Don’t Buy Cheap Chocolate (seths.blog)

Don't Buy Cheap {Any non-staple food which you consume for pleasure}.

Devil’s advocate take: children work because without the income they would be worse off (e.g. starving), and are generally in undeveloped economies which otherwise would be incapable of supporting them. Similar to having children help on the farm in an agrarian economy. Avoiding cheap chocolate and driving those producers out of business will just push said children further into poverty. Obviously it would be better if they didn’t have to work and could go to school instead, but if the country’s economy cannot support such a situation, there’s little to no way around it.

If the children are being forced to work, that’s an entirely different matter.

The bestest chocolate I had for a very long time was "Tesco finest Peruvian" impulse bought at a steep discount. There were only 2 packages available. I did not saw nor tasted anything close to that since. The Tesco finest chocolates are available but not Peruvian anymore.

I'm left completely bewildered by this supply chain fluke. I think the retail chocolate prices are completely divorced from any underlying reality and the real thing isn't even available, at least not here in Europe. Just various kinds of chocolate flavored stuff.