Juanny Romero has already seen wholesale coffee prices jump close to 50 percent this year.
“We haven’t passed on any of that price increase to our customers yet,” said the owner of Mothership Coffee Roasters, a Las Vegas coffee chain and roaster, with five locations. “We’ve just been eating it.”
But she may not be able to do that for much longer.
After President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs affecting almost every industry, the food and beverage industry in particular is bracing for impact.
And the Nevada Restaurant Association says restaurant owners are expecting food prices to go up by as much as 30 to 60 percent because of the tariffs; many are already seeing price increases.
