Green Coffee

Like many industries in the world, the coffee sector was affected by the global health emergency created by COVID-19. The entire supply chain was interrupted due to different government regulations that each country had to take to prevent the spread of this disease. In Guatemala, the producers were right in the middle of the harvest when the first positive case was identified in the country back in March 2020. Measures were taken that restricted the movement of people between the villages and a curfew ran every evening for almost six months. These actions affected the flow of exports in the country, consequently, the coffee took more than two months to arrive at its destination in the United States. We also saw a change in the operations of transportation companies and warehouses, which had to reduce staff and establish protocols that at the end of the day reduced effectiveness in the supply chain. Thankfully, throughout the years, DLG has built bonds of trust and loyalty among all the stakeholders in the supply chain. Therefore, we decided to take the risk to commercialize all the coffee as initially planned. By implementing this plan, we were able to support producers in face of the financial repercussions that the pandemic created, since some producers don’t rely only on coffee for their livelihood, but on other industries such as tourism.

94,732.6 lbs of Coffee Sold $348,702.00 in Revenue from Coffee Sales ?? Pay out to Producers for Green Coffee Purchases 30 - 50% paid on average over the next best buyer