• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    From what I’ve heard this is largely due to bad weather due to climate change, as I understand it, we should not expect coffee prices to ever go back to where they were.
    For the past 4-5 years it seems prices have only gone up here. It’s more than triple now of what it used to be before Covid, and that’s only 5 years!

    But I’m not an expert, this is just what I’ve been seeing as a heavy coffee drinker in the supermarket, and what I’ve gathered from short news tid-bits.

    • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      My ground coffee has gone up about 20-30% over the past 2 years. This is just based on memory and not an exact calculation. It’s possible, I’ve misremembered the old price slightly, but either way it has gone up.

      • commander@lemmings.world
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        4 days ago

        The cost of pretty much everything has gone up that much in that time.

        As it turns out, more money in the hands of consumers tends to translate to higher prices.

        It’s almost like, and hear me out, it’s almost like businesses charge what people are willing to pay, not what goods cost to produce.