Eamonn writes;
The Celtic Tiger seems to be alive and well at the Insomnia Bar in Spar at the corner of Georges Street and Dame Street [Dublin 2], where a large regular tea (one tea bag) yesterday cost €2.40.
Frequented by a large number of tourists, this price will certainly bring back word to the rest of Europe, that Ireland has recovered and is open for business…
FIGHT!
Update:
A ‘Large Tea’ set me back €2.70 in roscommmon town the other day!
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Is that expensive? Seems about “normal”…
that’s what I was thinking
But €2.40 is not just for the tea bag, as you know well. And its not expensive for a tea that size. Also just don’t pay that if you have a problem.
Someone has to pay for all the water we use, eh?
And the cup and sugar and the stirring stick and so on.
Sugar in tea, are you mad!
LOTS OF THINGS
VAT 9% then the cups the staff to serve it plus the cost to employ them
Milk Sugar plus sugar tax insurance rent electricity rates table tax paid to council for outside seating accountants fees office expenses banking fees then if any profit made corporation tax on it
Mind you cheap compared to the massive profits made in other sectors
If it was made by a plumber or carpenter the hourly rate would be four times the cost for the staff
Right. I’ll go over at lunchtime and burn it down.
waiting outside
Twas raining so I couldn’t be arsed. Ah well. Craven apols.
oh ok
I’ll go now so
€2.40 is not just for one teabag. It’s includes the price of :
* Staff Member Wages (To serve the Tea)
* Water Rates (To get water for the Tea)
* Electricity Rates (To boil the water for the Tea)
* Rent on Shop (To have a place to serve the Tea)
* Consumables (The Cup and Lid to hold the Tea, including that weird thin lollystick for stirring)
IMRO Rates (For that nice music in the background while getting Tea otherwise deathly silence would send staff mad)
* Council Rates (To dump the rubbish bag you put your Teabag into)
* My time to type this (I’ll bill Insomnia directly don’t worry)
don’t forget:
* insurance
* franchise costs
and possibly
* Milk
lads, those are all overheads and therefore tax deductible. ye’re forgetting the most important one though:
*profit
If there is profit its after 9% VAT which will increase this budget to 12.5% then corporation tax
Profit should work out at 25 cent per cup after all overheads after tax if the place is run well if not half that
Assuming your numbers are correct – it would suggest that if they sell a cup of tea for less than €2 they would make a loss! :-(
I can tell you where you went wrong there, but you wouldn’t listen.
Small canteen cup of filter coffee in Gleann Colm Cille, Co. Donegal last week –
€2.50
€2.70 for a regular coffee in Gourmet Food Parlour, Dun Laogharie this morning.
Jj darbovens is your only man for a coffee in dun laoghaire. Way cheaper than insomnia and the coffee is delish.
In Glean Colm Cille you have the scenery and the wonderful Donegal people surrounding you, well worth your communion money, Paul.
Get a reusable cup for feck’s sake we don’t have to live like beasts any more
Just bring a thermos for home
Is that inconvenient for you?
Then be prepared to pay the premium for convenience
In Glean Colm Cille you have the scenery and the wonderful Donegal people surrounding you, well worth your communion money, Paul.
A friend of mine during the snow was telling me how that Spar can’t ever close as it doesn’t have any doors. I’m sure everyone heard this at the time.
Anyway, I didn’t believe this and was convinced it probably just had a roller door or something. I forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago when I happened to be in there, I can confirm it has no doors and therefore can never close. Weird how they can be so confident they will NEVER have to leave it empty at any point.
I can’t handle Spar at all.
Flasks?
Eamonn, no one cares. Just make your own tea if you don’t want to pay €2.40.
Plus it costs the same in most major cities in Europe.
It might be cheaper to buy a box of teabags & ask for a drop of hot water