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

[Lysander]

How much would you think it reasonable to pay for baked beans and two slices of toast in a cafe? When I say "a cafe" I mean a greasy spoon, not an upmarket hipster cafe serving organic haricots on sourdough bread with cracked sea salt and Wiltshire chives.

Personally I think around £2.95 maximum. More in the region of £2.60. Anything above £3 is extortion and anything below £2.50 is a bargain.

 

[Yaayuh!]

'bout tree fiddy.

 

[Mason-]

This depends so much on where you are in the country. In London I reckon you could easily pay over £3, in somewhere like Hull you could probably get it for under £2. Actual cost? 3 slices of bread, a tin of beans + some margerine/butter probably comes in a lot under £1.

 

[Josh]

£3.50 seems about right.

 

[Lysander]

Actual cost? 3 slices of bread, a tin of beans + some margerine/butter probably comes in a lot under £1.

You are assuming they are using one tin of beans per customer.

 

[plasmahal]

This depends so much on where you are in the country.

This. We all know that the bread and beans can be had cheap, but you also need to factor in the costs for staff, rent, taxes and all other costs.

 

[cheesyboy]

Isn't rule of thumb for restaurants something like 3x cost of ingredients.

I'd say an ultra cheap meal like beans on toast might require a slightly higher multiplier, though.

 

[Mason-]

You are assuming they are using one tin of beans per customer.

I mean we're gonna have to assume a lot of things here. You're not going to get an accurate answer to your question

 

[jsmoke]

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

 

[d_brennen]

BEANS ON TOAST WITH RED LEICESTER £4

https://www.normanscafe.co.uk/menu-2

Nice place not far from me, money isn't everything. If it were, just eat 30p own brand beans on own brand toasted bread at home. In fact, don't even heat it, raw from the can will save a penny or two and no washing up

 

[Nitefly]

The cost of ordering that should be your life, you dirty baked bean eaters.

I'm not sure if there is any food grosser than baked beans. It has the smell and look of chunky sick.

 

[builder22]

£2, 50p each slice and a quid for ze beans

 

[watercooledman]

£3.50 for sure

 

[VincentHanna]

If you are going to a cafe to eat, why would you order such a rubbish meal?

 

[Mason-]

The cost of ordering that should be your life, you dirty baked bean eaters.

I'm not sure if there is any food grosser than baked beans. It has the smell and look of chunky sick.

TASTY chunky sick.

 

[watercooledman]

If you are going to a cafe to eat, why would you order such a rubbish meal?

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

 

[Kenai]

You are assuming they are using one tin of beans per customer.

When you're talking about cafes then 'a tin' is akin to saying 'a portion' really isn't it?

They'll be buying massive buckets of the things with dozens and dozens of servings, not multipacks of 1 or 2 serving tins.

This sort of thing - https://www.brake.co.uk/dry-store/c...eans/brakes-baked-beans-in-tomato-sauce/p/186

 

[Mason-]

Hull
https://www.facebook.com/London-way-cafe-612824992149963/photos/612829108816218

Beans on toast £2

 

[Mason-]

Fry up in Donny £1 (2017)
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/food/824164/cheap-breakfast-cafe-doncaster-fry-up-full-english

 

[Lysander]

Hull
https://www.facebook.com/London-way-cafe-612824992149963/photos/612829108816218

Beans on toast £2

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