Hi all!

I am a home roaster looking for ways to get into the industry with the dream of one day owning (hopefully in the not too far off future) my own /cafe. I know that if possible I want to roast my beans in house so that I can make sure I can control quality.

I've started researching this and am finding a whole lot of different opinions. Some say it's financially better to roast in house, some say it's not, some say the quality issue is most important.....

I think the quality issue depends on a) how well I can roast and b) how many good roasters I have locally but regarding the financial benefits or drawbacks I am struggling to find definitive answers on the cost per lb of wholesale coffee.
I am avoiding calling roasters and asking them outright because I am not yet close enough to opening to be asking such questions.

Can anyone offer me an average price/lb wholesale, even a ballpark figure would be great.

NB: I know this will vary greatly depending on bean/roaster etc but anything would help.
Thanks in advance.

John