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So I'm writing a class for our wholesale customers called, "Coffee Industry Fundamentals," (it was originally called "Elucidating Exogenous Variables in Coffee Futures: An Aggregate of Impending Retail Expediencies," but that was a bit cheek
Read more…Recently the industry experienced a spike in coffee prices (10 year high, so I hear). I'm wondering if anyone has any insight as to what this means for the lives of the farmers. Any thoughts appreciated.
Read more…Need to order greens again soon. Anyone else cringing and wondering when the escalating greens Futures will stop the upward spiral! High so far today $198.65, highest by far in over a decade though back in '97 was even worse.
I have heard about some shops using the pay what you want price. Has anyone heard any more about the success or failure of this? What I do know is that when people paid less than the price that was suggested, they felt like they were about to get sto
Read more…Does your organic coffeehouse charge more for soy? Why? There seems to be a rather unfair punishment for customers ordering soy that's based more on what the market will bear than on actual cost ratios -- that is, assuming the cafe is using the heal
Read more…Just what is a fair price for coffee and who is not paying it? I recently read the book "Starbucked" by Taylor Clark. He has some great insights on coffee producing countries and their struggles and just who is responsible for much of it. It would s
Read more…I'm sure milk prices are hurting all of us. Anyone have a Magic Milk answer or do you just continue to deal with suppliers raising prices? Anyone tried Goodcow milk? How about getting a couple of cows and putting them on the roof?
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