KCSTAR/ K.G.Hall
In July, coffee's retail price in the USA was up 20.7% y/y...and the industry's veterans are blaming speculators...like hedge funds.
There's actually no shortage of coffee say the experts.
"It's not a true coffee market anymore, where the laws of supply and demand hold forth," said a trader for Walker Coffee Trading in Houston.
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