I'll never understand why restaurant pancakes are so expensive. They cost about 5p each to make in large batches so can never justify £5+ on them. Still for a special treat maybe...?
henryscat666
9 Feb 167#10
Blank cd's are only 5p each so that means bands are overcharging for their music too... Right?
simonbrowne
9 Feb 165#9
For every waiter that is customer facing there are lots more people that need to be paid who are not seen. cleaner, cook, manager, manager of manger, investor, hmrc, delivery driver (petrol/diesel aint cheap), petrol attendant, accountant, accountants staff, installers of the original furniture, bankers and their staff who lent them the money, interest on initial loan, repairman, money to franchise operator etc.
Then theres bills. rent, rates, gas, electric, safety inspection, wear and tear, water, banking charges, vat,wages, national insurance, insurance on building and people, legal possibly, breakages etc.
Most of these come with bacon etc so its not £5 for a pancake.
People seem quite happy to pay £2.50 for a coffee and I would have thought a pancake and bacon took longer to make with substantial more cost.
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leeds_united_afc
8 Feb 16#1
mikeandclare
8 Feb 168#2
I'll never understand why restaurant pancakes are so expensive. They cost about 5p each to make in large batches so can never justify £5+ on them. Still for a special treat maybe...?
veedubjai to mikeandclare
8 Feb 1617#5
Maybe you should read this to understand running a business.
Well you can buy the mix at Costco that makes 400+ buttermilk pancakes (just add water) for about £5 inc vat I would imagine most restaurants do the same. Works out at 1.25p each plus water gas wages etc. Your probably looking at max 50p per pancake. Btw the mix is Krusteaz buttermilk pancake mix and is a million times better than the mixes you get at the supermarket and tastes just like frankie and bennies pancakes if not better. Oh and has a long date too.
benjai to mikeandclare
9 Feb 16#15
Maybe because they also need to pay for rent, utilities, wages, insurance etc etc? Even if the ingredients were free they would still have to charge you at least a few pounds just to break even on the above.
hotfrost
8 Feb 16#3
I'm guessing they're reheated from frozen too?
one_way
8 Feb 164#4
Why would anyone go out to have pancakes :neutral_face:
DealJourno to one_way
9 Feb 16#18
Becauae a lot of people are bone idol, and making pancakes would be beyond their skill level in a kitchen.
xmikebx to one_way
9 Feb 161#21
I'd have to go out to buy the pancake mix anyway and I'd probably end up buying a new non stick pan while I'm there (thinking of the last mess I made trying to make these damn things) This deal could actually save me some money and frustration :man:
ssc1 to one_way
9 Feb 16#48
Thinking the same before I came in here. Make your own I guess.
tinca
9 Feb 16#7
I took two home and weighed them, spooky they were within 0.5 gm of each other. Now that's portion control at its best!
samela to tinca
9 Feb 162#29
What's genuinely spooky is that you took two pancakes home with the intention of weighing them.
ollie87 to tinca
9 Feb 16#37
Rainman? Is that you?
simonbrowne
9 Feb 165#9
For every waiter that is customer facing there are lots more people that need to be paid who are not seen. cleaner, cook, manager, manager of manger, investor, hmrc, delivery driver (petrol/diesel aint cheap), petrol attendant, accountant, accountants staff, installers of the original furniture, bankers and their staff who lent them the money, interest on initial loan, repairman, money to franchise operator etc.
Then theres bills. rent, rates, gas, electric, safety inspection, wear and tear, water, banking charges, vat,wages, national insurance, insurance on building and people, legal possibly, breakages etc.
Most of these come with bacon etc so its not £5 for a pancake.
People seem quite happy to pay £2.50 for a coffee and I would have thought a pancake and bacon took longer to make with substantial more cost.
henryscat666
9 Feb 167#10
Blank cd's are only 5p each so that means bands are overcharging for their music too... Right?
Ego-X to henryscat666
9 Feb 16#12
Well yes actually...
DealJourno to henryscat666
9 Feb 16#19
Well they're overcharging if they hand me their music on a 5p blank CD.
sunnyhot to henryscat666
9 Feb 16#47
Um? the point is, using your analogy, for most people (me anyway) it would be very difficult to learn to play drums, bass/electric guitar or how to use a sequencer and bang out a tune that I would feel happy to play in public (not to mention putting on a female voice). I believe most people could break some eggs and mix other ingredients in and pour said mixture into a frying pan if they put their mind to it.No? And for the gourmet look add some chopped strawberries and a few dollops of spray cream/ice cream.
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Then theres bills. rent, rates, gas, electric, safety inspection, wear and tear, water, banking charges, vat,wages, national insurance, insurance on building and people, legal possibly, breakages etc.
Most of these come with bacon etc so its not £5 for a pancake.
People seem quite happy to pay £2.50 for a coffee and I would have thought a pancake and bacon took longer to make with substantial more cost.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12099760/TripAdvisor-York-Bennetts-cafe-owner-leaves-brilliant-response-to-one-star-review.html
Then theres bills. rent, rates, gas, electric, safety inspection, wear and tear, water, banking charges, vat,wages, national insurance, insurance on building and people, legal possibly, breakages etc.
Most of these come with bacon etc so its not £5 for a pancake.
People seem quite happy to pay £2.50 for a coffee and I would have thought a pancake and bacon took longer to make with substantial more cost.