Pricing/Shipping Changes
Hello Valued Customers,
We wanted to take a moment to update our explanation of price increases on the website and Amazon. Although coffee is now exempt from tariffs, thankfully, we are still experiencing issues that are keeping the prices higher than they were before the tariffs. The number one reason the coffee has not decreased in price as much as expected is the rise in shipping costs. Shipping has increased greatly in 2026. For every penny saved on the dropping of the tariffs it has been going into shipping costs instead. The cost of shipping green coffee to our roastery has increased, the cost of shipping supplies (bags and boxes)has increased, the cost of shipping cases to Amazon has increased, and, most noticeably, the cost of using USPS and UPS with website orders has increased exponentially. This, to say the least, is maddening to us as we try to lower prices and I am sure is frustrating to you, our valued customers as well.
We are trying to offer more frequent multi-item sale discounts to counter the shipping increases. If you sign up for our email you will receive the best discounts. On Amazon, we offer some 2 pack options that reduces the price per bag.
We did make the decision to change our free shipping policy on the website to free shipping for orders over $38. We would rather change our shipping policy to save on costs rather than raise the price of coffee further to adjust for the increase in shipping. We are still considering ways to go back to free shipping without driving up costs.
So what's going on in the world of green coffee beans?
Thankfully the droughts in Brazil and Vietnam subsided and coffee prices began to even out, then came a tremendous storm in Sumatra that devastated crops, farms, homes and roads which threw things into disarray again. Sumatra is now recovering and that market is now starting to even out as well. This is all good news for the low acid coffees we need. But supply is still uneven and shipping from countries of origin is still an ongoing issue with delayed green coffee arrivals to US ports. There is just a lot of unknown factors at play still. So prices of green coffee remain high.
Organic water-processed decaffeinated coffees have been the most difficult to acquire in supply levels that do not leave us a bit anxious. We keep our fingers crossed that that market will level out soon. Keep the positive thoughts out there! We will begin to offer a low acid, water-processed decaf that is not organic soon to offset supply issues. And, boy, is it tasty! stay tuned! look for ANY TIME decaf
DID YOU KNOW?
Coffee shrinks approximately 20% during the roasting process? Meaning, if we put 10 pounds into a roaster the coffee will weigh 8 pounds after roasting. But, we need to base the coffee price on the original 10 pounds that we paid for. As coffee prices increase, the 20% increases exponentially. For example: if a coffee costs $1.00 unroasted it would cost $1.20 after roasting. If the coffee costs $3.00 unroasted it would cost $3.60 after roasting and so on. This explains why the price increase seems to jump
On Amazon, there is a compounding price increase issue. One of the fees we are charged to sell on Amazon is 8% if the retail price is under $15.00 If the retail price is over $15.00 that fee increases to 15%. So we need to further increase the price to cover the 7% increase in fees. we know, complicated. Look for our new ANYTIME DECAF on AMAZON soon with a $14.99 price.
We hope this helps you understand why our prices have remained higher than pre-tariff times. We are still just trying to cover costs. We intend to lower prices as soon as we reserve coffee at a lower prices and shipping prices stabilize.
ABOUT US...
We are a small family business. Lucy Jo's Coffee is two parents, two daughters (who work when they are not in college) and 3 full-time employees at present. That's it. We are a small group and very efficient with our time and labor. We pay our employees a fair wage with vacation days, sick leave, a 401K and a 4 day work week. We are all appreciative of your support and strive to keep our customers satisfied with top notch coffee and quality service.
WAYS TO SAVE/WAYS TO HELP: We encourage our customers to use the write-in discounts and buy multiple bags at a time. We can offer a discount on multiple bags because we save money on shipping that we pass back to you. And we save staff time processing one order with multiple bags vs. multiple orders with 1 bag. We also save on shipping supply costs putting more than one bag in an box.
We also encourage you to use our subscription plan if you want consistent coffee delivery without reordering each time.
We are discouraging you from using the subscription plan just to get a discount and then cancel because we pay added % fees to the subscription service for each order.
We also encourage you to join the email list to get our flash sales with the best savings.
We hope this explains the situation better. We appreciate your business and thank you for taking the time to read our explanation.
be well,
Shelley and Alan Monder
