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Post by don on Sept 23, 2024 16:17:21 GMT
Don’t worry about it Rachel Reeves has told us pensioners we will be okay. Pension to rise £1700 over the course of this parliament. So in 2029 I will be able to afford a Starbucks coffee each week. Subject to change depending upon inflation of course. She is not going to be popular but it was a hard decision to make pensioners pay rather than big businesses
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Post by davem399 on Sept 23, 2024 16:37:49 GMT
That Starbucks coffee just got expensive, about £9 a cup with the pension rise said to be £460 next year.
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Post by zou on Sept 23, 2024 16:37:57 GMT
I'm told you've never had it so good.
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Post by peterob on Sept 23, 2024 16:45:03 GMT
Don’t worry about it Rachel Reeves has told us pensioners we will be okay. Pension to rise £1700 over the course of this parliament. So in 2029 I will be able to afford a Starbucks coffee each week. Subject to change depending upon inflation of course. She is not going to be popular but it was a hard decision to make pensioners pay rather than big businesses I don't much like Starbuck's coffee and haven't been into a coffee shop for years but - if I read this correctly the price per cup is forecast to be £32.69 in 2029? If so it seems a bit unlikely that they'll stay in business that long. |
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Post by kate on Sept 23, 2024 16:46:21 GMT
I'm told you've never had it so good. I'm told, you've never had it, so, good! (Won't miss it then...) |
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Post by spinno on Sept 23, 2024 17:43:43 GMT
On the Motorway (at the services, obviously) the other day a small latte was over £4
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Post by peterba on Sept 23, 2024 19:00:44 GMT
Regardless of the size of the pension increase, I can see absolutely no reason to spend any of it in Starbucks.
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Post by John Farrell on Sept 23, 2024 19:26:48 GMT
Regardless of the size of the pension increase, I can see absolutely no reason to spend any of it in Starbucks.
Agreed. When Starbucks opened here - with great fanfare about bringing real coffee - they failed to compete with the already established cafes. There is one here, in a town of over 120,000 people. There are many other cafes... |
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Post by spinno on Sept 23, 2024 19:29:50 GMT
Regardless of the size of the pension increase, I can see absolutely no reason to spend any of it in Starbucks.
Nor Costa, 200 degrees and Caffe Nero |
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Post by zou on Sept 23, 2024 19:34:03 GMT
My favourite coffee shop doesn't even have sugar available. Couldn't get much further in concept from Starbucks etc if you tried.
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Post by geoffr on Sept 23, 2024 19:37:59 GMT
Regardless of the size of the pension increase, I can see absolutely no reason to spend any of it in Starbucks.
Nor Costa, 200 degrees and Caffe Nero Nor even on coffee… |
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Post by spinno on Sept 23, 2024 19:39:22 GMT
Nor Costa, 200 degrees and Caffe Nero Nor even on coffee… Correct, go to the top of the class |
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Post by zou on Sept 23, 2024 20:21:23 GMT
Nor Costa, 200 degrees and Caffe Nero Nor even on coffee… Smh. |
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Post by zou on Sept 23, 2024 20:21:44 GMT
Correct, go to the top of the class Blasphemy! |
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Post by peterba on Sept 23, 2024 20:28:46 GMT
My favourite coffee shop doesn't even have sugar available. Couldn't get much further in concept from Starbucks etc if you tried.
Indeed. We have many independent coffee shops in our locality, and every one that I have tried (except one  ) serves good quality coffee, at a reasonable price.
The price of coffee in the 'chains' tends to be much the same as in the independents, but the quality is not even close, IME.
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) serves good quality coffee, at a reasonable price.