[BC] Absurd markups!

[Rick Heil]

$0.79 is McDonald's "loss leader" coffee... and it's actually not that bad,
either... but I'm not the stereotypical one in my generation, I like plain
old black coffee.  No mocha latte double venti supreme with whipped cream
and a sprinkling of magical fairy dust... just coffee, please, maybe a bit
of cream on the weekends.

I never bought coffee before going to work before that (we have a maker in
the office), simply because I didn't have the $4 for Starbucks or the $2.50
or so for Dunkin' Donuts.  Less than a buck for a 20oz cup of decent coffee
works for me...

As far as the milk, Jerry, just make sure you're being very careful about
cleaning it if its plastic - my chem professor just gave us a nice big
lecture this afternoon on how plastic bottles (especially the PET ones) can
hold nasty bacteria and whatnot.


Rick

On 10/25/07, Bill Brister <bbrister at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> $3.75 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
>
>
>
> I don't even like paying 5X Willie. I frequently stop at Burger King on
> the
> way to work in the morning, and get a croissanwich. I used to get a bottle
> of milk as well. Then I realized I was paying $1.00+ for about a cup of
> milk. So I bought a 16oz bottle of milk at the grocery store, and saved
> the
> bottle. I refill it each morning before I go to work. I haven't worked out
> how much it costs me to fill that bottle from my gallon jug, which is
> about
> $3.75, but it's a whole lot less than $1.00, and I get more milk to drink
> with my sandwich. Since BK buys in bulk, I'm sure that small bottle of
> milk
> costs them about a quarter or maybe even less.
>
> --
> Jerry Mathis
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Rick Heil
Operations Manager
90.9, WONY Oneonta