Thanks to Krasnov coffee prices keep surging -- and it's likely to get worse

[Hekate]

11. I remember that as well. The less expensive brands of chocolate (& even the others) have degraded in flavor..l

I wondered how it would be with See’s, a brand started in California in 1921. They seem to be less well known out East, but they are very good.

I drop by for a few pieces every couple of months, so have been aware of the prices going up. Months ago I found an ancient gift certificate for a pound while cleaning out a kitchen drawer, and finally used it last week. I paid zero in cash, but the price on the receipt showed just short of $35. Yep, 35 bucks for a 1 pound box, counting tax.

Okay, so here’s my judgment on their quality: if you are jonesing for quality chocolate candy, See’s is holding steady. If you are on a budget or a diet, buy only a few pieces. Somehow they are still getting and using quality ingredients, but as merchants they have to pass their costs along. Trump’s “policies” will make it worse.

As for cheap candies, the kind you buy big bags of at Halloween and Xmas, they started to go bad several years ago, enough so that I finally put a note on my calendar that they give me a stomach-ache.