frontpagehellarch posted Jan 29, 2026 02:30 AM
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frontpagehellarch posted Jan 29, 2026 02:30 AM
2.2lb Lavazza Super Crema Medium Espresso Roast Whole Bean Coffee
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Price discrimination is when firms are able to charge each individual customer the highest price that that customer will pay, per each unit. So what this looks like for coffee is that the some customers will walk into a B&M store and pick out the most recently roasted beans for their favorite brand, and pay whatever MSRP is on the sticker. Eventually as an aggregate batch of coffee beans ages, the store, and the distributor, has to actually move some product to make room for the next newest batch in order to keep those customers paying top dollar.
These beans would eventually end up on Amazon Resale as "near expiration date" if nobody buys them at this price.
What I am wondering is how that dynamic is interacting with the on and off again tariffs, right here and now. As customers, we really don't know what tariff rate was charged on which bag. But for accounting, it matters. A lot. I also have no idea what the seasonality of green bean imports looks like.
So, given that I'm seeing a $6.42/lb price for these, I use a burr grinder to make drip coffee but am not so fussy about beans as to ignore the price, I don't have any special attachment to the Lavazza Super Crema brand, and I have a stockpile of beans that cost less than $6.42/lb, is there some coming coffeepocalypse in March that will make me wish I bought these at this price? Or will I see another $5/lb deal in the next 30 days, or will I at least $6.42/lb sitting on the shelf at Costco?
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that, especially without making espresso, my less-than-refined palate isn't going to be appreciative of buying this for the brandnameyness.
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I know it's expensive, but I would encourage you to try an ethiopian or colombian bean from a local small batch roaster - often they serve it in store, and you can sit down and try a cup. It's like the difference between a frozen box pizza from Walmart and a freshly baked neapolitan straight out of a 100 year old italian oven.
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