One of the best opportunities for generating sustained revenue for a coffee roaster is selling to grocery stores. With just a handful of wholesale coffee customers, you can increase sales volume, spread your realm of influence, and capture more customers in new markets.

During the pandemic, global retail e-commerce traffic skyrocketed a mind-blowing 22 billion monthly visits, as consumers shopped online for everyday household items like coffee.

Coffee subscriptions have been around for over a decade, but in 2020 they reached a height nobody saw coming. Trade, the JAB-backed subscription company, grew 400% at the start of the pandemic.

Take a stroll around coffee websites, packaging, and social media, and you’re sure to encounter language like ethical, sustainable, and fair. It sounds great—who doesn’t want to support fair and ethical sourcing?

Once you’ve roasted your coffee, you’ll want to make sure you’ve got all the supplies you need to run a successful operation.

Finding the right-sized commercial coffee roaster is a balancing act that every business must get right before committing to a high-priced piece of gear. In this article, we will take a more detailed look at the pros and cons of common roaster sizes.

There’s never been a better time to set up your online store.

From bags, valves, designs, printing, and stickers; coffee packaging can feel like a big mess! Learn more about coffee bag packaging & design.

Are you a new coffee business? Click here to learn how to build a coffee shop menu that matches your customer expectations and business vision.

Finding the right wholesale partner is a challenge. We’ll show you what to look for in a potential coffee supplier, from quality assurance to shipping terms.

Along the journey of opening and growing a coffee shop, every owner wonders at some point, "Should we roast our own coffee?" Making the transition takes passion, patience, and skill-but before anything else, it has to make financial sense: is coffee roasting profitable?

Let's explore the research and break down coffee roasting profit margins vs coffee shop margins, dive deep into the financials, and analyze whether starting to roast coffee is a good move for you.

2023 was another exciting year at Bellwether—we proved the future of electric roasting by roasting completely with solar power in the desert of California, contributed thousands of dollars to farming communities, curbed millions of pounds of carbon, and more.

We stand firmly behind Living Income Pricing being the minimum price that producers need to be paid to truly support their futures and the long‑term health of our industry. As such, Bellwether is doubling down on our commitment and we have set an aggressive timeline to expand Living Income Pricing across all of our supply chains by the end of 2024.

Japanese consumers opened a recent edition of Nikkei ‑ the world’s largest financial newspaper, to headlines introducing Bellwether’s all‑electric, ventless roaster for the first time to the coffee‑obsessed country known for its thriving cafe culture.

Let’s explore the differences between white label coffee and in-house coffee roasting, including the control over quality, finances, and brand identity.

Discover how to find and enjoy delicious coffee made from ethically sourced beans. Learn more in our latest blog post.

Let’s explore why electric coffee roasters are here to stay: environmental impacts, the future of coffee, greater roasting accessibility, and more.

Buying a used commercial coffee roaster for your cafe? Don’t leave home before reading this guide.