People in France love Nutella, a sweet chocolate-hazelnut spread.
So when a large chain of grocery stores offered the spread last week for 70 per cent off its regular price, customers clamoured to get it. They pushed and shoved their way through crowds to buy as much of it as they could, according to news reports by many organization such as CBC News, The Guardian, Forbes, Le Parisien and The New York Times.
A 950-gram jar of the spread normally sells in France for 4,70 €. For three days, from Thursday, Jan. 25 until Saturday, Jan. 27, the grocery chain Intermarché offered Nutella for 70 per cent off, or about 1,41 €.
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Don’t Bother Stockpiling Nutella Just Yet
A combination of bad weather and disease has damaged much of this year’s hazelnut crop.
Now people are worried that they will have to pay more for Nutella, the popular chocolate-hazelnut spread, and other products that contain hazelnuts.
Chocolate May Soon Cost More
The price for a bar of chocolate may soon be going up. That’s because cocoa beans, the main ingredient in chocolate, are becoming harder to get.
Belgium To Issue Chocolate-Flavoured Stamps
People who are sending mail from Belgium will soon have a special treat to add to their package—chocolate-flavoured stamps.
The country’s postal service, BPost, is issuing half a million stamps that smell and taste like chocolate. The glue on the stamp will taste like chocolate. The varnish on the picture will smell like cocoa.
Belgium is a country in western Europe. It’s known for many things, including being host to the headquarters of the European Union.
It’s also known for producing some of the most delicious chocolate in the world.
There will be five chocolate stamp designs that celebrate chocolate in a number of forms including chocolate spread and sprinkles.
Chocolate May Be Good For Your Heart
Chocolate – eaten in moderation – may actually be good for you, according to a new study.
The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, said that people who ate small amounts of dark chocolate instead of other high-fat treats, had slight improvements in the health of their heart.
For some participants, their blood pressure came down slightly. Some people had lower insulin levels.
The researchers, at the Norwich Medical School in the UK, studied more than 1,000 people. They asked people to eat chocolate (or not eat chocolate) and then they monitored them to check for changes in their blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Cholesterol is a type of waxy fat; too much of it can cause damage to the heart.
