Specifically at grocery stores.

This weekend I was grocery shopping, and it occurred to me whilst attempting to find the one or two whole bean offerings amid the sea of pre-ground coffee and k-cups that I haven’t seen coffee grinders in a grocery store in years. It feels like, growing up through the 90s and early aughts, most stores would have at least a few options to grind fresh, or at least the Bakers near my home did. However, at some point, they were seemingly removed everywhere.

Of course, my intuition tells me that it benefits stores to not have such specialized machinery in place so as to allow maximum flexibility with store layout, but I’m curious if anyone has an inside scoop.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    15 hours ago

    Decreased demand.

    • People who want something simple often use pods.
    • People that buy whole bean are more likely to have grinders at home.
    • In places like the US, especially on the coasts, many people have finally learned what good coffee tastes like, and it usually doesn’t come from pre-ground coffee.

    Pre-ground coffee is also on the decline in my neck of the states. Almost all of the packaged coffee is whole bean because people have grinders.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      2·
      13 hours ago

      For example I’m all of the above

      • to keep things simple I use pods
      • when I want something nice I have a grinder at home
      • I do know at least a bit what makes good coffee the way I like it

      But also a grinder at the store may have unknown cleanliness as well as a mix of different styles and flavors and ages. If you care about good coffee, that’s not it.

      But yeah, that means there is so much I’ll never try because trying doesn’t justify buying a full bag