Chocolate shop owners say tariffs have been too bitter for their small business

Chocolate shop owners say tariffs have been too bitter for their small business

Elaine Read and Matt Weyandt, owners of Xocolatl Small Batch Chocolate, got a visit from U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock on Tuesday, as the senator continues to discuss tariff impacts with small businesses.

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Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice The smell of raw chocolate immediately hits your nose upon entering through the front door of Xocoatl Chocolate in Atlanta’s Mechanicsville neighborhood. The small business, which employs 19 people, including the owners Matt Weyandt and Elaine Read, calls the once historic all-Black neighborhood home to its factory and tasting room. Set among a cluster of low slung brick buildings, this was once home to s…