How much for a slice of cake for school funds?

[Tiredofwhataboutery]

Sports day tomorrow, as usual request for baking have been made. There’s generally quite a lot of donations and I volunteered at the Christmas school fair and there was a lot left over. Local businesses also donate cake shop and bakery etc which is nice if you worried about hygiene. It’s £2 for a slice (not huge ) £2 for tea £1 for squash £1 for smaller cookies etc. I just think it’s too expensive it used to be half the price. Do you think it’s too much or is it reasonable?

At my DS’s school the PTA asked for donations at the last cake sale rather than pricing everything individually, which I think was quite savvy as no-one wanted to look too cheap! I ended up giving a fiver for a cup of tea, a can of pop and a biscuit for DS!

Yep a whole punnet is £1.50 in Tesco right now. I wouldn’t be paying £3 for a small cup.

Did you have to hand over money or put it in a bucket anonymously?

I thinks it's pricey because the cakes were mostly donated so it's almost all profit. It's a couple of quid for a large box of teabags
Cakes should vary on price from 50p - 1.50 a slice. Squash should be 50p and tea, 80p.

@Tiredofwhataboutery

So don't buy any then. 🤷‍♀️ No-one is forcing you to - or anyone else, for that matter.

Although, all the money raised goes back into the school to be spent, ultimately, on the kids.

You have to be pretty tight to bemoan £2 for a cup of tea supporting your kid's school, when you'll pay that at a coffee shop quite easily. It's maybe 50p too much, but really, so what?

I would pay £2 for a nice piece of fancy cake as a one off for the school ... I would not pay £2 for a cup of tea or £1 for squash!

Yes, and if I couldn't have a drink with it, I wouldn't buy the cake!

I think you'll sell much more cake if you sell the tea at 50p and the squash at 20p, which still gives a profit.

I think it’s too expensive. Our local bakery charges £2 per cake and I thought that was a lot.

I think:
£1.50 cake
£1 tea or coffee
50p squash

strawberries and cream for £3 is fine

Hand it over! Hence people not wanting to look cheap …

Wow that’s bold!

I will add before MNers get going.....

As much as I know that its not just the boiling of water and a few other factors are in the mix too...
I think in most establishments the cost of a tea bag and cup of lukewarm/hot water is over priced....so yes I'd say £2 is expensive for a cuppa.

Cakes, as they've all been donated could be charged at less.
Don't forget at sports day events, if possible mums/dads/GP's all like to attend and the costs for a drink and cake will soon add up...there's every possibility you're likely to lose out on a sale if over priced.

Oh that's inspired 😂 No-one would ask for change either!

Our school would charge a £1 for cake and £1 for tea and coffee.

It's a FUND RAISER......purpose, the raising of funds.

I think the drinks are too expensive. Maybe they could meet in the middle and be 50p less as a single item, or 50p more for the drink + cake (difference of a pound).

£2 for tea is too much. £1.50 at the most or £1. Tea costs hardly anything to make. £1.50 for cake and 50p for squash.

I think it’s ok. It will be for a good cause. And presumably you only buy one thing per child

This is so interesting because we have attended 2 school things like this in the last few weeks.

School number 1 was all cakes/cookies/scones brought in donated by parents, no fancy ones really just all what you’d expect to see home made. They were I think 50p a cake, 50p a cookie, 80p scone, tea & coffee were free, squash was 20p or they were selling a small plastic glass of fizzy pop for £1 poured out of a big 2L bottle.

School number 2 was some cakes/cookies/scones & sandwiches, some were from parents but mostly they were donated from local businesses like cafes/bakery etc so they looked really lovely, like what you would get in a coffee shop. Cakes were £2, cookies were £1, scones £1.50, the sandwiches I think were also £1.50 but were like Costa style sandwiches (posh ones, rather than your basic tuna mayo if you know what I mean, but cut in half), tea & coffee were both £2, squash was either £1 or £1.50.

There was nothing left on school 1’s table by the time we left, a handful of broken biscuits maybe. School 2 still looked pretty much untouched. Both schools have since put out a post about how much they managed to raise, school 1 beat school 2 by a mile.

I do think for these kind of things you’re better off pricing low and selling more.

I was at a charity coffee morning recently. Hot drinks were £1. Squash 20p. Cakes from 50p for buns to £1.50 for a big slice of homemade chocolate cake (for example). We've found that a higher volume of lower priced sales always raises more than having it too expensive so people are put off.

Anything over 50p seems expensive given that the cake was donated so it's all profit. They know though that people will feel obliged to buy something.

Also make it clear in advance if it's cash only or you will have loads of people who would have bought if they'd known.

£1 for a hot drink. Squash - 50p per adult, free (or 20p) for kids.
Biscuits/buns: 50p. Cakes: £1 for plain ones, £1.50 for fancy ones.
Or you will get left with loads!

Oh and defo sell whole cakes during day and reduce in last 30mins.

I would drop the prices if your getting left overs, maybe 50p off of the prices you mentioned.
That's still a tenner for two adults and two children to have a drink and a cake.