To charge £3 for coffee & cupcake at Macmillan cake sale ?

At DD's school (north west) it was £1 for coffee and cake-people put more in and I assume some greedies put in less......one bloke sat on my table literally ate about 10 pieces of cake.....hoping he donated appropriately

Happy, why would you expect the cake so cheap?

If I knew that there would be a 'charge' for the cake and coffee a cup of tea, I would not go. I'd donate but only if I could choose what I gave. I might buy a piece of cake for £1 but I'd take my own flask of tea if those are the charges being made.

You're selling good homemade cakes, don't sell yourself short.

All those saying charge £1 for a slice if cake it probably costs more to make them than that. Get with the real world economics of it.

In my DD school coffee and cupcake was £5 .I know it's charity but IMO very expensive and they charged for kids £2.

People were putting in £20s at my work... felt like a right meany with my grubby fiver.

My mum and I paid £1 a slice of cake and £1 a drink yesterday. They were the suggested prices and we put a fiver in the tin. Instant coffee and a bit of homemade cake but it was for charity. We're SW and I didn't think that was expensive

Isn't a well-known coffee shop doing an offer of a cup of coffee & a slice of cake for £3.95?
Whilst you might not be serving lattes or cappuccinos, I'm sure that your cake will be better than their dry sawdusty offerings!
Thank you Princess & anyone who attends such fund raising events. People like me wouldn't be here without people like you.

If I'm going to make a relatively large donation I'll do it somewhere I can giftaid (often online, it's easier than filling in paper forms). It might be that some of the people giving a small amount of money up front are doing that too. Our charity cake sales at work encourage people to do that rather than put money in the box.

"Suggested donation £5" would work of me (London). I'd happily put in much more as it's for Macmillan. I'd never compare this to Pret/Starbucks/local cafe event.

We had a Macmillan coffee morning at work and I was £2.50 for two cupcakes and a bag of homemade tablet. YABU.

I made healthy cakes fresh juice as I disagree with normal cakes sold in aid of cancer and charged 3 a slice of cake and 2 a juice. But the ingredients were very expensive (nuts & dates)

If it's instant cheapo coffee and a little cupcake it is a lot. Of it's naice coffee and decent slab of cake then yes too, but there should be cheaper options for those who cannot afford it. Like 50p/£1 for cake

I think tickle monster had it about right. I wouldn't pay that much, because although the prices compare well with proper cafés, when I go to a cafe it is an occasional treat and I am paying for the luxury of sitting in a comfy chair reading a book while drinking a well-made drink.

If you grab coffee and cake at Starbucks a couple of times a week, it's not a big deal. If it's a monthly treat that you budget for, then those people won't come through the door. Which is fine, is that is what you are aiming for - those people will give in different ways, but you won't sell as many cakes.

I bet the OP is sorry she asked now. If she was unsure what to change before she must be really confused now.

OP. Don't over think this. This thread proves that you won't be able to please everyone.

Hope you raise lots of money.

Good point fififolle about hygiene and donations.

Sounds ok to me provided the coffee and cake is half decent. You'd pay more at Starbucks/Nero and it's not going to some fat cat!

If you just ask for donations, people tend to be more generous/round it up and you avoid hygiene issues with servers handing money and food.

I wouldent turn up to Macmillan coffee morning without any money for a drink, as the whole point is to raise money, but £3 for a drink and a cake is very dear.

You only need to declare what you have donated if you are gift aiding it (so the charity can claim back the tax). So a form plus a box is the way to go

£3 would be fine here (London)

The one I went to was £2 minimum donation and most were giving more. That got you tea/coffee and you were able to help yourself to a vast array if cakes. They raised £700 in the end.

So that's £7 in all yeah sorry but that is a lot of money for a cake and a coffee. Call me tight scrouge ect but I would not pay it and you do not people's financial situations to be putting a price on things. I know it's for charity and yes I will help as much as the next person but I would not be held to ransome. I would say any donations welcome people are likely to be more generous when they are not being dictated to.
Sorry if I sound harsh. Good luck with your charity and well done for hosting such a worthy cause

I suggest having a sign over a lidded box, 'Donations'. I wouldn't be specific, and wouldn't have a 'suggested donation'. People will give whatever it is they can afford.
Best of luck with the baking and the fundraising.

Nope - all held yesterday :(

Might just have to go and have a & some at a cafe and make a donation online to MacMillan, not quite the same, but just as effective for MacMillan I guess.