Los Angeles — Cookie connoisseur Lara Adekoya started her baking business during the pandemic, selling cookies to masked customers out of her Los Angeles home.

Now, customers flock to her L.A. bakery, Fleurs et Sel, to get their hands on flavors like oatmeal chocolate chip walnut, peanut butter and Nutella, and matcha dark chocolate.

Adekoya says she's now paying $50 to $100 more per bag for premium ingredients imported from countries around the world, including France and Japan, due to President Trump's tariffs.

She says that amounts to an extra $3,000 to $4,000 per month she is now spending on supplies.

Adekoya says she has not yet passed on that extra cost to her customers, absorbing the entirety of it herself.

"I guess the easy answer is like, raise your prices. I'm not at the po

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