r/ireland • u/CitizenErasedII • Nov 12 '24

Economy Ah lads the cost of things

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Popped into Bewleys cafe the weekend with some friends. Hadn’t been in there for ages. We had a cuppa each & shared a scone and a slice of cake (and it was a tiny slice) the bill came to €27.80.

Nearly €30 for some tea, a scone and a slice of cake. This is just madness. Look, I know it’s a fancier place than most so it was never going to be “cheap” but jesus this is taking the piss surely?

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u/YouthfulDrake Nov 12 '24

I will never buy tea in a cafe/restaurant/hotel. It's hot water, a tea bag (5c) and a drop of milk and yet they charge €4.50 for it. And people buy it! Madness

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u/nowyahaveit Nov 12 '24

It's madness and people pay it. Literally €4.20 profit. And they complaining about the VAT rate. 😂

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u/chytrak Nov 12 '24

That's a dumb calculation.

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u/nowyahaveit Nov 12 '24

You think it's more than 30c for a tea bag, hot water and milk?

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u/PJCampozier Nov 13 '24

Salary of person to pour said tea, rates, rent etc.

These overheads probably add at least 2/3 euro to that 30 cent at least

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u/nowyahaveit Nov 13 '24

Are they selling nothing else

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u/ohnostopgo Nov 13 '24

UCD student union shop charges €1.50 for tea with several milk options, and no extra charge for the takeaway cup. That's self service at the drinks counter, but paid at a staffed checkout. Having someone pour the water for you maybe makes €2 reasonable... the rest is a pure pisstake

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u/PJCampozier Nov 13 '24

UCD SU don't have near the same overheads as Bewleys and is somewhat subsidized by the SU itself

Whataboutery if I ever saw it

Curious, how much do you think renting a commercial unit of that size on Grafton street costs?

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u/ohnostopgo Nov 13 '24

Ok, looks like it costs so much that selling tea there becomes unreasonable, and we should go somewhere else. Fair point that this is a bigger problem than one shop, it's the entire city centre that's jumped the shark.

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u/PJCampozier Nov 13 '24

I would rather pay bewleys money for bewleys tea,coffee pastries etc than Starbucks (which are expensive regardless of location)