Are you seeing roasters freeze hiring now that arabica futures popped above $1.90/lb this month? My tracker shows fewer ops and green-buying roles posted in the last six weeks while cafes still add weekend shifts, which reads to me like margin protection rather than demand softening — curious what you’re experiencing regionally…
Midwest here — : we froze an ops headcount and leaned on weekend shifts after arabica jumped ‘above $1.90/lb,’ reads exactly like margin protection. To blunt it, we put on a small Coffee C hedge (about 30% of Q3 cover); contract details: Coffee C Futures. Anyone seeing green-buyer postings come back in the last six weeks, or still crickets?
And it’s definitely a tight spot with prices going over $1.90/lb. We’ve been considering locking in some contracts ahead of time to buffer against the rising costs. Are you looking at any strategies for green-buying, @oliver_roast90?