That sounds fair enough. After deducting rent, energy, labour, prep time and ingredients the margins of cafes are super low. Many owners make less than minimum wage themselves.
Exactly. Our unit is big and the electric bill for the first month of trading was £2,900. The cost of doing business is insane. One of the worst parts about inflation is the huge gap between peoples expectations and reality
They’re really not all 90p cheaper! Our mistake is transferring our model from stokes croft where most ppl drink alt milk. We don’t charge extra for alt- So an oat latte at loaf next door is 20p cheaper. But we just spent £280k on re opening derelict building for church rd.
We are learning as we go and will probably switch the price down a bit but charge extra for alternative milks soon. A move that will annoy some people as charging extra for non dairy in 2024 feels a bit wrong.
This is the counter point to "why didn't Sunak wait, because the economic news is better now" - I don't think anyone has finished adjusting yet to the impact the high inflation period had on prices.
Every week there is something I buy/ look at buying and am shocked at the price.
I was in Bristol last weekend for the first time in over ten years and I was amazed at how expensive things were! Like proper London prices for some meals and stuff
My London friends are very much making their choices atm: either outer London suburbs to get a house, or Leeds/York/Manchester/Bristol (always interests me which cities feature)
Yea it’s a shame, it’s normally convenience that does it. My worst one! Drive through motorway services. Drive away on to the motorway, take a sip! Burnt ruined coffee! 😅
So many things are so pricy that people have just stopped going out as much. Starbucks has seen a sizable decline in global sales and are trying to rework their menu. $7 for coffee is high these days. I just make my stuff at home since I just like ice coffees with cream and flavor syrup.
Crafty Egg had an odd thing up too: service charge went to staff (okay cool, nice to know) but said management add "tips" for 5-star reviews... Made me suspicious probably unnecessarily - should be "bonus" surely, unless it somehow coming from discretionary tips 🧐
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Also: excellent work
We getting robbed every damn day. 😅
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7K-IyfM0as&list=PLAlnT8XcpopZh1CDoZPM3h3-l_9v9unFS&index=10
That said I’ve just paid €5 for a latte here …
Remember now that there was a reason I never went to their Stokes Croft branch when I was in Werburghs
But anyway coffee prices are the same where I live.
(If it was small you were only glassed)
Just set me aback a bit!
Every week there is something I buy/ look at buying and am shocked at the price.
But yes, also this. But equally... £4.10 is also a good £ outside of the norm
Against a backdrop of people demanding to know if the economy, how come they can't afford everything they used to be able to?
Incredible stuff.
If anyone is in East Bristol: Orchard coffee shop is 700m up the road, just as nice and costs 90p less
... but definately pricey and, you know, you have Orchard up the road which is both cheaper and better
And yes, Orchard is also closer to us (we live up on two mile hill) o it win win. Imo its the best coffee shop in the city