Soft drinks

[c00ky83]

Is it just me or is the price of soft drinks in pubs outrageous? I'd never drink and drive, but there are times when I go out intending to have a night off the alcohol. However, when I can pay upwards of �2 for a pint of Coke, where's the incentive? For a few pence more I can get a beer, which I invariably will just to spite these rip-off landlords. In fact, at my local Coke and Fosters are both �2.60! So much for discouraging drink-driving!

[heathfield]

Total rip-off. Speaking with a publican, he said that if he had his way, he'd sell soft drinks and coffee only, as that's where his biggest profits came from. His coffee, at a normal High Street cafe price, represented a 2020% mark-up!

[Aliceband]

Go for a lime and soda. Its cheaper than Coke.

[Blyss]

Our local chinese chargeas a whopping �2.50 for a can of coke .

[ugly_bob]

Yeah, but how often do you go out and have 12 pints of coke?

[sweetdor]

in most cases its not the publican who sets the prices (if hes a tenant or manager)its the soft drink vendor or the brewery .there is a % chart which you get sent and according to what your rent is and poll tax thats domestic and comershall electric water gas telephone etc etc thats what determines the price across the board of what each beverage is to be sold at customers only see there side of the bar,and not what is encurred behind the bar.

[Mikeyd2]

Best one I had was where I asked for a jug of Orange Squash (not Juice) for our kids and their friends . They charged it as 8 glasses @ 80p a glass = �6.40 !!!! They mixed it from a cheap bottle as well . So it was about a quarter of the bottle in the jug topped up with tap water .....Cost 20p at the most ....They wondered why I refused to pay it . Got it down a bit eventually , but still a rip off me-thinks.

[purplehair]

I had to pay �3.50 for a bottle of water in a club once!!!!!!!!!

[ugly_bob]

lol. �3.50? is that all? Was in Ibiza and a bottle of water cost 2000ptas (approx �8) (In Space I think). And you can't refill them from the tap over there :-(

[purplehair]

Hi ugly-bob

you couldnt refill them where i was either. bouncers confiscated empty bottles.

[c00ky83]

Fair point Bob - but where I'd have a Coke or two I'll often choose beer instead for better value and end up having 12 of those. Therefore high prices are bad for you :D

[Polotoo]

I thought there was a campaign about the 'des' (designated driver) could have free soft drinks all night.

It definately happened as one of my friends didn't drink anyway, so was very pleased her drinks were free all night and she dropped all us drunkards home.

But I can't remember where or why, it would have been 4-5 years ago. Anyone else remember this?

[ugly_bob]

Generally, If one of us is driving, they'll have free drinks all night, cos the rest of us will buy them in return for the lift home.