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Specialty coffee wholesale — market scan
Prepared for Ember & Oak · October 2026 · 6 sources
Finding 1
Regional chains buy local, but audit hard
Chains with 8–30 locations prefer regional roasters for freshness story, but require documented QC: cupping logs, roast-date guarantees, and 48-hour fulfillment SLAs. Two of the three chains interviewed dropped a roaster over missed deliveries, not price.
Sources: Interviews: 3 regional café chains (OR/WA) · SCA wholesale survey 2025
Finding 2
The pricing gap sits at 5lb
12oz wholesale clusters tightly at $13–15/lb with little room to move. The 5lb food-service tier is less efficient — most roasters underprice it to win accounts, then get stuck. Roasters holding a 55%+ margin on 5lb win fewer accounts but keep them longer.
Sources: Wholesale price sheets: 11 PNW roasters · Roast Magazine cost study 2026
Finding 3
Inference: our edge is reliability, not price
Ember & Oak's 81% capacity with zero missed roast days is the actual pitch. Price 5lb at the margin floor and sell the SLA — competing on price in this tier is a losing game the data doesn't support.
Sources: Inference from findings 1–2 · Ember & Oak ops data Q3
Specialty coffee market scan — Ember & Oak
Built from one line: “Scan the specialty coffee market — who owns wholesale, where's the pricing gap for a roastery our size?”
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“Who owns wholesale in specialty coffee, and where's the pricing gap for a roastery our size?”
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01Organized by decision
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02Sources you can check
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03Compounds over time
Research lives in your workspace, not in a dead chat. Next month's pricing memo can build on this month's market scan without starting from zero.
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