Tips You Should Know Before Buying Coffee In Bulk
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Remember the old movie, “Cheaper by the Dozen”? The point was that quantity cut costs. Well, there are other “points” made in the movie of course, but you get my drift here. The fact is that you can save money by buying almost everything in larger quantities. There is a good reason why this is true. Packaging costs decrease, transportation costs decrease, and handling costs decrease, so larger quantities of almost anything can be sold for a smaller unit cost than smaller quantities of the same item. And coffee is no exception to the rule.
The secret of buying in bulk and making it cost-effective is that you must store bulk coffee in an airtight container. Air is what degrades coffee, whether the coffee is in a whole bean form or has already been ground. You know that smaller quantities of coffee are packaged in vacuum containers. The reason that they are packed like …
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