Soft drinks.

Syth

One thing that anoys me is when someplaces charge so much for softdrinks. I like my coke and I'd consider 80c to be a reasonable price to pay for 330ml. But someplaces are crazy. We all know about pubs selling 200ml of coke for €3, but if you go to the cinema they'll chrarge you loads. Or Bewleys'll rip you off.

Why oh why do thye keep doing it? Why don't they just buy cxan's of coke and sell them cheap? If a shop can charge 80c for a can, why can't a pub or cinema or (etc).

bonkey

Originally posted by Syth
One thing that anoys me is when someplaces charge so much for softdrinks. I like my coke and I'd consider 80c to be a reasonable price to pay for 330ml. But someplaces are crazy. We all know about pubs selling 200ml of coke for €3, but if you go to the cinema they'll chrarge you loads. Or Bewleys'll rip you off.

Why oh why do thye keep doing it? Why don't they just buy cxan's of coke and sell them cheap? If a shop can charge 80c for a can, why can't a pub or cinema or (etc).

Cause they work on different margins? Cause they can?

Cinemas and anywhere selling "splash" coke are making an even bigger killing. The cost of the syrup runs to single cents per serving....

jc

vibe666

i remember about 10 years ago, my brother was the manager of a club in london, and he had worked out that plastic cups of coke was costing him about 5p to buy, inc. the cup itself. even back then it was 1.50 so if the margins are even remotely the same cinemas are making a fortune on drinks etc.

i always buy something in a shop[ on my way there anyway. couple of drinks and some sweets and i'm set for a 3rd of the price.

sovtek

Originally posted by bonkey
Cause they work on different margins? Cause they can?

Cinemas and anywhere selling "splash" coke are making an even bigger killing. The cost of the syrup runs to single cents per serving....

jc

Cause they can pretty much works for every industry on the island. That's why I believe the "shop around" croud will find that it will not really do alot towards cutting inflation. It's legislation and enforcement of said that will be the major factor...IMHO.

smiaras

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Syth

I always go to a shop beforehand. I know that most/all businesses will try to charge all they can, it's just something that annoys me. Especially since a can of coke and the coke you get in a cinema are identical! It's not like saying how come the Tescos washing up liquid is dearer than the Aldi washing up liquid? (to take an example) One could argue that they are not the same product, different factory etc etc. But it's all coke! Sorry it;s just something that irks me.

gobby

thing is. even if you do go to the shop beforehand you are probably still being ripped off! just not as much. oh the injustice of it all....

vibe666

Originally posted by Syth
Especially since a can of coke and the coke you get in a cinema are identical!

not quite actually. the coke you get in a can has much more of the coke concentrate in it than the cinema stuff does.

they get it in big boxes of syrup which is then mixed with water and co2 in adjustable quantities. i would say there isn't even half the concentrate in cinema coke as there is in cans and bottles.

personally i prefer the flavour of the 'milder' coke you get in cinemas anyway.

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I used to work in McDonalds... a large Coke costs €1.55 if I remember correctly. That's 500 mls.

McDonalds buys 1,000 litres of Coke syrup for €90. Using this, they make roughly 9,000 litres of Coke.

So, 9,000 litres costs them €90 (C02 etc. costs are negligible) and using this they can sell 18,000 larges cokes for which they will recieve €2790.

Profit: €2700.

'Nuff said.

oneweb

Not only do I not buy goodies in the cinema itself, I don't even buy them in the Spar/Centra. I walk that little bit more to Dunnes where a 500ml bottle of the Real Coke is only 90c and other bits are just as cheap. Mates go mad but hey, look after the pennies...

bonkey

Originally posted by OrangeRhino
So, 9,000 litres costs them €90 (C02 etc. costs are negligible) and using this they can sell 18,000 larges cokes for which they will recieve €2790.

Profit: €2700.

You're missing a 0 in your calculation. 18,000 500ml servings at 1.55 a pop (no pun intended) is €27,900, not €2,790.

So thats €27,810 clearance above base cost.

Once you factor in storage, the cups, the vending machines, the water and the running costs, your profit off a €90 tin of syrup could be "as low as" €20,000.

...

jc

Capt'n Midnight

Anyway I prefer the old coco cola flavour before they brought in cherry coke. Think in the US is maketed as coke classic rather than the muck they sold since. Before cherry coke I would not drink pepsi or own-brand colas - now the own brands have caught up and I try not to pay a premium for my cola flavoured sugared , gassed water.

Re Dunnes - anyone notice the difference in price between a litre of Avonmore milk and a litre of Premiere milk (both 3.5% fat - I'm not talking super low fat diet milk here) - couldn't believe it - both are Glanbia and both cartons were probably produced in the same plant !

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of coke in pubs are very small,m,uch smaller than cans.

got a coke in the oak PUB(thomas reeds) doownstairs on dame st the other night.3.10 for 3/4 of a glass!someone else got a red bull/vodka. 4.90 for the red bull alone !

what a farce......

Big Ears

Originally posted by gobby
thing is. even if you do go to the shop beforehand you are probably still being ripped off! just not as much. oh the injustice of it all....

well in my local cinema they dont allow u to bring in ur own food/drink .
I live in a town with only one cinema in it (for now another ones on the way for next year )

I still bring in my own stuff though get my tciket show them the stuff i bought in the nearby shop as if to say piss off and walk on through to the movie.