Much of the coffee bought in Canada is sourced through U.S. middlemen and so is subject to tariffs.
USA being a middleman is likely due to convenience allowed by free trade. Depending on where the coffee is processed/roasted, many logistic chains can adapt so products aren’t simply imported/exported through the USA with tariffs applied. I’m by no means super educated on tariffs, but I’ve read that products can be shipped to Canada through the USA without tariffs. Probably if the product isn’t modified in any way, and Canada is the intended destination.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens - I’ve been brewing Canada roasted coffee for years. My roaster just raised their prices by about 4%.
America is the second most subsidised country behind Israel, fuckers need to wake up and smell the coffee
For too long has our economic hegemony made us the wealthiest nation in the world
Yeah, this is at most a minor logistics rerouting. Doesn’t impact us.
No, it will affect us. Not massively, but it will, since now the producers will have to divide their shipments to route around the US. This will add to extra shipping since they benefit less from bulk.
In addition, while we’ll cut out the US middlemen, there’ll likely be a Canadian middleman taking their place to do distribution on a more local level, negating any cost savings from removing a step from the process.
Still a minor logistics issue, but one that’ll likely take several months at least to resolve that’ll land us with a few points higher in cost.
And they’ll just use it as an excuse to price gouge. No matter what you lose.
Won’t stop Canadian retailers from using that as a cover to raise prices. I think we learned how this works over the last few years.
Canadian retailers never needed an excuse to raise prices. They have and will always charge the max amount they think they can get away with.
No one ever leaves money on the table.
Fuck the Westons, grocery stires should be nationalized
No thanks. I would prefer more grocery options not less
Ummm, all the grocery stires are all owned by Lawblaws or Sobeys, we already have no choice here anyways. At least if Canadians own it we wont be price gouged like with the Westons
I hate to break it to you but literally every single thing will balloon in price.
No, just eggs!
Is this the stuff that’s roasted before it gets to us? What If you get from shops that source raw beans and roast them?
This won’t affect good coffee from local roasters that buy direct from the farms. Only shitty mega Corp coffee.
Until they start price gouging
As soon as the tariffed coffees go up, the non-tariffed will follow, just slightly lower. Why wouldn’t they?
Tariffs=inflation. Always have.
Interestingly, on TV CBC said the opposite: prices from the farms would go up universally to help offset the change in the massive US market.
But I hope you’re right.
Sweet.
Time to start grinding dirt and acorns for my morning brown
It’s already up 25%.
It’s interesting that this article doesn’t quite match what was said in CBC’s TV news. There they blamed the size of the US market, saying that bean producers would have to raise prices for everyone to offset US costs.
