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A coffee and banana walnut bread went from $8 to almost $11. At some point, it is a more economical option to just make coffee and pastry's at home. There is
by tmaly 2y ago
A coffee and banana walnut bread went from $8 to almost $11.
At some point, it is a more economical option to just make coffee and pastry's at home.
There is no economy of scale under this inflationary environment that would benefit from continued purchases.
- pxeboot 2y agoHasn't it always been cheaper to make at home? You can make a VERY GOOD coffee for ~$1. Pastries are cheap to make as well, but more time consuming.
- FrustratedMonky 2y agoAlways cheaper, but now really cheaper. The line people draw when making a decision has shifted a lot.
- analog31 2y agoI wonder if this is compounded by the prevalence of work-from-home. After all, I can not only make very good coffee, but don't even have to go anywhere for it. Although, I don't mind a nice bike ride, and I realize that a trip to the coffee shop is more than just for procuring coffee. As for pastries, toast on homemade bread has no competition.
- AustinDev 2y agoHell, you can make very good espresso with no effort or cleanup on a Nespresso machine for ~$1 a cup. Plus, the aluminum pods are 100% recycled by the company if you send them back.
- cpursley 2y agoSure, if you enjoy the taste of plastic. As much as I like espresso drinks, I’d rather opt for a good press coffee or drip. That said, my wife still loves it so I’ve let it go.
- xenospn 2y agoThe convenience factor is the killer app for me. Just loading the pod and pressing a button. Done.
- batiudrami 2y agoI have never had a nespresso pod which was close to "very good". It's marginally better than instant but that's all.
- thatfrenchguy 2y agoI mean, Starbucks pastries are just not good. If I can pay a buck more and get something good, or go to the corner store and get a donut for $1.5 why would you go to Starbucks?
- tmaly 2y agoback in the late 90s, early 2000s Starbucks use to source all their pastries from local bakers. Quality and taste was much better back then. Now everything is made at scale with industrial ingredients, frozen, and mass distributed.
- imglorp 2y agoOr $8 for a dozen at the grocery store.
- dvfjsdhgfv 2y ago> Hasn't it always been cheaper to make at home? Of course it was. I make much better coffee at home than I could get at Starbucks. For me it's about something else: hanging out with friends or working on my laptop in an environment that's more interesting that my room or office. This is what I pay $10 of $11 for. (But admittedly, this happens rarely these days.)
- tmaly 2y agoI can make a great cup a coffee for about 25 cents. I switch to using a pour over setup. I buy a pound of good quality ground coffee for about $20.
- gnicholas 2y agoI was surprised to learn that their bread slices are frozen. I bought one and then discovered a sticker on it that was several months old. I took it back and they said that was the date on which it had to be frozen by, and that they had just defrosted it today. I used to sometimes work at a Starbucks and buy sweets to bring home, since I don't drink coffee. I don't buy sweet treats since discovering they're actually frozen/thawed.
- cpursley 2y agoMy wife used to work there. She’d bring back leftovers that had expired. Pastries, sandwiches etc that were wrapped (completely sealed) from the factory in plastic. If you didn’t get to it fast enough, fly eggs would hatch in the sealed bag…
- gnicholas 2y agoHow did the fly eggs get into the sealed bag? Does that mean they were in there the whole time (and if so, that you wouldn't want to eat it even straight from the factory!)?
- throw310822 2y agoAnd, after being frozen for months?
- cpursley 2y agoNow that I think of it, maybe the sandwich/pastry ones in particular were refrigerated, not frozen.
- cpursley 2y agoYes, my assumption is the were laid at the factory. Hey, as long as you cook it before they hatch, what's the harm ;)
- D13Fd 2y ago> I don't buy sweet treats since discovering they're actually frozen/thawed. But why, though? Are they less delicious? Less convenient? Obviously not. Do you think the freezing/thawing process destroys the nutrition? Seems unlikely, since they aren't exactly a health food to begin with.
- VelesDude 2y agoI have suspected for a little while now that starting this year we are going to start moving from a state of raising prices to keep margins up and share holders appeased to dropping prices to ensure their is still customers willing to buy. Profit makes way for survival.
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