Quebec Court Lets Lawsuit Proceed After Starbucks Admits $0.12 Cost Behind $0.80 Plant-Based Milk Fee
https://vegconomist.com/politics-law/quebec-court-lets-lawsuit-proceed-after-starbucks-admits-0-12-cost-behind-0-80-plant-based-milk-fee/
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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 78d
Is a 6x margin egregious? I would have imagined they have similar margins on the rest of their menu as well.
Edit: Quick googling suggests that this is indeed the case.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 16 pts · 78d
Just wait till folks find out how much it costs to brew their own shitty coffee at home.
teft@piefed.social · 3 pts · 78d
Or how much soda syrup costs to turn into soda.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 78d
My espresso machine paid for itself in the first month.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 29d
That’s a lot of coffee.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 78d
Also literally every cafe does this sort of thing that it is called margin spreading and accounting for labor and food waste costs. Loss leaders being recouped by high margins of other products is literally how almost all stores work.
I hate Starbucks for many reasons, but go after them for their union busting, genocide support, or numerous illegal or unethical things, not a nothing sandwich.
oh_@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 78d
Milk and milk alternatives are free at many coffee shops. Milk /creamer can be used freely at Starbucks. They charge for plant based only.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 78d
Ok?
As stated it's about margin distribution and marketing.
This, as stated, is a nothing burger.
If they aren't going after every other business that does this then it's selective enforcement.
And I haven't been to a Starbucks in 15 years, even then I only went because it was the only coffee available in my building.
Gladaed@feddit.org · 3 pts · 78d
Is that the cost or the extra cost?