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<title>blog.jimbo.org.uk - Comments on Well under a quid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes to feel ripped off. And a lot of people do, when they drink soft drinks in pubs. But, is this fair? Everyone seems to assume that because there's no tax on soft drinks, they should cost significantly less than beer. Now, first of all, let me make a suggestion &mdash; if you're thirsty and can't bear to part with Â£2 for a pint of coke in a pub, I suggest drinking cordial with soda water. Most pubs will charge well under a quid for a pint of blackcurrant and soda; if you're feeling flush, consider asking them to put a small dash of lemonade in it as well, it tastes lovely. That settled, what does a pint of coke in a pub actually cost? Well, to you, around about Â£2. To the pub, the syrup to make that pint of coke has probably cost Â£35 for a bag-in-a-box of syrup, which gets diluted 5.4:1 - apparently that's 141 16oz servings of coke in an ideal world, which I'm going to call 105 pints1, after you allow for what ends up in the drip trays behind the bar and so on. So, the syrup mix in your pint alone costs 33p. Then, there's the cost of having someone come out to maintain the dispenser, to fill up the gas cylinders, and the (marginal, admittedly) cost of the water. It wouldn't surprise me if this lot took the price to 50p on a pint of coke. Now consider that, of your Â£2, 30p is lost straight away as VAT. So, Â£1.70 goes to the pub, who lose 50p of that straight away on supplying the drink. The rest has to pay for the glass you have the coke in (and replacing the glass when it breaks), the ice (and maintenance...]]></description>
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<title>By jdc</title>
<description>Where are you including the non-VAT beer tax there, in the £1.14?

Some maths here:

http://www.cokepubandbar.co.uk/lic_business.html</description>
<link>http://blog.jimbo.org.uk/archives/2005/07/pub_prices.shtml#c1411</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where are you including the non-VAT beer tax there, in the £1.14?</p>

<p>Some maths here:</p>

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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>By Rachel</title>
<description>I don&apos;t often go into pubs, but when I do, I always just drink plain tap water, which they tend to give away for free. Which is fairly good value, all told.</description>
<link>http://blog.jimbo.org.uk/archives/2005/07/pub_prices.shtml#c1412</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don't often go into pubs, but when I do, I always just drink plain tap water, which they tend to give away for free. Which is fairly good value, all told.</p>]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>By James</title>
<description>jdc, did you see the bit where I linked to that URL already? :) And, yes, all taxes are included in the £1.14 paid by the pub, as far as I know.

Rachel: yes, tap water is pretty good value, although some pubs will be slightly peeved if you sit there all night drinking only that (and I think rightly so, since they still incur plenty of costs in doing so...)</description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>jdc, did you see the bit where I linked to that URL already? :) And, yes, all taxes are included in the £1.14 paid by the pub, as far as I know.</p>

<p>Rachel: yes, tap water is pretty good value, although some pubs will be slightly peeved if you sit there all night drinking only that (and I think rightly so, since they still incur plenty of costs in doing so...)</p>]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>By Rachel</title>
<description>IME, they generally don&apos;t mind so long as you&apos;re in there with a reasonably sized group of people who are drinking things that they&apos;re paying for.</description>
<link>http://blog.jimbo.org.uk/archives/2005/07/pub_prices.shtml#c1415</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IME, they generally don't mind so long as you're in there with a reasonably sized group of people who are drinking things that they're paying for.</p>]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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