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

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princessconsuelobananahammock · 26/09/2014 22:56

Having a Macmillan coffee morning on Sunday. It's in a community centre & been advertised so there will be people I don't know. Not sure what the done thing is with donations vs charging for coffee & cake. Personally, I hate the vagueness of 'donation' I agonise about the right amount so I was thinking of setting a price. £3 coffee & cupcake. £4 coffee & big wedge of cake. Does that sound ok?

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HeySoulSister · 26/09/2014 23:06

Can't poorer people donate to charity then?

Only the rich get to do it in style

Jinglebells99 · 26/09/2014 23:06

The ones local to me were charging £1 for a slice of cake. Think your idea is sounding a bit dear unless it's proper coffees, cappuccinos and the like.

Bunbaker · 26/09/2014 23:06

You wouldn't get a coffee and a piece of cake in a cafe for £3 round here, and I don't live anywhere near London or the south east.

I would happily pay £3 BTW.

FrancesNiadova · 26/09/2014 23:06

Thanks for doing this. I found Macmillan so supportive when I had cancer. People like you keep the funding going to help people like me: a Mum with a DH & 2 DCThanksCake.

Ilikesweetpeas · 26/09/2014 23:05

Sounds fine by me (North of England)

CustardLover · 26/09/2014 23:05

Geography probably makes a difference (this wild be fine in W London) but the market comparison is it would be £6 odd in Starbucks and this is for charity - reasonable pricing I think.

ILovePud · 26/09/2014 23:05

I've been travelling round a bit today and have been to several different workplaces which were doing Macmillan mornings and charging £2 for coffee and a cake, so that seems to be the going rate around here. Whatever you decide I'd just have a flat rate if you want to set a charge rather than just go for donations and cut the cake a bit less generously. Good luck, hope you raise loads!

polyhymnia · 26/09/2014 23:04

Tbh it's no more than you would pay in Caffe Nero or Costa and those aren't for a good cause. But perhaps my idea of prices is warped by living in London.

MiuChoos · 26/09/2014 23:03

Sounds fine. I went to one today. £5. This is for charity, folks.

Where the heck was this? Yes, it's for charity, doesn't mean you should rip people off though.

MelanieCheeks · 26/09/2014 23:03

I wouldn't blink at £3 for a charity coffee and bun.

alemci · 26/09/2014 23:03

if you are fundraising seems reasonable my mum did a cake and coffee thing at home for charity and we all put in £5.

if you went to a coffee shop it's expensive.

edwinbear · 26/09/2014 23:02

£3 for a coffee and cupcake in SE London would be absolutely fine.

MiuChoos · 26/09/2014 23:02

Exactly, if you went with your partner that would be £8 for a cup of tea/coffee each and a slice of cake! Far too expensive.
You'd do far better lowering your prices and you'll get much more buying them, therefore raising more money!

ShatnersBassoon · 26/09/2014 23:02

That sounds like a lot, unless you're providing top quality coffee and cake. If it's Kenco and homemade fairy cakes, I wouldn't charge more than £2, and that includes an overpayment because it's for charidee.

grovel · 26/09/2014 23:01

Sounds fine. I went to one today. £5. This is for charity, folks.

Boysandme · 26/09/2014 22:59

Where are you? That sounds expensive.

306235388 · 26/09/2014 22:59

That sounds really expensive to me - so for a couple it'd be £8 plus if they had kids extra?

I did one today - we raised £600 on donations.

MiuChoos · 26/09/2014 22:58

£3 for a coffee and a bun?! Sounds a lot to me, sorry!

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