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Your detailed analysis

See exactly what roasting in-house could mean for you.

Adjust your inputs below to model your savings, your payback, and your five-year financial picture.

What You’re Doing Now

This is what you’re currently spending on roasted coffee.

50 lbs
$12.00

What You Could Be Selling

This is where you can estimate a retail opportunity.

20

Bellwether costs include green coffee, shipping, and shrinkage; electricity ($0.02/lb at $0.14/kWh US avg); and labor + maintenance ($0.35/lb). Retail bag costs include $1.50 per bag for packaging & labeling, plus green coffee.

Total ROI in a single year

$27,134

Saving money roasting with Bellwether

Total coffee cost with Bellwether (per lb)$6.98
Savings per month$1,088
Savings per year$13,052

Grow with retail bags of roasted coffee

Retail bags sold per week20
Sales per month$1,733
Sales per year$20,800
Retail bags profit per year$14,082
Roaster payback period (months)10

I thought I’d sell 100 bags in my first year. I sold 100 in my first month.

Tony, Function Coffee Co.

More than a roaster.

A whole coffee business in one partnership.

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