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| fellatrix |
We are supposed to be in a recession aren't we.
Today I read that Starbucks are planning on opening 300 new shops in UK over the next 3 years.
Coffee at £2+ a cup? In a recession? I have a sneaking suspicion that Starbucks, Costa et al are responsible for at least half the personal debt in this country.
(I don't drink coffee)
| 1 Dec 11, 10:09 PM twilightsilence UK(ME), 16 mths |
I do drink coffee, but I blame Kenco personally.... Take me on a journey and keep me safe on our travels.... | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 10:14 PM fellatrix UK, 2 yrs |
I think they must put something addictive in it for people to keep paying those sort of prices.  smartarse | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 10:16 PM TheSilverFox  UK(GU), 2 yrs    |
Serious contribution here... It's reckoned that we see a coffee as a per missable low cost luxury so these sort of outlets actuall thrive in a recession... Feel good factor when lots of other things are rubbish.. Let's all play nicely people.. Just remember.. This is meant to be fun! | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 10:21 PM darkest_fantasy UK(M), 2 yrs |
Yuk hate coffee so price does not bother me. But hope friends still can enjoy it if their thing!  | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 10:21 PM fellatrix UK, 2 yrs |
But... 40 shillings for a cup of coffee (been feeling my age today) One cup a day at work and thats £500 a year! smartarse | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 10:30 PM Cal451 UK(NN), 3 yrs  |
I often feel nostalgia for the days when we into a cafe and there were two choices of coffee, white or black and it cost 50 pence a cup. | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 10:52 PM Merrick 3 yrs |
It's just an alternative to being alongside people in a relaxed environment such as what people do in pubs during the day; with alcohol replaced with caffeine; with aged and sad pissheads replaced with aged and sad mothers...and some people who secretly and regularly watched Friends. True story man. Every man dies. Not every man really lives. | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 10:57 PM tanken UK(NR), 2 yrs |
In many markets it still does
Happiness is a warm bum | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 11:06 PM Merrick 3 yrs |
Yeah, but it tastes shit. I once, in a far off land that didn't do real coffee, mention to a friend I'd acquired an Espresso machine. A packet duly arrived of the most delicious and potent Espresso pods imaginable. I'm forever in debt to that friend in a way words can't espresso... Every man dies. Not every man really lives. | ||
| 1 Dec 11, 11:23 PM fellatrix UK, 2 yrs |
And they'd ask if you wanted a mug or a cup, not a 'grande' or regular smartarse |
