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Brand-new article from Wire – Sprudge. Almost certainly among the most popular sources of coffee related content online.
The American economy is doing pretty, pretty, pretty okay right now. Or at least that’s what Bloomberg Markets is saying; I really have no idea. I know the Dow Jones did a thing and the president didn’t tweet about it but everyone thought he did because it seemed like something he would say and what even is reality anymore. And when the economy is humming, Americans are more likely to go out to cafes for their daily coffee, which is a good thing. But as Bloomberg notes, that isn’t necessarily new money coming into the coffee sector, but money that would be spent elsewhere—namely buying coffee at a grocery store—shifting to the cafes.
In 2017, total retail coffee sales is believed to have dropped from 766,000 metric tons to 764,000 and is expected to stay flat through 2022. But in that same timeframe, retail sales in coffee shops and restaurants are expected to increase 1% annually.

