"is the most expensive slice of cake you have seen in a high street cafe or tea room? I don't mean Claridges or The Ritz
So far for us it's £5:40p."
Any desserts around where we live are about £6.95
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"is the most expensive slice of cake you have seen in a high street cafe or tea room? I don't mean Claridges or The Ritz
So far for us it's £5:40p.
Any desserts around where we live are about £6.95
Mrs"
Yeah desserts are about £7:50 to £12 in an ordinary restaurant.
I always reckoned cake was about £3:75 |
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"is the most expensive slice of cake you have seen in a high street cafe or tea room? I don't mean Claridges or The Ritz
So far for us it's £5:40p.
Any desserts around where we live are about £6.95
Mrs
Yeah desserts are about £7:50 to £12 in an ordinary restaurant.
I always reckoned cake was about £3:75 "
£12? 😮 wow
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"Chocolate fudge cake in the Marstons restaurant by me, is £8.25. I stopped going there since it changed brewery ownership.
😱 That's a lot! "
Tell me about it. It use to be reasonable priced for a meal in there, but there's a huge housing complex for the over 50s currently being built opposite the restaurant. Since the planning was approved, prices have been creeping up. |
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"Chocolate fudge cake in the Marstons restaurant by me, is £8.25. I stopped going there since it changed brewery ownership.
😱 That's a lot!
Tell me about it. It use to be reasonable priced for a meal in there, but there's a huge housing complex for the over 50s currently being built opposite the restaurant. Since the planning was approved, prices have been creeping up."
There has been a steep rise in the price of cake. I'm laughing at myself even typing that 🤦🤣. I was just wondering why and maybe it's targeting the grey pound 🤔 |
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"is the most expensive slice of cake you have seen in a high street cafe or tea room? I don't mean Claridges..."
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What on earth was wrong with the signature Anton Mosimann pastry I bought for you at Claridges???  |
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"Some of the most expensive ones I have seem are in some 'posh' garden centres, exceeding £6. Really? 😭"
Blimey!
I haven't noticed an increase in the price of raw ingredients. Could it be wages have increased? 🤔.
God could I have thought of a less interesting thread topic? I doubt it, sorry everyone  |
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What on earth was wrong with the signature Anton Mosimann pastry I bought for you at Claridges??? "
Nothing really but my tears made it rather salty. I don't take rejection well...  |
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Don’t know the exact prices but it really shocked me returning to the UK this year how expensive coffee and cake is in general, it’s around £10 out in the Peak District.
I used to get Chai(Karak tea) and cake in Dubai for less than £1 |
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By *ayHaychMan 5 weeks ago
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"Same with coffee really. Is it justified nearly a fiver for a coffee, no. They charge what they like. We need to take to the streets demanding a fair price for our coffee and cake  "
The mark up on espresso is insane! However I now can’t stand instant coffee 😫 |
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"Don’t know the exact prices but it really shocked me returning to the UK this year how expensive coffee and cake is in general, it’s around £10 out in the Peak District.
I used to get Chai(Karak tea) and cake in Dubai for less than £1"
It is more in tourist areas. We usually pay less than £15 for coffee and cake unless we're right in the seafront where it's more. |
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"Same with coffee really. Is it justified nearly a fiver for a coffee, no. They charge what they like. We need to take to the streets demanding a fair price for our coffee and cake "
Just a minute I'll get my marker pen out and make a placard
I understand that overheads and wages need to be factored in of course, I don't expect something for nothing but current prices seem high to me |
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"Same with coffee really. Is it justified nearly a fiver for a coffee, no. They charge what they like. We need to take to the streets demanding a fair price for our coffee and cake
The mark up on espresso is insane! However I now can’t stand instant coffee 😫 "
I'm not a fan of instant, I use to know a woman who refused to call it coffee and just referred to it as Nescafé regardless of brand . She was elderly when I knew her in the 70s one of the last of her kind |
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"Chocolate fudge cake in the Marstons restaurant by me, is £8.25. I stopped going there since it changed brewery ownership.
😱 That's a lot!
Tell me about it. It use to be reasonable priced for a meal in there, but there's a huge housing complex for the over 50s currently being built opposite the restaurant. Since the planning was approved, prices have been creeping up.
There has been a steep rise in the price of cake. I'm laughing at myself even typing that 🤦🤣. I was just wondering why and maybe it's targeting the grey pound 🤔"
Profiteering. If the government added a 1p in the pound tax the country would be up in arms. When very rich companies posting profits in the billions add the equivalent of 20p in the pound to their profit margin we grumble a bit and carry on. We're funny things us humans. |
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"Chocolate fudge cake in the Marstons restaurant by me, is £8.25. I stopped going there since it changed brewery ownership.
😱 That's a lot!
Tell me about it. It use to be reasonable priced for a meal in there, but there's a huge housing complex for the over 50s currently being built opposite the restaurant. Since the planning was approved, prices have been creeping up.
There has been a steep rise in the price of cake. I'm laughing at myself even typing that 🤦🤣. I was just wondering why and maybe it's targeting the grey pound 🤔
Profiteering. If the government added a 1p in the pound tax the country would be up in arms. When very rich companies posting profits in the billions add the equivalent of 20p in the pound to their profit margin we grumble a bit and carry on. We're funny things us humans."
I suppose we can see the prize in front of us in the form of cake.
Improved services etc isn't an immediate gain. |
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"£6.50-£7.50 seems the normal rate to the places I go
For just the cake?
They look amazing though! I’ve never eaten them"
Your mission should you choose to accept it, is to try one and report back  |
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"This is something I should be all over given my love of cake
Generally, I just buy them irrespective of the cost. There is a garden centre in Droitwich that does charge the earth for cakes!"
When did we start needing refreshment while buying a garden rake? 🤔  |
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"It's rare we eat cake when we're out. I am a master baker, if I do say so myself  , and I won't pay silly money for something that probably tastes better at home. "
There's a few masterbakers on here. |
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"It's rare we eat cake when we're out. I am a master baker, if I do say so myself , and I won't pay silly money for something that probably tastes better at home. "
We need evidence of this claim, what time should I be over for cake? I’ll happily bring tea to go with it |
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By *eliWoman 5 weeks ago
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It's not quite cake - the only cakes they do are vegan and nutty and cardboard looking ; death for me.
But my favourite local independent coffee shop do amazing cinnamon buns. For £6. For one.
£6.
One cinnamon bun.
It pains me. They do an incredible iced strawberry matcha though. |
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"It's rare we eat cake when we're out. I am a master baker, if I do say so myself , and I won't pay silly money for something that probably tastes better at home. "
If you have that skill no shop made cake will ever come up to scratch. |
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"It's not quite cake - the only cakes they do are vegan and nutty and cardboard looking ; death for me.
But my favourite local independent coffee shop do amazing cinnamon buns. For £6. For one.
£6.
One cinnamon bun.
It pains me. They do an incredible iced strawberry matcha though. "
That's a lot!
I love a cinnamon bun though |
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"It's rare we eat cake when we're out. I am a master baker, if I do say so myself , and I won't pay silly money for something that probably tastes better at home.
There's a few masterbakers on here."
I've noticed. They seem to sneak into our inbox quite regularly  |
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"It's rare we eat cake when we're out. I am a master baker, if I do say so myself , and I won't pay silly money for something that probably tastes better at home.
We need evidence of this claim, what time should I be over for cake? I’ll happily bring tea to go with it "
You'd be very welcome. I love feeding people 😘😂 |
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