Beans on toast in a cafe, how much is reasonable to pay?

[dave28]

2.50 - 3.50

in posh areas of London more like 5,99 or more

but i wouldnt buy that meal out, lovely baguette shops are more my thing

 

[Derek W]

You've been ripped off haven't you OP?

 

[Mason-]

That was a few years ago, are they still selling it at that price though?

No idea, I just went on Tripadvisor:
Restaurant type: Cafe
Location: Hull

Went to the worst rated to find a proper gritty cafe. Asda Cafe. Can download the menu on their site, £2 for beans on toast today.

 

[Basher]

10-15p for the food so that's a 24x profit margin.

£2.60 (and a cost of 0.15) would be a 94% profit margin.

But there's no way the cost is 15p when you consider staff costs, rents, rates, insurance, cleaning, depreciation, furniture ...

 

[Lysander]

£2.60 (and a cost of 0.15) would be a 94% profit margin.

But there's no way the cost is 15p when you consider staff costs, rents, rates, insurance, cleaning, depreciation, furniture ...

How can you work that out per meal though?

More beans does not mean more furniture.

 

[dave28]

beans on toast is not rubbish behave yourself.
i would not order it from a cafe though, probably no frills beans.

helps if you have very good bread and beans for sure, i put good cheese on top and 2 eggs sometimes with no cheese

 

[Rroff]

Do you mean just the beans on toast or the actual breakfast menu based around it? - in the supermarket cafes you can get the small portion breakfast including beans on toast for £3.5-3.75 or £2.50 for just beans on toast (and that is usually Heinz). (Dunno about generally but someone I know has just started as a Morrisons manager and apparently the staff get it for just 70p).

 

[Mason-]

I reaaaaaaaaallly want beans on toast now.

 

[watercooledman]

helps if you have very good bread and beans for sure, i put good cheese on top and 2 eggs sometimes with no cheese

cheese and eggs i canny do that, Heinze beans with nice white bread and lots of salted butter for me.

 

[Chris [BEANS]]

Did someone say beans??

 

[watercooledman]

i cut my toast up into little squares too then pour the beans over.

 

[dave28]

cheese and eggs i canny do that, Heinze beans with nice white bread and lots of salted butter for me.

cant mix them, i did say 2 eggs with no cheese.

so either just beans, beans with cheese on top or beans with 2 eggs on top

 

[watercooledman]

cant mix them, i did say 2 eggs with no cheese.

so either just beans, beans with cheese on top or beans with 2 eggs on top

ahhh got you, who would have thought that beans was such a favourite.

 

[dave28]

ahhh got you, who would have thought that beans was such a favourite.

mostly only like the branston brand these days, quality has been slipping or decades i think. Or im just imagining things lol

 

[watercooledman]

mostly only like the branston brand these days, quality has been slipping or decades i think. Or im just imagining things lol

never tried the Branston but heard good things about them.

 

[Rroff]

ahhh got you, who would have thought that beans was such a favourite.

Can't stand them myself - along with an egg protein allergy an English breakfast is wasted on me LOL.

 

[Basher]

How can you work that out per meal though?

More beans does not mean more furniture.

True, but it's still a fixed cost that you need to consider in the price of your food.

I guess you'd have to figure out foot/fall, occupancy etc then apportion a depreciation value to each meal.

 

[Droolinggimp]

2.7kg tin of Heinz Beans. 80p
Loaf of white bread. 15p
2kg Marg £1.90

These are prices when we purchased from Brakes. Granted we were buying 6 tin pack of beans, 8 loaves per box and 6 tubs of marge per box.

 

[mattyg]

Amazing how all these costings. Totally ignore the main costs.

Rent
Services
Insurance
AND THE BLOODY CHEF!!!
Not to mention the front of house staff. The KP to clean those plates and cutlery. ETC ETC

 

[Malevolence]

At my local greasy spoon, beans on toast is £2, £2.50 with a couple of eggs on top and £3 with a mug of tea/coffee.