Leibtag, Ephraim; Nakamura, Alice Orcutt; Nakamura, Emi; … - 2013
A rich data set of coffee prices and costs was used to determine to what extent changes in commodity costs affect … manufacturer and retail prices. On average, a 10-cent increase in the cost of a pound of green coffee beans in a given quarter … substantial fixed costs and markups involved in coffee manufacturing, this translates into about a 3-percent change in retail …