’s Day celebrations christened in Ghana
as the National Chocolate Day.








Mr Augustine Webongtey Apom, Kumasi Area Manager
of the company told the Ghana News Agency in
Kumasi that there were no shortages of the product
in Kumasi as was being speculated.

Reacting to reports of possible shortages of
chocolates ahead of the Valentine’s Day
celebration on Sunday, he said there was enough
stock available for patrons of the company’s
products.

He explained that since most of the times the
public preferred the Golden Tree chocolate brand,
demand for it at this time of period was always
high.

This year’s Valentine Day’s celebration seems
to be on the low side in the Kumasi metropolis.

The usual hype which characterized the event,
especially on radio, was almost absent.

Some people were attributing it to the closure of
restaurants, night clubs and other event centres
as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, patronage of chocolate and other gift
items were going on briskly in the markets.

A visit to the central business district by the
Ghana News Agency on Friday afternoon said people
were buying chocolates and other gift items.

Mr Kofi Appau, a Phone Dealer, expressed worry
about the closure of entertainment centres as a
result of the coronavirus and said it was going to
affect the celebrations.

Mrs Adwoa Yeboah, a trader who was selling
multiple gifts at Kejetia Market, was worried
about the increase in the prices of gift items on
the market.

“I have been trading in these items for a very
long time, but this year people are not really
purchasing due to the prices”, she told the
GNA.

She explained that the price of “love” teddy
bears for instance, which was sold between
GH¢15.00 and GH¢200.00 last year, were now
selling between GH¢40.00 and GH¢300.00.

Miss Mabel Odame, a trader in chocolate however,
said though the prices were high, demand for it
had increased in recent days and people were
finding it difficult to get some to buy.

Source - GNA

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