Coffee roasters navigating tough times

At times like this, many small businesses in the coffee industry are wondering where the next blow is coming from. With the increases in labour costs, rent, and utilities constantly ticking upwards, one needs a thick hide and solid margins to sustain themselves.

The management of raw coffee has been added to this onslaught of hard hits. The cost of raw coffee has soared in the last 5 years, and now the very supply of the raw material is under threat, especially if you're not booking forward contracts. The spot market in Australia - the market where you buy from existing stock physically located in Australia for immediate delivery - is a thing of the past.

As a coffee roaster, this can be a very scary prospect - cafe customers need their coffee! The roaster needs to secure this supply, and secure it without breaking the bank. 

Often the roaster will then be scrambling and chasing their tail, taking their eyes off the most important aspect of their business, their customers. In swoop the big corporations, with promises of a better, more secure relationship. The irony is that the owner of the small business was offering a much better service, they just got caught off-guard due to a significant change in the supply chain. 

Now, more than ever is the time to bed down your relationships with your clients. This is no small task, as the point of difference for most smaller roasters is the quality of service and support offered to their cafe clients. However, the raw material management cannot be ignored. So what to do?

As a private label roaster without our own brand, Espressology puts your business first. Branded roasters will understandably prioritise their own brand during tough times. Espressology is solely reliant on the success of our client's businesses. 

We have been managing the raw coffee market for the better part of 4 decades. As a result, we were ready when this paradigm shift occurred, and have mitigated the effects of these steep rises on our clients. 

We roast your coffee to the precise standards you need as a coffee roaster so you can stand behind your product and focus on supporting your clients in tough times like this.

We may even save you some pennies, without compromising quality through economies of scale.

Reach out if you think we may be able to help.