The Global Coffee Market

We sent out our latest e-Campaign on the 29th, but for those who haven’t seen it, we have reproduced it here;

In the past few months, the cost of raw coffee has reached a 40-year high, with the price of Robusta beans doubling since January 2024 and the price of Arabica beans increasing by over 85% in the same period. This is due to a worldwide increase in demand and a shortage of beans due to poor harvests, particularly in Brazil.

Working alongside our supply chain partners, our team has put in place strategies to offset price increases wherever possible, including re-tendering and hedging. This is carefully balanced against our commitment to providing the best quality coffee. We have made the difficult decision to make a pricing adjustments to some coffee; this will work out for our customers at under 1p per shot of espresso and under 0.5p per cup of filter coffee.

How we are trying to help

We are keeping our increases to the absolute minimum and are holding off on this until the 8th/9th of February.

Whilst we can’t change the price of coffee, we have tried to think of ways to mitigate the increases and have introduced discounted pricing on bulk orders of coffee. We’ve also introduced volume deals on Clipper Teas too, passing on savings in shipping, packaging and handling costs.

All of our coffees are freshly roasted and bagged and as such, come with 2 years shelf life. By buying in volume significant savings can be made - simply visit our individual product pages online and select the relevant price break.

As a family-run business we understand the implications a change like this makes - we never take the decision to pass on a price increase lightly and have done everything we can to mitigate and manage this unavoidable increase.

We would like to thank you for your continuing support, that we never take for granted and remain happy to discuss and support your business through this difficult economic climate.

Note: Since sending this email on the 29th January, Coffee has further surged. It has now hit 400 which represents over a 100% YTD increase