CoolBreeze2
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(My first or second post so if in the wrong forum please let me know).
A year or two ago my wife took me to on a long weekend vacation several hours drive away from our home to celebrate my birthday.
During the weekend we asked around for some good coffee places. We stopped at the recommended cafe and drank lattes made with their own roasted espresso beans. The coffee was pretty good and smooth. Much better than Starbucks. We bought a bag or two to take home with us.
Somehow we got into a conversation with the roaster and who's also the onwer of the business. He suggested we could sell his beans.
The process would work like this:
* We'd market the beans.
* When an order came in we'd send the order to the roaster.
* We'd charge the customer.
* The roaster would fresh roast the beans and drop ship it to the customer.
* We'd pay the roaster.
* We'd make the difference between the retail price and the wholesale price.
* If my memory is correct the margin was about $4/1 lb bag.
I see there are tons of beans for sale on Amazon. Lots of national and independent cafes in the area: Peets, etc. Lots of coffee beans one can buy online, like Stumptown (we like their Holler Mountain).
So, I'm guessing the market is saturated at this point.
But still wondering if we could make a profitable business of selling the beans.
Also, I'm wondering if there's a lot of other smaller roasters in the area who would love to increase their sales. Perhaps I could help them market their coffee beans, too.
A year or two ago my wife took me to on a long weekend vacation several hours drive away from our home to celebrate my birthday.
During the weekend we asked around for some good coffee places. We stopped at the recommended cafe and drank lattes made with their own roasted espresso beans. The coffee was pretty good and smooth. Much better than Starbucks. We bought a bag or two to take home with us.
Somehow we got into a conversation with the roaster and who's also the onwer of the business. He suggested we could sell his beans.
The process would work like this:
* We'd market the beans.
* When an order came in we'd send the order to the roaster.
* We'd charge the customer.
* The roaster would fresh roast the beans and drop ship it to the customer.
* We'd pay the roaster.
* We'd make the difference between the retail price and the wholesale price.
* If my memory is correct the margin was about $4/1 lb bag.
I see there are tons of beans for sale on Amazon. Lots of national and independent cafes in the area: Peets, etc. Lots of coffee beans one can buy online, like Stumptown (we like their Holler Mountain).
So, I'm guessing the market is saturated at this point.
But still wondering if we could make a profitable business of selling the beans.
Also, I'm wondering if there's a lot of other smaller roasters in the area who would love to increase their sales. Perhaps I could help them market their coffee beans, too.
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