And a far cry from September 2014:
"The Hazelnut News Frenzy Continues"
'Hazelnut news frenzy' reminds me of a story from the WSJ's Matt Phillips a few years ago:And the latest, from PoAndPo Agrifish:
The clamor for more historical context on the current record low for U.S. interest rates has hit a fever pitch!
We've been keeping our distance from Nutella news, fearing it would cut into the pixels available for almond articles.
From Modern Farmer:
Turkey's bad weather in March led to a spate of news stories last month warning of a possible big shortage of Nutella, the chocolate spread with an unusually fervent fan base.....
Turkey's hazelnut exports rose 27.5% to reach 343,561 tons from September 2019 to August 2020 year-on-year – a new record – a regional trade union announced, Amadolu agency reports.
The Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters' Union reported that Turkey earned $2.3 billion from hazelnut exports during the hazelnut export season, which starts in September and ends in August....MOREI don't think the Ferrero family were sweating the harvest, unlike the squirrels, they seem to always be able to find their nuts.
Related:
"Italy’s richest family to get $934 million from Nutella maker"
Just in case anyone is concerned: I have not so far been harmed in the 2018 Nutella Conflagration. https://t.co/OLWIedhJ50
— David Keohane (@DavidKeo) January 26, 2018
German Thieves Steal 5 Tonnes of Nutella
To Create A "1%" In A Social Hierarchy You Don't Need An Economic Surplus, Just A Storable Form Of Wealth
So there I was, reading the abstract of "Hazelnut economy of early Holocene hunter–gatherers: a case study from Mesolithic Duvensee, northern Germany", thinking about Nutella and Frangelico when this grabbed my eye:....