French Cocoa Trader Touton SA Is Put Up for Sale

Imagine a company called Touton that trades cocoa, coffee, and spices, which is over 170 years old.

They made a lot more money recently, like over 1,000% more!

Now, the company is for sale.

They got a big boost from the price of cocoa going way up because there wasn't enough cocoa being grown.

This caused the company's profits to go up a lot.

The sale is being handled by a bank called ING.

The company is owned by different people, and one of the main bosses, Patrick de Boussac, owns part of it.

Another company, Hartree, might buy it, but it's not sure yet.

The company had a great year because the price of cocoa went way up.