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Omaha Steve

(109,137 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2015, 09:55 PM Apr 2015

All those pods are putting a crimp in coffee sales [View all]

Don't have a Keurig, never will. I drink at least a pot a day.

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Because single-serve coffee pods are more efficient than drip coffee makers, the demand for coffee has slowed. We’re still drinking plenty of java, but now that we’re making it cup by cup, we’re pouring less of it down the sink.

http://www.omaha.com/money/all-those-pods-are-putting-a-crimp-in-coffee-sales/article_4c483e41-c073-5845-91a3-5ef8b195195c.html

POSTED: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015 1:00 AM
Bloomberg News

NEW YORK — Call it the most-disruptive development in the business since Starbucks Corp. began the coffee-shop boom in the late 1980s. It might even be the biggest thing since Luigi Bezzera patented the espresso machine in 1901.

Either way, single-serve brewing machines popularized by Keurig Green Mountain Inc. are now used by more than one in four Americans and are altering the way coffee is consumed. Almost every brand, from Folgers to Dunkin’ Donuts, is sold in disposable 2-inch-by-2-inch plastic pods that yield just one serving. They’re more efficient than drip-brewing pots capable of making 10 cups, some of which isn’t consumed and gets dumped.

While Americans still drink more coffee than any beverage except water, expanded use of single-serve machines has slowed demand growth for a $52 billion market in the United States, the world’s biggest consumer. That’s hurt sales at a time when ample inventories of the commodity have sent prices tumbling.

“The coffee market has lost its best consumer: the kitchen sink,” said Hernando de la Roche, a senior vice president at INTL FCStone Inc. in Miami. “Roasters are telling us that single-cup coffee has been reducing demand.”

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All those pods are putting a crimp in coffee sales [View all] Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

I love my Keurig FLPanhandle Apr 2015 #1

Price for one. If I pay high dollar per pound I want high dollar coffee. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #5

True FLPanhandle Apr 2015 #10

I am caffeine-based lifeform. If I make a pot, none of it is wasted. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #14

Never heard it put this way... CherokeeDem Apr 2015 #28

I, too, am caffeine-based lifeform. TexasProgresive Apr 2015 #57

The single serve thingies... CherokeeDem Apr 2015 #63

That's something I did not consider. TexasProgresive Apr 2015 #96

Starbucks also sells lighter roasts Major Nikon Apr 2015 #149

Same here Sherman A1 Apr 2015 #90

Bingo customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #16

Um... cherokeeprogressive Apr 2015 #31

Not the K-Cups. And 24 cups for $46? A pound of beans at that price will make a lot more than 2 pots hobbit709 Apr 2015 #34

Oh, okay. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2015 #36

You can have both . . . Ms. Toad Apr 2015 #67

You can buy a reusable pod for a few bucks Mr.Bill Apr 2015 #79

So far so good malaise Apr 2015 #91

You will pry my Keurig out of my caffeine-deprived hands Freddie Apr 2015 #17

I really have no dog in the fight one way or the other... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #49

Those who don't like Keurig yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #20

no one I know pours perfectly good coffee down the drain. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #22

Nobody I know puts the pods in trash but puts them in yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #25

Read reply # 13 hobbit709 Apr 2015 #26

I read it. Be nice if he gave away all his money then. yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #27

You didn't read the part about #7 plastic. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #29

Plastic is recycled. Everything we have is plastic yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #61

I checked the bottom of the package that had been given to me. Bohunk68 Apr 2015 #97

Understand but what happens when I put it in recycling yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #100

Do you think that the stuff you put in the recycling doesn't get inspected when Bohunk68 Apr 2015 #101

so anything you put in your recycling bin is absolutely recycled? CreekDog Apr 2015 #107

In Maryland yes. We don't play here. We take recycling very seriously. yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #109

Uhhh no even here in Maryland shedevil69taz Apr 2015 #114

This message was self-deleted by its author CreekDog Apr 2015 #116

Actually, you're wrong, those aren't recyclable CreekDog Apr 2015 #119

I am just bummed out about it that's all and a little denial. yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #123

It's okay to be wrong, but it's not okay to post the wrong thing 6 times in a row CreekDog Apr 2015 #147

Fair enough. You are right. yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #148

This message was self-deleted by its author Atman Apr 2015 #102

You may put them there shedevil69taz Apr 2015 #108

Nothing goes down the drain here...and my French press does fine. :-) haikugal Apr 2015 #85

French press works fine. I don't usually drink coffee... KittyWampus Apr 2015 #94

Cold coffee is like flat soda. Reheating doesn't help, IMO. nt Ilsa Apr 2015 #137

Do you have the math on that? jberryhill Apr 2015 #153

The pod form of coffee choie Apr 2015 #65

The type of plastic the pods are made of shedevil69taz Apr 2015 #104

Could they use a different type of plastic? KamaAina Apr 2015 #136

The pods I use are 97% compostable... SeattleVet Apr 2015 #152

So why doesn't everybody use those? KamaAina Apr 2015 #155

What are they using to grow the coffee... jberryhill Apr 2015 #154

But more plastic in the wastebasket n/t Scootaloo Apr 2015 #2

this. PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #53

The reusable cups are excellent. nt RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #111

I find the reusable accessory shedevil69taz Apr 2015 #115

Really? I think it's pretty simple when I'm vising the rents and using theirs. RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #117

I find that when I want coffee, I can use grounds with no problem Scootaloo Apr 2015 #132

Those pods are an enviromental packaging mess.nt sufrommich Apr 2015 #3

I bought one for my mom. cwydro Apr 2015 #4

French press all the way. OnyxCollie Apr 2015 #81

I make it strong cwydro Apr 2015 #130

Yep, don't want to mask the bean. OnyxCollie Apr 2015 #131

Yep, those 75 cent pods customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #6

who wastes coffee pouring it down the drain??? you put any leftover coffee in a niyad Apr 2015 #7

Businesses. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #11

will have to ask my local starbucks about this. niyad Apr 2015 #15

Only barbarians waste coffee at home like that. I do exactly what you do. nt Hekate Apr 2015 #60

Plants love coffee too. Dilute it and water. roody Apr 2015 #73

I run a full pot through the grounds a second time for watering my plants. and, of niyad Apr 2015 #124

Oy, you should never reheat coffee frazzled Apr 2015 #129

didn't the guy who invented this wasteful nonsense just comment recently that niyad Apr 2015 #8

Inventor of Keurig K-Cups Is Sorry He Ever Came Up With the Idea Omaha Steve Apr 2015 #13

Of all the things to worry about phil89 Apr 2015 #23

you forgot the sarcasm thingy, yes? niyad Apr 2015 #24

You haven't seen the double space vs single space thread yet. Renew Deal Apr 2015 #103

I went from a pot to a single serve coffee maker - but no pods csziggy Apr 2015 #9

I have this single serve coffee pot tammywammy Apr 2015 #30

I looked at that one but didn't like the 8 ounce capacity csziggy Apr 2015 #33

Red matches my kitchen! tammywammy Apr 2015 #37

I thought about adding red to my color scheme csziggy Apr 2015 #47

That sounds like an awful lot of plastic marym625 Apr 2015 #12

What natural substance customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #21

I know there are types of cloth that can handle that heat marym625 Apr 2015 #41

Cloth? customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #44

nope. nothing wrong with that. marym625 Apr 2015 #52

How About Paper ProfessorGAC Apr 2015 #95

San Francisco Bay OneCups are 97% biodegradable - 44 cents per cup. Nt Stardust Apr 2015 #139

thanks for the tip Lonusca Apr 2015 #146

You're welcome. I mention this every time there's a dust up about Keurig, you're the first to Stardust Apr 2015 #158

The parent company of the SFB brand looks pretty solid as well Lonusca Apr 2015 #159

If somebody's built that better mousetrap customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #140

You are right of course, I use a stainless steel filter basket and glass pot to make coffee Dragonfli Apr 2015 #66

You can buy a re-usable pod. Ms. Toad Apr 2015 #68

The new machines won't take them spinbaby Apr 2015 #99

YouTube is your friend PCIntern Apr 2015 #143

It would never have crossed my mind to buy one of those. Ms. Toad Apr 2015 #150

We had cofffee once from a Keurig nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #18

They will bring them in by the truck load. longship Apr 2015 #19

Here's the easiest and best way for one cup of coffee. Lex Apr 2015 #32

I used to manage a coffee shop many moon ago that served only pour overs for regular coffee. tammywammy Apr 2015 #39

Yes! Plus they are easy to travel with Lex Apr 2015 #42

There's a place down the street that will charge you 4 bucks just to do that for you. arcane1 Apr 2015 #55

We use this... pamela Apr 2015 #62

That one is way prettier Lex Apr 2015 #69

It has a neat feature on the bottom, too. pamela Apr 2015 #74

That is a good feature. Lex Apr 2015 #77

My solution pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #84

Best yet, fill it with coffee that you just ground. The best. roody Apr 2015 #70

oh yeah. my good coffee pot died, so i tried my old 1 + it made bad coffee, so i went to your system pansypoo53219 Apr 2015 #89

Who knew Keurig or not is as contentious as Hillary or not on DU? FLPanhandle Apr 2015 #35

Do not misunderestimate the importance of coffee! pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #40

Or the way Hillary keeps some of us awake at nights. n/t customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #46

The only way to get decent coffee where I live is those fucking k cups. So we switched to tea. CBGLuthier Apr 2015 #38

Single serving? It's not something we'd use in our house. Nobody drinks a single serving, ever. hunter Apr 2015 #43

convenience , convenience , convenience olddots Apr 2015 #45

Funny, when I went back to this thread after posting customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #48

It's an algorithm. I've noticed whatever's on the page at any given time triggers.... Hekate Apr 2015 #64

It's a good thing customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #71

It isn't necessary to use those horrible K-cups. WillowTree Apr 2015 #50

I'm the only coffee drinker in the house and I never drink more than one cup a day tularetom Apr 2015 #51

those cups have damaged the coffee market in other ways too grasswire Apr 2015 #54

I haven't run into that yet. Ms. Toad Apr 2015 #72

That's sure the case around here customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #75

I am in the Pacific northwest. grasswire Apr 2015 #83

Wow customerserviceguy Apr 2015 #92

I bought a reusable stainless steel K cup filter for my Keurig. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #56

I think I'll stick with my percolator. LuvNewcastle Apr 2015 #58

I make (and drink) coffee by the pot. Those teensy pods would be so wasteful... Hekate Apr 2015 #59

I have an issue with getting a good strong bold cup rufus dog Apr 2015 #76

That is what we buy as well Godhumor Apr 2015 #78

And less expensive rufus dog Apr 2015 #80

Here's an interesting question, to which I don't pretend to have the answer. drm604 Apr 2015 #82

I never understood the worship of them Instant coffee is instant coffee SoCalDem Apr 2015 #86

Cheap espresso machine plus a decent grinder. mn9driver Apr 2015 #87

single serve packaging will destroy the world. nt TeamPooka Apr 2015 #88

I make a pot of this fresh ground every morning Omaha Steve Apr 2015 #93

did you save a cup for me? I do take cream and sugar. niyad Apr 2015 #125

For 1/3 (or less) the cost of a Keurig... 99Forever Apr 2015 #98

We buy only fresh locally roasted whole-bean coffee. Atman Apr 2015 #105

I buy my coffee beans from Costco, grind them at home, and use a single serve drip coffee machine. liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #106

Less waste is good. My method is a small french press! RedCappedBandit Apr 2015 #110

I love my machine, no more waste..... Historic NY Apr 2015 #112

The guy who invented the single pod wishes he hadn't due to the amount of trash they make. Pisces Apr 2015 #113

If you want quick tasteless coffee, there's NESCAFE JCMach1 Apr 2015 #118

Goddamned yuppie bullshit. Codeine Apr 2015 #120

I don't drink coffee Stargazer09 Apr 2015 #121

Stop polluting with plastic "Keurig" cups and coffee filters! Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #122

Coffee filters make fine compost. I like the french press too. roody Apr 2015 #145

Yes indeed! I once composted most all my kitchen scraps. Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #157

There really is no need to throw out the left over coffee. You can put in the fridge and then Hiraeth Apr 2015 #126

If people think about the value of their dollars and MineralMan Apr 2015 #127

I drink one cup of coffee a day. SheilaT Apr 2015 #128

"disposable 2-inch-by-2-inch plastic pods" KamaAina Apr 2015 #133

Plastic is already recyclable. B2G Apr 2015 #134

See post 104 upthread. KamaAina Apr 2015 #135

I like to vary the brewing method every so often. trackfan Apr 2015 #138

Pods are for bad kiddies who don't know how to make a real cup Blue_Tires Apr 2015 #141

My office has Keurigs on every floor and must dump thousands of those plastics capsules a day. Glimmer of Hope Apr 2015 #142

There is a Keurig at work but the coffee still tastes like office coffee. Weak and bitter. Kablooie Apr 2015 #144

You can get one of those plastic widgets shenmue Apr 2015 #151

Those pods are environmentally HORRIBLE, and those Keurig style coffee machines grow MOLD. MADem Apr 2015 #156