Kilwins Ann Arbor, a chocolate & dessert shop in #Michigan, closes this year. Co-owner Chera Tramontin said cost of goods like cocoa skyrocketed in recent years. #Trump #tariffs further increase the price.
When the store opened more than 40 years ago, it cost "$8.99 a pound for chocolate, & now we鈥檙e at $42.99 & going up," Tramontin said.
Her mother opened the store in 1983. It was the first Kilwins franchise store. Now, it鈥檚 an emotional goodbye to beloved customers & staff.