Chocolate milk is in short supply at Houlton Farms due to cocoa scarcities
Eric Lincoln, co-owner of Houlton Farms Dairy in Houlton, shows an empty half-pint container at the company's processing plant. Due to a supply shortage for the company's cocoa mixture, the dairy has had to scale back production of its popular drink for consumers in order to keep schools in southern Aroostook County stocked. Credit: Joseph Cyr / Houlton Pioneer Times
HOULTON, Maine — For generations, Houlton Farms Dairy’s chocolate milk has been a staple of daily routines with its thick, creamy texture providing an abundance of chocolatey goodness.
But lately consumers have noticed the popular product has been hard to come by in convenience and grocery stores.
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