Are these prices reasonable

[Naomi370]

I’m planning to have a small stall selling hot drinks and snacks at the school’s Christmas Fair. The location is the South of England, mixed incomes and diverse.

Tea or Coffee - £1.50
Snacks (e.g crisps) - £1
Can drinks - £1

Would it be worth also selling anything else e.g. mince pies? Not sure how much people like these.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

How much do you think a packet of walkers crisps are now?
Shops buy them in bulk. What’s your point?

Such odd replies on here.

My point is no one in their right mind pays £1 for a packet of crisps when you can get 6 for £1 at the shops. Unless the money is going towards fundraising when you don't mind paying over the odds because you are effectively just making a donation to the cause.

Erm well I just looked at our local canteen and people were paying over a pound for a bag of crisps

Smiths and costa sell crisps at far more than supermarket prices

People pay for convenience, and for temptation

Canned drinks are much cheaper in lots of supermarkets. Are you selling brands? (and is the money for the school?)

I'd go
Drink and snack of choice £2

Drink options would be - coffee/tea/hot chocolate and fruit shoot types for the kids

Snacks would be crisps, gingerbread men and mince pies.

Keep it simple.

It's a different situation when people are buying lunch though. People won't be spending much more than an hour at a school Christmas fair, they're unlikely to buy things they could get at home very shortly.

Op needs to be offering something festive and special that will tempt people. A cup of Nescafe and a bag of ready salted at £1+ a go aren't going to be 'must haves' when most people will be thinking they've got better options at home.

That seems cheap to me, but I guess that's because it's instant coffee. Tbh op there's nothing on your list I'd buy.

I would use that hot water urn (i assume that it is the large caterer size?) and instead of hot water, I would make some really good hot chocolate in it. Ditch the tea and coffee(I would not pay for instant coffee or a tea at a market), be festive! have squirty cream, marshmallows and maybe some crushed candy canes or chocolate sprinkles (or red and green sprinkles), I would also go with homemade type treats. Gingerbread men? maybe fill piping bags with reindeer poop (easy to make, red and green sweeties mixed with a chocolate cereal) mince pies . For the hot chocolate, I would take a bunch of plastic takeaway spoons and dip them in melted chocolate and sell them for 25p to stir the hot chocs with.

What? 😂😂😂
Yes they will. People do buy single bags of crisps as a snack otherwise they wouldn’t be available to buy everywhere.
This thread is ridiculous 🤣🤣

Well it's not the kind of thing anyone I know would spend money on at a Christmas fair but if a bag of Cheese and Onion says Christmas to you then who am I to argue.

I don’t need bourgeoise hot chocolate at a school Fayre. I’m sorry that offends you.

No, £1 for a packet of crisps at a school Xmas fair is an absolute piss take. They're 99p for 6 packets everywhere. £1.50 for a tea or instant coffee granules is also a bit much, £1 is more like it. I think youre much more likely to make profit on things like brownies, mince pies, little parcels of fudge, hot chocolate & marshmallows etc. I'd just completely bypass a stall selling shit coffee and overpriced crisps tbh

If this in the school hall or outside? If its just inside, will it be safe having hot drinks in a crowded room (you can barely breathe in DDs old primary Christmas fair).
Outside people will appreciate hot drinks.

We sell hot drinks and cans for a pound.

Home made cakes sell well.... we tried crisps in the summer, hardly any sold.

I'd charge more. The purpose of these events is to raise money, people go to contribute so why not charge prices that will make a good contribution.

Not at a school though. It’s meant to be cheap at a school fair, not pub prices.

To be honest £1 for a can of drink is super cheap now days

Tea or Coffee - £1.50
Snacks (e.g crisps) - £1
Can drinks - £1

Tea/coffee should be £1.
Crisp.. 50p at most! You won’t get many people spend £1 a pack at a school.
Hot chocolate at £1 but £1.50 if they have cream and marshmallows.
Cans £1
Mulled wine £1

You could do candy canes for 20p each for the kids.
Mini Haribo for 20p
xmas sweet cones for £1

Are you doing this to raise money for the school or for yourself? If the school, I'd pay up to £2 for an instant coffee/tea bag as I know how desperate the school is for cash and my DC would benefit from the fact that I'm overpaying. If the money is for you, then no!

Because the money isn't contributing to anything other than OPs pocket. This isn't a fundraising stall which I think makes a difference as to the price that is reasonable to charge Some people disagree but that's what makes the world go round

Not offended in the slightest. Each to their own.

You will make most of your profit on tea and coffee. I'd charge 1.50 for that. I've never been to a fete where it's much cheaper. I wouldn't bother with crisps. The kids will pester more for sweet things. Cakes and sweets is the way to go. Mince pies for the grown ups.

Mulled Vimto always sells well with a high profit margin.

Are you actually allowed to sell multipack crisps singly for a profit on an individual stall?
It seems a bit cheeky to me, particularly as the crisps will all have "not for resale individually" stamped on the packets.
As per previous posters, I would also assume a tea/coffee/crisps/cans stall would be raising funds for the school.
Craft stalls are completely different.

I missed that. I would probably expect the catering stall to be run by the PTA. If was just a parent making some money on the side my expectations would be higher.

Honestly, why would someone be drawn to your stall? Have mulled apple juice, mince pies, gingerbread men, chocolate yule logs, as well as tea/coffee/can/ crisps., charge £1 per item.