Roast Magazine: Valuing Our Mid-Chain Partners

Third-party logistics providers such as Dupuy and East Bay Logistics, based in Hayward, California, also generally find transparency requirements helpful as a means of engaging their customers in important dialogue around costs and margins. However, as Arianna Hartstrom, founder of Costa Oro International, based in Portland, Oregon, mentions, “Green coffee warehousing is highly competitive and standardized. Increases in billing rates are infrequent and must be presented to our partners with ample notice.”

Importers face a similar highly competitive and standardized pricing landscape.