High cocoa prices mean U.S. candy companies will sideline pricey chocolates for gummies, licorice and flavored crèmes for tirck-or-treaters.

Customers will still find the owner’s businesses – which offer a variety of sweets and roasted nuts – at events in the area.

Trick-or-treaters hoping to collect handfuls of chocolate candy this Halloween might be facing a bit of a letdown. U.S.

Trick-or-treaters hoping to collect handfuls of chocolate candy this Halloween might be facing a bit of a letdown.

U.S. retailers are ramping up hiring for the holiday season but expect to take on fewer seasonal employees to help customers ...