# Peet's Coffee Price Differential

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peets-coffee-price-differential/820444>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** coffee\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peets-coffee-price-differential/820444 "2018-08-29T01:45:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peets-coffee-price-differential/820444/1 "2018-08-29T01:45:03Z")

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Peet’s coffee is $8 per pound at Safeway. So why is the same pound of the same coffee suddenly $18 when I walk into the Peet’s store? I mean, I can understand there being some difference between the two. One is going to sit on the shelf for a while and the other is presumably fresh. But more than double the price?!?

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peets-coffee-price-differential/820444/2 "2018-08-29T02:15:17Z")

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First, I bet that the “pound” in Safeway is actually 12 ounces. Second, it’s probably not as fresh-roasted as the one at the Peet’s store, and fresh-roasted is worth another $5-10 a pound.

Also, the [online price at Safeway](https://shop.safeway.com/product-details.119010868.html) seems to be $13.50 a “pound”, with a pound being 12 ounces. If they were selling it in the store for $8, it may well have been an antique (really not fresh-roasted).

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peets-coffee-price-differential/820444/3 "2018-08-29T02:25:09Z")

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[$8 at google express](https://express.google.com/product/14653353499541990638_0_10046?mall=WashingtonDC&directCheckout=1&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=product_ads&utm_campaign=gsx)

[$6.57 at Walmart](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Peet-s-Coffee-Major-Dickason-s-Blend-Dark-Roast-Ground-Coffee-12-oz-Stand-Up-Bag/23555017?athcpid=23555017&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS020&athguid=466001f5-cd01698f-ab80d96a73689cd&athena=true)

But you are right about the weight difference. That helps a bit.

So 1.13 per ounce at Peet's, .54 per ounce at Walmart. That’s still pretty extreme.