I own a micro bakery

[Meowmee]

28. I hope you can figure out a way to keep your bakery going

I will be stocking up on coffee as well. The price of chocolate started going way up during the pandemic and never dropped, at least for ready made products. It was price gouging on comfort foods. I used to get Hershey's chocolate for my father in bulk and then kept getting it after he died for myself- a natural anti depressant. It went from about $20 per box on sale all the way to $36- the last increases in $2 or so increments in only a few months maybe at the end. I stopped buying it when it went too high and now I noticed it is not carried anymore where I purchased it in our area, so I guess others did too.

I did not drink coffee for over 40 years but started last year. I drink instant and get ground for my family. The instant I drink is fairly cheap. We don't have a coffee bean grinder anymore.

I did some baking at farmer's markets for a while, it was too much work and too expensive. I switched to something else. My grandmother was an excellent baker and I inherited it. But I can't eat any of that now due to type 1 diabetes. I have learned to bake some nice alternatives with almond and other low carb flours.