| Hot drinks 18:34 - Jul 15 with 1341 views | builthjack |
Why are they so expensive?
A cup of tea costs about 10p to make. They have overheads yes, but to make £2.50 - £3.00 or more on a cuppa?
Coffee around £3.00 - £4.00 for a Latte. Scandalous. |  |
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| Hot drinks on 18:41 - Jul 15 with 1089 views | max936 |
We use Costa's a lot up at Morriston Hospital when lad is in and their prices have sky rocketed. |  |
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| Hot drinks on 18:43 - Jul 15 with 1085 views | raynor94 |
Scandalous, I certainly wouldn't put any money into the coffers of Costa Starbucks and Nero, a total rip off! |  |
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| Hot drinks on 18:43 - Jul 15 with 1078 views | onehunglow |
Because of supply and demand
People are prepared to pay because they want a cup of tea.
People can always take their own |  |
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| Hot drinks on 18:49 - Jul 15 with 1075 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
There is about 80 percent profit on a cup of coffee these days. Whoever worked out that we are dull enough to pay £3.00 for a cup of coffee is a genius. |  |
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| Hot drinks on 19:21 - Jul 15 with 1031 views | max936 |
| Hot drinks on 18:43 - Jul 15 by onehunglow |
Because of supply and demand
People are prepared to pay because they want a cup of tea.
People can always take their own |
Its not that easy to take your own R, spent more than enough time there to know as well, unfortunately  | |
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| Hot drinks on 19:24 - Jul 15 with 1015 views | onehunglow |
| Hot drinks on 19:21 - Jul 15 by max936 |
Its not that easy to take your own R, spent more than enough time there to know as well, unfortunately |
Not always S but it’s about planning .
No offence meant | |
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| Hot drinks on 19:25 - Jul 15 with 1020 views | SullutaCreturned |
| Hot drinks on 18:43 - Jul 15 by raynor94 |
Scandalous, I certainly wouldn't put any money into the coffers of Costa Starbucks and Nero, a total rip off! |
I'm the same, I refuse to pay those prices, I won't pay for the swill they serve at the football either. | | | |
| Hot drinks on 19:27 - Jul 15 with 1014 views | onehunglow |
| Hot drinks on 19:25 - Jul 15 by SullutaCreturned |
I'm the same, I refuse to pay those prices, I won't pay for the swill they serve at the football either. |
Without meaning to offend anyone,I have bought a beverage at any game
Somebody bought me a warm plastic bottle of carlsberg at Anfield once
I can’t believe so many queue to buy such shite
Better take a bag of Liquorice Alsorts ( bassets of course) | |
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| Hot drinks on 19:35 - Jul 15 with 1015 views | max936 |
| Hot drinks on 19:24 - Jul 15 by onehunglow |
Not always S but it’s about planning .
No offence meant |
Non taken R. with the lads condition is issues can be vast so most of his stay is in A&E and assessment unit, nightmare, moreso for Mrs cause she won't come home, although we had cover last time he was in for a while, we had an overnight nurse come in, provided by the care service company that send nurse and an assistant here, but Mrs had a call earlier this afternoon to say that the owner has put the Company into administration giving the 300 staff 11 days notice 
We don't know the full story though in fairness. | |
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| Hot drinks on 19:50 - Jul 15 with 997 views | onehunglow |
| Hot drinks on 19:35 - Jul 15 by max936 |
Non taken R. with the lads condition is issues can be vast so most of his stay is in A&E and assessment unit, nightmare, moreso for Mrs cause she won't come home, although we had cover last time he was in for a while, we had an overnight nurse come in, provided by the care service company that send nurse and an assistant here, but Mrs had a call earlier this afternoon to say that the owner has put the Company into administration giving the 300 staff 11 days notice
We don't know the full story though in fairness. |
I was in A and E yesterday .
Thankfully, they were handing out free bottles of water
I’m very fussy over coffee and haven’t had “ ordinary” coffee for years | |
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| Hot drinks on 20:19 - Jul 15 with 987 views | max936 |
| Hot drinks on 19:50 - Jul 15 by onehunglow |
I was in A and E yesterday .
Thankfully, they were handing out free bottles of water
I’m very fussy over coffee and haven’t had “ ordinary” coffee for years |
What happened? you didn't drop and trip over your wallet did you? | |
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| Hot drinks on 20:21 - Jul 15 with 979 views | onehunglow |
| Hot drinks on 20:19 - Jul 15 by max936 |
What happened? you didn't drop and trip over your wallet did you? |
I'll dm you | |
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| Hot drinks on 12:08 - Jul 16 with 873 views | 1983 |
It's because people are thick and brain washed and are the same people that will buy a sandwich for lunch at £3/£5 a day instead of buying bread & filling for the same amount and will feed them all week.
When I was a kid nobody drunk coffee and a coffee shop was a place in Amsterdam where people smoked dope...like I said brain washed! |  |
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| Hot drinks on 12:21 - Jul 16 with 866 views | onehunglow |
| Hot drinks on 12:08 - Jul 16 by 1983 |
It's because people are thick and brain washed and are the same people that will buy a sandwich for lunch at £3/£5 a day instead of buying bread & filling for the same amount and will feed them all week.
When I was a kid nobody drunk coffee and a coffee shop was a place in Amsterdam where people smoked dope...like I said brain washed! |
It’s more conditioning 1983.
As a society ,we are led by the nose really.
I have never understood why so many buy warm plastic bottles of carlsberg at games ,nor what masquerades as tea or coffee.
Nothing the matter with water. And tap at that . | |
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| Hot drinks on 12:35 - Jul 16 with 861 views | johnlangy |
| Hot drinks on 12:08 - Jul 16 by 1983 |
It's because people are thick and brain washed and are the same people that will buy a sandwich for lunch at £3/£5 a day instead of buying bread & filling for the same amount and will feed them all week.
When I was a kid nobody drunk coffee and a coffee shop was a place in Amsterdam where people smoked dope...like I said brain washed! |
A slightly different take on the brainwashing comment
Costa, Starbucks and Nero are registered in countries other than the UK (i'm not 100% certain about all three but you'll get my gist).
You buy a coffee and the sale is registered as having happened in Switzerland say. So they don't pay the requisite local tax on that whereas there are many local coffee shops around who have no choice but to pay all taxes.
And what do people do ? They go to Costa/Starbucks/Nero and not the locally owned cafe. Because it's the thing to do innit.
And they are probably more expensive than the locally owned places . | | | |
| Hot drinks on 13:14 - Jul 16 with 835 views | SullutaCreturned |
| Hot drinks on 12:35 - Jul 16 by johnlangy |
A slightly different take on the brainwashing comment
Costa, Starbucks and Nero are registered in countries other than the UK (i'm not 100% certain about all three but you'll get my gist).
You buy a coffee and the sale is registered as having happened in Switzerland say. So they don't pay the requisite local tax on that whereas there are many local coffee shops around who have no choice but to pay all taxes.
And what do people do ? They go to Costa/Starbucks/Nero and not the locally owned cafe. Because it's the thing to do innit.
And they are probably more expensive than the locally owned places . |
I think, for tax purposes, a lot of thm register the head office in the ROI because they have very low corporation tax. That way they avoid hundreds of millions of UK taxes, not just these three but Google, Amazon, McDonalds etc.
Maybe it's time for a law change, maybe the government should say if you want to oerate here you need a head office here and to pay all due taxes on all money earned in the UK.
Or, if they cannot do that then make it so any company without a Uk head office has to ay a much larger minimum wage.
If that's nto possible or feasible then they must find something to do because UK wealth is beingbtransferred to rich foreigners and it has to stop. | | | |
| Hot drinks on 13:30 - Jul 16 with 824 views | pencoedjack |
Well I enjoy a coffee from Starbucks.
Each to their own nobody forces me or you to buy it. |  | | |
| Hot drinks on 15:37 - Jul 16 with 774 views | onehunglow |
| Hot drinks on 13:30 - Jul 16 by pencoedjack |
Well I enjoy a coffee from Starbucks.
Each to their own nobody forces me or you to buy it. |
TBF I am now a coffee snob. | |
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| Hot drinks on 18:01 - Jul 16 with 734 views | max936 |
| Hot drinks on 12:35 - Jul 16 by johnlangy |
A slightly different take on the brainwashing comment
Costa, Starbucks and Nero are registered in countries other than the UK (i'm not 100% certain about all three but you'll get my gist).
You buy a coffee and the sale is registered as having happened in Switzerland say. So they don't pay the requisite local tax on that whereas there are many local coffee shops around who have no choice but to pay all taxes.
And what do people do ? They go to Costa/Starbucks/Nero and not the locally owned cafe. Because it's the thing to do innit.
And they are probably more expensive than the locally owned places . |
If there was that option at the Hospital we'd have used it, don't go to Costa's anywhere else, not even the one at Next anymore. | |
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| Hot drinks on 18:07 - Jul 16 with 733 views | raynor94 |
| Hot drinks on 18:01 - Jul 16 by max936 |
If there was that option at the Hospital we'd have used it, don't go to Costa's anywhere else, not even the one at Next anymore. |
What's the coffee like in the canteen at Morriston | |
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| Hot drinks on 19:43 - Jul 16 with 702 views | max936 |
| Hot drinks on 18:07 - Jul 16 by raynor94 |
What's the coffee like in the canteen at Morriston |
Apart from the odd Latte I'm a Tea man. | |
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| Hot drinks on 20:59 - Jul 16 with 670 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Hot drinks on 12:08 - Jul 16 by 1983 |
It's because people are thick and brain washed and are the same people that will buy a sandwich for lunch at £3/£5 a day instead of buying bread & filling for the same amount and will feed them all week.
When I was a kid nobody drunk coffee and a coffee shop was a place in Amsterdam where people smoked dope...like I said brain washed! |
Yes worked with a girl who spent £5 or £6 a day on M&S lunches who complained that she could not afford a holiday when I went away. I explained that she was spending over £1000 a year on lunch and I was spending about £300 by preparing my own at home. | |
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| Hot drinks on 21:02 - Jul 16 with 666 views | majorraglan |
Going back to the original point, it’s because commercial rents are extortionate, business rates are high as is the cost of gas and electric and then there are staffing costs, minimum wage these days is £11.44 plus on costs. A stall in Swansea market can cost £14kper year.
I agree tea and coffee are expensive, but it’s not too difficult to see why. | | | |
| Hot drinks on 21:03 - Jul 16 with 663 views | onehunglow |
| Hot drinks on 20:59 - Jul 16 by JACKMANANDBOY |
Yes worked with a girl who spent £5 or £6 a day on M&S lunches who complained that she could not afford a holiday when I went away. I explained that she was spending over £1000 a year on lunch and I was spending about £300 by preparing my own at home. |
Simple really
A little preparation | |
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| Hot drinks on 21:40 - Jul 16 with 635 views | pencoedjack |
| Hot drinks on 21:02 - Jul 16 by majorraglan |
Going back to the original point, it’s because commercial rents are extortionate, business rates are high as is the cost of gas and electric and then there are staffing costs, minimum wage these days is £11.44 plus on costs. A stall in Swansea market can cost £14kper year.
I agree tea and coffee are expensive, but it’s not too difficult to see why. |
& in fairness those who work in Starbucks are pleasant & work hard 👍 | | | |
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