Profitability of K-cups

[AndyP]

Anyone having north atlantic specialty bag or another company put their locally roasted coffee in K-cups? what kind of volume do you do to make this work? I have a customer interested in this but it seems like it's hard to make it work after shipping.

 

[opus]

Funny, I've had some people ask me to do this very thing. Totally against it, but it will be their branded coffee, not mine. I just bought 50 off eBay to see how to make it work.

 

[KonaKona]

Funny, I've had some people ask me to do this very thing. Totally against it, but it will be their branded coffee, not mine. I just bought 50 off eBay to see how to make it work.

Let me know how that's works out I was looking into this too

 

[wwcove]

You can make K Cups fresh now days and sell like fresh coffee with date of roast on bag. We bag 12 to our standard 1 lb. coffee bag- 24 to a 2 lb bag. Total cost for a K Cup filled with fresh coffee and sealed with foil lid, filter and cup is under 20 cents. Some of the guys in Phoenix are selling these 12 packs retail for $15....

... I hated the idea of K cups too... But after buying a k cup brewer and using it on days when I was in a hurry I found it a pretty good quick fix for my coffee drinks... And seeing that over 2 billion are bought a year why not look into making them with fresh coffee?

 

[opus]

You can make K Cups fresh now days and sell like fresh coffee with date of roast on bag. We bag 12 to our standard 1 lb. coffee bag- 24 to a 2 lb bag. Total cost for a K Cup filled with fresh coffee and sealed with foil lid, filter and cup is under 20 cents. Some of the guys in Phoenix are selling these 12 packs retail for $15....

Are you saying you package 12 into a 1# coffee bag? Assuming 9-11g of coffee per kcup?