Price Increases: The Time Has Come

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The time has come. I have to raise prices. Chocolate demand continues to far outpace supply. The weather isn’t helping the cocoa crop. No supplier can shield me from the hikes any longer. The price...Read more

 

Navigating the Crunch as Cocoa Bean Prices Skyrocket

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It’s been all over the headlines, chocolate prices are skyrocketing with no end in sight. What is going on? Many things all at once. Weather is the biggest. Almost three quarters of the world's coc...Read more

 

The Business Turns Four: Stumbling Blocks and New Horizons

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Top This Chocolate’s store in Ventura Harbor marks another milestone and it’s time to reflect on the status of the business. I am excited to announce that I can now legally sell franchises in Calif...Read more

 

Three Years and Counting. Organize. Systematize. Grow.

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Hello my lovely blog readers. It's Shana the owner. Here I am at age THREE and thankfully you all still love making custom chocolate creations. I’ll review what happened at Top This Chocolate this ...Read more

 

Sweet Relief - 2 Years Young

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We made it! You and me. You, the chocolate lover, that is. You’re the greatest. Top This Chocolate still stands in Ventura Harbor and it’s been a year of curve balls, to say the least. There were u...Read more