Er - Waitrose FREE - don't even need to buy anything !

Says the man looking to get a cheap caffeine 'fix' ! lawl

Is there a dedicated counter for the take away coffee or do you have to stand at the bar at 0830 with the alchies ordering their first pint of the day?

​Not if you want to drink it in the cafe, but: "The change will not affect customers wanting to take away a free hot drink from the cafes, or from the company’s supermarkets"

Holdon.. don't Pret a Manger do a 99p filter coffee? that's pretty darn good too.

Even McDonalds at £1.89 isn't bad, you get the loyalty points too so every 6th cup was free

Depending on the exchange rate at the time, in Spain a coffee is only £1, so what type of beans are they using in the UK.

Holdon.. don't Pret a Manger do a 99p filter coffee? that's pretty darn good too.

Even McDonalds at £1.89 isn't bad, you get the loyalty points too so every 6th cup was free

To be fair, Waitrose have 344 stores and you need to sell your soul* for a Waitrose Card to get it. Wetherspoons have just shy of 1000 pubs, which makes it almost 3 times as likely you'll run into one of them than a Waitrose.

*By soul, I mean Name, Address, Age, Shopping habits, Shoe size, Bra size, Favorite Colour, Lock of Hair, Deeds to your house, Inclusion of your will, Spare key to your back door and the sacrifice of your first born.

Until you get the runs that is..

Holdon.. don't Pret a Manger do a 99p filter coffee? that's pretty darn good too.

Even McDonalds at £1.89 isn't bad, you get the loyalty points too so every 6th cup was free

Nothing beats a full english with a pint in the morning :wink: (bit like being on holiday in spain)

He probably is. A kettle operating at 3kw, taking 1 minute to boil, on an 'average' electricity tariff, might cost 0.5p to boil (excluding standing charge). This is assuming it runs at the full 3kw, which it probably doesn't.

5p.. of course it will. Are you taking into account boiling a 3kw kettle in your 5p estimate ?

Yea just what I want a load of smart 4r5es hanging around whilst I am trying to order my daily requirements for jobs I have to do.

Decaff available?

Do you leave your copies of The Big Issue outside?

goto ToolStation & flick through their catalog. Their hot drinks machine is free. A wide selection of Teas, Coffee, Hot Chocolate & Soup.

No - the sugar is £2.95 extra :wink:
Finding a wooden stick to stir the sugar in with that hasn't already been used and put back... priceless. At least in most of my local spoons.... (which ironically lack in actual spoons)

Maverick77 where I live is no where near an airport, so obvious excuses do not wash

How many Waitroses are near to a Wetherspoons within 99p of walking effort?

This might be good if they served hot coffee.

I take it you're not a golfer then?

Does it come with sugar already added

Midday? Lightweights!! Come to Coventry and you'll have to step over **** heads to get through the door at 9am...

Says the guy giving us stick(excuse the pun) who buys a few long peices of metal to hit a ball for 300 quid :laughing:

Do a quick lap of most sofa retailers and they tend to offer you a cup tea or coffee for free! But you might pay for it if you get stuck with a pushy salesperson, which may end up costing you over a £1000 over 4 years interest free! :smile:

That Lavazzo stuff is pretty good

A free tea or coffee when you shop with us:
Nothing says ‘welcome’ more than a lovely cup of tea or coffee. That’s why we like to offer you a free hot drink when you come shopping at Waitrose. It’s just one of the ways we like to say thank you for your custom.

That’s why we've come up with this short guide to help all our myWaitrose customers make the most of the scheme and to remind you about scanning your myWaitrose card.

We hope that through observing this free tea and coffee etiquette we can continue to offer a complimentary hot drink each time you shop with us.

Free tea and coffee etiquette

Become a myWaitrose member and shop with us a little (or a lot)
Enjoy a free tea or coffee when you pop in for your groceries
Swipe your myWaitrose card at the till

Free tea or coffee

In our Cafés, Bakeries and Deli Counters

We are asking myWaitrose members who wish to enjoy their free tea or coffee in either a café, bakery or deli counter with eat in seating to also purchase something when enjoying their drink. This enables us to continue to offer our customers the enjoyable service they expect.

If you're not visiting the café, bakery or deli counter you can still pick up a free tea or coffee from the self-service machine when you are shopping with us. Remember to present your myWaitrose card.
It's always free in the supermarkets I go in you just ask for a cup and show card Or in cafe just buy a 25p banana and the drinks free!!

Mind the government takes 20% VAT of that straight away.
And my nearest Waitrose is ~90 miles away :-(

Just a heads up. You can also get a filter coffee for 99p in Pret. It's decent, strong coffee as well.

​My understanding is that this is a national offer. The only exclusions I can imagine would be the airport's.

Nothing worse than queuing up behind a load of women ordering coffees. This will make it take even longer to get my morning pint.

As others have said, its free for a take away, or just 25p (the price for a banana) if you sit in the cafe and read the paper.

Just a slight aside, if you go via the checkout and have the coffee on your spend it shows as £2 or so, then add on your paper say another £1 or so, which means you only actually need to spend another £2 to get the paper and coffee free on a £5 spend (weekdays)...hope that makes sense :smiley:

And a perfectly reasonable stance for them to take in my humble opinion. If you want to to just grab coffee then fill your boots, and fair play to them for letting people do so, but taking up space at one of their tables and preventing paying customers from sitting down is simply wrong to me.

COLD - if you are going to take it away anyway then just wait till you get home or to where-ever you are going and make a cup of coffee there instead. It will cost abut 5p.

Lavazza is far better than the muck from mcdonalds for sure

Collect your stickers on the side of the cups (don't forget the warning to remove once empty!) and get 7th cup 'free' making the cost of each c. £1.10 - still not as cheap as this offer but getting closer!!

That's true, I have been to waitrose supermarket branch and they scanned my loyalty card and gave me a cup no questions from the cashier apart from what drink I was having as they do tea as well.

​Not if you want to drink it in the cafe, but: "The change will not affect customers wanting to take away a free hot drink from the cafes, or from the company’s supermarkets"

"The change will not affect customers wanting to take away a free hot drink from the cafes"

Depends actually, in my store you do have to.

Why?

Dose any one know of a list of 'participating' branches, please?
I phoned their H.O., and they did not give a T

Where I live we do have a wetherspoon, but to many times there are lame excused as to why they do not take part in ofers.
Are they going to opt out of living wage to?

No so "Free" anymore.....

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/28/waitrose-scraps-free-tea-and-coffee-in-cafes

Subway do a similar £2 deal for hot drink and bacon or sausage sub.

Er - Waitrose FREE - don't even need to buy anything !

Or you could just buy a flask?

who doesn't :neutral_face:

​if u like fatty bacon

Compared to...

McDonalds £1.89
Starbucks £2.29
Wild Bean £2.29

...99p is a good deal but sadly no Wetherspoons on my way into work. Those above are only options to buy and it still be warm by the time I get to the office (unless I buy a Thermos and take in).

They will do a takeaway breakfast next.
Their breakfasts aint bad (always go for one when up early for holiday travel, etc.), just ruined by the smell of stale beer from the night before.

Basic coffee is 99p at Pret. And you have more chance of being served this side of Christmas.

The Coalville wetherspoons has drunks at midday !

Is there a dedicated counter for the take away coffee or do you have to stand at the bar at 0830 with the alchies ordering their first pint of the day?

thanks, i love coffee :innocent:

Honest Officer, I was only getting a coffee!!!

:neutral_face:

Says so much about the mugs (excuse the pun) some are these days that a 99p take away coffee is even considered a deal :disappointed: