Worst day ever...
 

My local coffee shop raised the price of my Americano from $2.33 to $2.97. The icing on the cake? I eat lunch there quite a bit. You get a nice 6" inch sub and pasta salad for $4.99, until today that is... they raised it to $6.99.

My entire daily regimen has been ruined, I'm too cheap and too stubborn to pay this kind of price increase.

I seriously thought the gal was messing with me when she told,me the price. Open less then 6 months and they raised the prices big time. I would gladly accept a reasonable increase.

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Well, honestly, it's not a crazy amount to pay for lunch. Are there any other places nearby that offer a better value? I don't mind paying a little more to support a Mom & Pop type business vs. the big chains. The increase was likely necessary to cover costs, not necessarily just to gouge the customer and make their yacht payment. :-)

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thats how a lot of places work. They have low prices when they first open to attract customers, but after a few months the price gets driven to profit ranges.

Expected, but very disappointing. Sorry to hear that.

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I can get a much better sandwich for the same money at a place just around the corner. They are an actual sandwich shop so they have a lot more options and a lot better bread. Price range is $5-7.

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LOL

Ask them to match the old prices for you, they probably will! My local pizzeria raised their pies but kept the prices the same for the regulars.

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first off dont listen to Anthony NYC about food advice, he sucks at food places

second- stop drinking so much damm coffee and you can afford a 12" sandwich instead of that pansy 6 incher

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Ha ha. I don't want a 12", I want a 6" and a large Americano.

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i will forever remember scott as the man who likes a pot of coffee before going to sleep

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I'm surprised to hear you actually buy coffee somewhere. "Ooops, finished my to-go pot before I reached my destination 5 minutes from home, better get some more."

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How else are you supposed to get any sleep?

that comes up more often then you think.

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I suffer from the same problems. Never enough GOOD coffee close enough! At work I keep k cups staged in various offices on the site so I can refill my mug with adequate coffee until I geet back to the office

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Here's what really irked me. I drink mostly iced americanos, except for the two days of winter we get each year. They used to be the same price. Now the hot americano is 2.88 and the iced is 2.97. Now the ice costs a little extra on the iced americano, however the cup and jacket on the hot americano exceed that. The short answer is it costs more to make a hot one then an iced one. That's what really irked me.

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Sounds like you need to open your own shop and price the way you know it should be

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[quote=banzaitoyota;851827]Anyhow, I rolled in there yesterday to do some work and the lady who makes the coffee comes running up to me "Scott, Scott we got you your own coffee cup", she whips this 32 ounce coffee cup out, the thing is HUGE, she says "it's the largest one we could find LOL

dammit I hit the wrong key again, sorry phins