The Brief: What's brewing behind coffee prices

The Brief: What's brewing behind coffee prices

From BCA Podcasts by Business Council of Alberta

September 23, 2025 · 11 min · Episode 151

About this episode

This episode discusses the recent spike in coffee prices in Canada and its impact on consumers.

Have you noticed that your cup of coffee costs more than usual? A daily cup of joe may become the most bitter expense in Canadian budgets. Canadians may need an extra shot of caffeine just to stomach the price of their morning brew. Coffee prices have spiked 25% since January, the steepest jump since the mid-1990s. For years, coffee drinkers enjoyed a sweet deal: incomes rose faster than coffee costs, tea nearly tripled, alcohol quintupled, but coffee stayed steady. Now, a whirlwind of tariffs has percolated through the supply chain, leaving Canadian consumers to pick up the tab. Host Scott Crockatt and BCA's Director of Policy & Economics Alicia Planincic break it all down on this episode of The Brief . --------------------- About the Business Council of Alberta The Business Council of Alberta was founded on a simple idea: to make life better for all Albertans. We believe that business has an important role in improving society, and that when business does well, we all do well. We work with the chief executives and leading entrepreneurs of Alberta's largest enterprises to understand the big, long-term challenges that Albertans are facing and work with industry, government, and…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Crockatt

Guest: Alicia Planincic

Topics covered

  • coffee prices
  • economics
  • Canadian budgets
  • supply chain
  • tariffs

Keywords

  • coffee prices
  • Canada
  • tariffs
  • supply chain
  • economics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Business Council of Alberta

Places: Canada

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