Bigbucks!
I'm fascinated by how much people living and working in big towns and cities spend every day in places like Starbucks, Coffee Republic, Neros etc. Take an average spend in a one of these places of say £4 for a large skinny latte and a muffin (that’s my guess at the price by the way, but whenever I go in that's how much it seems to cost). If that's a daily purchase, that's over £1,050 per year - even allowing for five weeks holiday and not buying one on a Saturday and Sunday.
I thought I would google around and see what a latte costs in America, my sense is that it's a lot less. According to the latest prices for a Starbucks tall latte is between $2.40 and $3.10 in the USA. Now my guess is that's half the price of a coffee in the UK. Are we mad?
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We have a Starbucks at the large Barnes and Noble bookseller here in Idaho (very few rich people here, by the way, though we do need a few doctors and lawyers and realtors). I'm amazed at the prices, do not pay them, and prefer to grind and brew my own java in the comfort of my home.
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