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Your ice cream has a geopolitics problem

Anuj Suvarna

April 13, 2026 | 11 Min Read

Your ice cream has a geopolitics problem

April 13, 2026 | 11 Min Read

From pistachios to packaging, a global supply shock is exposing how even fast-growing consumer brands are vulnerable to conflicts far beyond their control. Hocco Ice Cream is a case in point.

As summer demand builds up, ice cream brand Hocco Ice Cream’s Ahmedabad factory is running flat out.

There is enough and more demand for Hocco to build an additional facility, which it is working on, but what it is worried about is supply.

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