Blog — Inflation
Sourcing Coffee Direct From the Farm | Taking Care of People
Posted by James Helms on
Coffee farmers are most often underpaid. Paying farmers less than a subsistent wage for their coffee is an unethical business practice. It's exploitation. Paying farmers a living wage is one part of our core distinctive (that being people, place, coffee...). Buying direct from the farm is a way to ensure a living wage.
- Tags: Best practices, community cause, Farm, Inflation, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Product pricing, Specialty Coffee
A Thirty Hour Workweek | Taking Care of People
Posted by James Helms on
The idea that technological advancement would somehow benefit the average worker did not consider human greed and the ever increasing edge of the adjacent possible. But technological advancement is in place to reshape how we work, further innovation around how a community invests in itself, how a community relieves the crushing burden of debt, how a community owns real property.
- Tags: community cause, family, Inflation, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Philosophy, Portland small business, Workweek
A Living Wage | Taking Care of People
Posted by James Helms on
Over the last two years of operating our fledgling espresso bar, we are beginning to have a good handle on what to expect in terms of sales growth, costs, and profitability. As we move through re-opening and when we begin to confidently say "post-pandemic" we still have a lot to learn about the new normal. The living wage goals are a significant contributor to the decision to raise prices over the next couple of months.
- Tags: family, Inflation, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Portland small business, Product pricing, Rocky Butte Coffee, Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters
Inflation | What Are We Seeing and Doing About It?
Posted by James Helms on
(Image source: Wikimedia Commons) From inception we have maintained a focus on value and we have not raised our whole bean prices...we've held the line of pricing as long as we can and want to discuss the realities of inflation, how we will continue to focus on value, reinforce our values and continue to grow our business in the years ahead. Numerous articles are being written about inflation, but what is it, how is it effecting our coffee company and how are we adapting through it? Inflation, defined by "a general increase in prices and decrease in the purchasing value...