To be surprised that today a coffee costs more than a pair of trousers?

[pollyrosevelvet]

Aldi are today selling school uniform trousers for £1.50. A latte costs more than this virtually anywhere. I appreciate that a coffee out in a cafe/shop is a treat/luxury, and that school clothes are a basic need. However, I cannot help but imagine what my nana would have thought of this? Just an extreme example of how today things are cheap and services expensive?

I agree with you. A coffee costs the company 8p to make so the margins are extortionate, even if you take off rates, bills, staff costs etc.

Aldi will still be making a profit. Think of the poor Bangladeshis in their sweat shops earning 2p a month.

Fairtrade is fair for a reason.

I think the same about the price of cigarrettes. thank goodness I don't smoke anymore but I remember when you could buy a packet with the bit of loose change in your purse. Now it's like a tenner a pack. You could practically get the whole uniform for that.

A latte-style coffee made by a barista costs a lot more than 8p to make.

It's about the quality though. You could get a much cheaper coffee if you wanted.

I imagine Aldi are making a loss, or no profit, on the trousers to get people through the door. Then will hopefully do an entire shop or be impressed enough to go back.

I can't imagine a pair of £1.50 trousers will last very long. I buy uniform at a reasonable price and expect it to last a whole school year.

That's a nice thing to say retro....

The element of this that is wrong is the price of the trousers not the price of the coffee.

Clothes that are that cheap can not be made available without someone in the production chain being severely underpaid and probably working in terrible conditions.

I agree with Troll - the trousers will be sold at a loss to get new customers in store.