The chocolate company’s shares fell after it missed sales volume expectations and cut its guidance for fiscal 2025 as soaring cocoa bean prices drag demand.

Chocolate maker and cocoa processor Barry Callebaut reported a lower sales volume than expected for its first quarter on Wednesday, hit by delayed orders as its clients renegotiate product prices with retailers amid record high cocoa costs.

The Swiss-based Barry Callebaut Group has reported a further sales dip, with volumes for the first quarter of its 2024/25 year being down 2.7, to 565,238 tonnes amid a continued surge in cocoa prices,

Barry Callebaut (SIX: BARN) reported lower sales volume in the first quarter of their 2025 fiscal year, as expected by the market. Shares of chocolate and cocoa p

Chocolate maker and cocoa processor Barry Callebaut has reported a lower sales volume than expected for its first quarter.

Barry Callebaut, the Swiss chocolate maker, has reported a decrease in sales volume for the first quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, leading to a negative watch for U.S. and European chocolate companies.