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Coffee prices - post GST rise.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/4190272/Cafes-battle-to-offer-flattest-white-prices

The raw prices complaint in the artlcle got me going...

Coffee is an interesting commodity. The growers get paid **** all and the rest of the industry makes a shed load off of it. Have alook at this film if you get the chance - Black Gold.

Opeons you eyes a bit to the state of the business.... Here are the latest prices from the Indian board - http://www.indiacoffee.org/indiacoffee.php?page=MarketInfo

the GROWERS get about US5cents a lb.

dairyflat2010-10-02 13:50:40

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

What gets me is pubs that are putting the price of a beer up 50c to $8, a 6.6% increase for what is supposed to be only a 2.5% increase

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

The whole thing is effectively a licence to rip everyone off. Well done National, another piece of genius.

What's that you say? The tax cut will cover it? Hahhahahahahaha...good try, you nearly had me there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Couplands bakery has put most things up 5c, but they round down, effectively making it the same price if you buy the one item.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Coffee is for females.

We will never fully decide who has won the football.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Coffee tastes revolting. Tea ftw.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Tea is for bad asses who punch down walls while walking to walk.

We will never fully decide who has won the football.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ginger_eejit wrote:

What gets me is pubs that are putting the price of a beer up 50c to $8, a 6.6% increase for what is supposed to be only a 2.5% increase

beer would have gone up, but doubt the chips or wedges you buy will have....

Queenslander 3x a year.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

theprof wrote:

ginger_eejit wrote:

What gets me is pubs that are putting the price of a beer up 50c to $8, a 6.6% increase for what is supposed to be only a 2.5% increase

beer would have gone up, butï¿½ doubt the chips or wedges you buy will have....

eating is cheating

Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

But those fries at Four kings are so good, especially that aioli, oh man... am I craving now.

We will never fully decide who has won the football.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Pub prices are getting silly, I ordered a double whiskey after getting stranded in the rain just to get my nervous system working and it was around $9. I reckon half a glass of wine is around the same price. This is was in a pub outside of wellington.

Also agreed tea is the drink. Also started drinking green tea the Healtheries one with a twist of lemon - Very addictive.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

my story.
a round of black galiano shots in dunedin at $12 a pop.
caused a scene.

Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Holy sh*t, some of those prices mentioned are incredible. How can people afford that? (Other than politicians.)

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

What's all this tea sh*t? Do your parents not let you drink coffee? Coffee is the fuel of champions. And insomniacs.

I had a pint of Summit in Albany just before and it was only $5.50. Not happy hour either. I was well chuffed.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Real Coffee > Tea > Instant Coffee

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

$8 for what isn't even truly a 'pint' of beer severely pisses me off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ginger_eejit wrote:

What gets me is pubs that are putting the price of a beer up 50c to $8, a 6.6% increase for what is supposed to be only a 2.5% increase

To be fair,a lot if pubs wouldve held off putting prices up after tax on alcohol,but the gst rise kind of forced the hand. Targets to meet and all that.

Is what happened at my work.

But yeah places like the post office putting prices up 20% then blaming it on gst is surely some sort of false advertising,being as they say "because of gst and other things" when really it's mainly the other things and gst only being a very small part of the 20% riseTegal2010-10-03 00:07:03

Allegedly

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Steve-O wrote:

The whole thing is effectively a licence to rip everyone off. Well done National, another piece of genius.

What's that you say? The tax cut will cover it? Hahhahahahahaha...good try, you nearly had me there.

are you having a conversation with yourself?

Frankie Mac2010-10-03 00:16:51

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Tegal wrote:

ginger_eejit wrote:

What gets me is pubs that are putting the price of a beer up 50c to $8, a 6.6% increase for what is supposed to be only a 2.5% increase

To be fair,a lot if pubs wouldve held off putting prices up after tax on alcohol,but the gst rise kind of forced the hand. Targets to meet and all that.

Is what happened at my work.

ee bah 'eck. In my day: 78c for a 750ml bottle of beer or 72c for a litre jug.

AND you had a choice of DB Draught or Lion Brown.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

And look at all the alcoholics that bred! ;)

Allegedly

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Frankie Mac wrote:

Steve-O wrote:

The whole thing is effectively a licence to rip everyone off. Well done National, another piece of genius.

What's that you say? The tax cut will cover it? Hahhahahahahaha...good try, you nearly had me there.

are you having a conversation with yourself?

No...Bill English was off screen talking to me when I posted this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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Junior82 wrote:

Tegal wrote:

ginger_eejit wrote:

What gets me is pubs that are putting the price of a beer up 50c to $8, a 6.6% increase for what is supposed to be only a 2.5% increase

To be fair,a lot if pubs wouldve held off putting prices up after tax on alcohol,but the gst rise kind of forced the hand. Targets to meet and all that.

Is what happened at my work.

ee bah 'eck. In my day: 78c for a 750ml bottle of beer or 72c for a litre jug.

AND you had a choice of DB Draught or Lion Brown.

You dont even have to go that far back

When I arrived in NZ in 2003, you paid on average $5.5 for a pint in a city pub, you now pay on average $8.50 - roughly 60% increase in 7 years

I'm not looking forward to the shock of paying 3 quid and over for a pint on my upcoming trip to the UK - I remember balking at the price when my local started charging 2 quid for a pint of Guinness!
ginger_eejit2010-10-03 16:34:57

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Tegal wrote:

And look at all the alcoholics that bred! ;)

Not too far off the mark actually.

Remember going to Reefton and there were maybe 4+ pubs.

Then on to Hokitika where you stumbled less than 100m from one pub to the next.

Did like Lake Ianthe Tavern tho.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ginger_eejit wrote:

Thing is though, 3 quid a pint is cheap compared to $8 here for a pretend pint that is not even 568ml.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Steve-O wrote:

ginger_eejit wrote:

Thing is though, 3 quid a pint is cheap compared to $8 here for a pretend pint that is not even 568ml.

Right enough, I think the last time I was back in the UK, 4 years ago, it was about 35p to the NZ$, now it's about 47p, Means back then $8 here would have been about 2.60 GBP, now it's almost 3.6 GBP

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Yeah when I got here it was $2.50 NZ to the pound, nowhere near it now...

So, now you can look forward to relatively cheap bevvy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Anywhere else you guys have noticed a bigger than 2% increase?

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

prices get bigger yet my penis stays the same size

I like tautologies because I like them.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Luis Garcia wrote:

Anywhere else you guys have noticed a bigger than 2% increase?

Go Wellington buses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Steve-O wrote:

Luis Garcia wrote:

Anywhere else you guys have noticed a bigger than 2% increase?

ï¿½

Go Wellington buses.

Any excuse will do for those bastards.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

No more monthly gold pass either so have to buy the allegedly cheap snapper.

(grrr)

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

ginger_eejit wrote:

I'm not looking forward to the shock of paying 3 quid and over for a pint on my upcoming trip to the UK

Good luck trying to get a pint for ï¿½3 (unless you are in some god forsaken part of scotland where it will still be about ï¿½1.50 but it will be Tennants or some other sh*t beer brewed through a tramps socks)

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

alcohol prices have risen at a fair price, if you take into account the 2 excise tax increases since July 09 (that most bars absorbed due to the recession) its closer to 10% increase in wholesale value - plus the brewery's usually jack the price even more crying about transport costs.

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ginger_eejit wrote:

What gets me is pubs that are putting the price of a beer up 50c to $8, a 6.6% increase for what is supposed to be only a 2.5% increase

Lawn mowing guy who left my mother a note saying that costs were going up $2 "because of GST"... I think not.

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Lonegunmen wrote:

Holy sh*t, some of those prices mentioned are incredible. How can people afford that? (Other than politicians.)

Be being waitress in Chch, they get 600 a week according to John Key.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

The average cost of a pint in the UK is 2.45 pounds but the closer you get to London the higher the price.
They reckon Scotland is more expebsive.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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Leggy wrote:

The average cost of a pint in the UK is 2.45 pounds but the closer you get to London the higher the price.
They reckon Scotland is more expebsive.

BBC article on the vairances of the price of a pint around the UK

Cheapest average - West Midlands 2.45
Most expensive average - Surrey 3.08

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11484987

When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

My mate in Edinburgh says pints in Edinburgh are about 2.80 - 2.90 on average...only over 3 quid in the pretentious bars of George St and the likes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Onto coffee i've noticed Robert Harris in Lower Hutt and one little tin box in Ngaio are charging $5 for a coffee. Not even what i'd class as a "large". I'm starting to get fairly picky about where I go now.

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