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To feel ripped off

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Bunny2607 · 17/02/2025 20:50

Nipped out to a local cafe at work today for some lunch to take back and eat at my desk. Very rarely buy lunch as either take it with me or nip home but circumstances today meant i ended up buying it.
small independent cafe, i got a mocha coffee, flapjack slice and a soup to take away. £12.60!!! I paid and didn’t say anything but i was so shocked at the price. Its been bugging me all day and tbh i don’t think i will go back due to the prices, it was only average at best as well.
when did you last feel ripped off?

OP posts:
Cakeandusername · 17/02/2025 21:01

Was the pricing for eat in but you chose to takeaway. It doesn’t sound ridiculous price.

Onlyvisiting · 17/02/2025 21:00

I rarely buy food out so it seemed a lot. But a quick Google tells me that in Starbucks a mocha is over £5 and the flapjack probably £3.50. So I don't think your cafe was especially expensive, just prices generally are up.
I'd rather pay for the soup and drink water from home personally, the coffee and cake is the biggest cost and hot drinks are so expensive compared to just sticking the kettle on at home and cakes are generally just disappointing if you are a halfway competent home baker.

TwentyTwentyFive · 17/02/2025 21:00

Agree with others if feels pretty standard. I'm surprised you didn't notice the prices before ordering though as most cafe's around here are very open with pricing.

steff13 · 17/02/2025 21:00

Were the prices not posted anywhere? I would complain about that.

AlleyRose · 17/02/2025 20:59

Same. We have one in our village. All the cakes etc are 3.00/3.50. For one cake/flapjack/cookie slice!!! The do lovely toasted paninis but they're £4.50 each. For a bloody posh toastie!!

I honestly don't know how it keeps going. This is up north too.

StormingNorman · 17/02/2025 20:56

Sounds right for the cafes around here.

£4.50 coffee
£5.00 bowl of soup
£4.00 flapjack/cake thing

ButDoYouAvocado · 17/02/2025 20:56

It depends where you are and what sort of cafe it was. Where I live there are basic cafes who would sell you that for around £7 and posher ones that would be about the price you paid.

HTruffle · 17/02/2025 20:55

I actually think that’s reasonable, we had one hot chocolate and two cokes out today and it was £8.90. I was glad we didn’t need to eat at the time!

Iamallowedtodisagreewithyou · 17/02/2025 20:54

Yes that does sound right . It's insane isn't it. I rarely bother now

Poppyseeds79 · 17/02/2025 20:54

Did you not look at the prices first OP 😅

TokyoSushi · 17/02/2025 20:54

Probably £4.50 ish for the coffee, similar for the soup and the rest for the flapjack, everything is so bloomin expensive nowadays, but it's probably about right.

TinySaltLick · 17/02/2025 20:52

Seems about right, how much did you think it was going to cost

TwinklyRoseTurtle · 17/02/2025 20:51

I think that’s about average tbh

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