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Mars Chocolate Bars To Use Sustainable Cocoa
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NPR's business news starts with a new deal for chocolates.
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SHAPIRO: The world's biggest candy maker, Mars, has announced a plan to buy chocolate that's grown more sustainably. That means making sure the cocoa that goes into Snickers bars, M&M's and other chocolate candies is grown in a way that doesn't deplete supplies, and making sure that cocoa farmers earn a decent wage. Mars says the goal is for all its cocoa to be certified as coming from sustainable sources by the year 2020. The move comes a month after a rival chocolate company, Cadbury, announced a similar move. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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