Why are soft drinks so expensive in Pubs?

[oilandwater]

Why are soft drinks so expensive in pubs. I usually drive when a group of us go t'pub, a draft diet coke or lemonade is £2.65p. A pint of larger or Guinness £3.35. I know which I would prefer, but I'm driving,

Public houses by the way, not PH.

[fatboy b]

Because people buy them?

[leglessAlex]

Because they can charge what they want. There are plenty of people that don't or can't drink and if you're with friends in a pub there isn't much alternative.

[clarkmagpie]

I watched the football in a Walkabout pub yesterday.
Had a pint or 2 of blackcurrent and water for 40p a pint
As designated driver, mates paid for them
Basically a free afternoon out!

[bint]

I always go for a pint of black currant or lime and soda as I find them less sickly than most other options and often less than £1!

[RizzoTheRat]

Crazy money when you consider how cheap they must be out of the squirty nozzle, but publicans claim to be making something like 10-15p/pint on beer so they've got to make a profit somewhere I suppose.

Used to go to a pub years ago that was only really accessible by car, they used to do a deal that if you bought 3 alcoholic drinks you got a free soft drink for your driver. Great idea. If 3 of us went it worked out cheaper to buy the barmaid a half than to just buy our own drinks

[Jonny_]

clarkmagpie said:

I watched the football in a Walkabout pub yesterday.
Had a pint or 2 of blackcurrent and water for 40p a pint
As designated driver, mates paid for them
Basically a free afternoon out!

Years ago Walkabout had a "free soft drinks for designated drivers" promotion. You left your car keys behind the bar and they supplied you with as much coke/lemonade/cordial as you could stomach.

[mcflurry]

Because they can. Drivers and youngsters won't buy the beer

[blueheron]

You think £2.65 is bad? I went to a pub the other week that charged £3.40 for a pint of Coke.

Pint of beer was £3.70!

Country pub only accessible by car as well..

Obscene.

[Nimby]

I was recently charged £4.25 for an orange juice and tonic (Firefly near Stockbridge).

[Shaw Tarse]

blueheron said:

You think £2.65 is bad? I went to a pub the other week that charged £3.40 for a pint of Coke.

Pint of beer was £3.70!

Country pub only accessible by car as well..

Obscene.

"Draught" cola?
Huge profit!

[joshcowin]

I heard/read some where that carbonated drinks in fast food restaurants cost the outlet something like 2-3p per cup!
Even if you pay £1 for a coke from Mcdonalds thats a decent markup, but once youve calculated OH costs theres probably little profit involved!
I always have Lime and Soda usually about 50p a pint!

[Merp]

Every menu I look at over here im faced with the same dilema!

Cola 0,5 = 3,50euros
Beer 0,5 = 3,20euros

[LordGrover]

Merp said:

Every menu I look at over here im faced with the same dilema!

Cola 0,5 = 3,50euros
Beer 0,5 = 3,20euros

What's 'foreign' for decimal point? Is it referred to as a decimal comma (in the local lingo)?

[BoRED S2upid]

As an ex landlord it's because we can the profit is superb!

[Sonic]

Merp said:

Every menu I look at over here im faced with the same dilema!

Cola 0,5 = 3,50euros
Beer 0,5 = 3,20euros

Hah yeah i was just thinking if £3/pint is expensive try paying €3.50 for 250ml in a little glass bottle on the continent where there is no concept of a draught pint.

[Terminator X]

Lime and soda, still expensive but less so

TX.

[Chisinau]

There's even bigger a dilemma here, a half litre of beer in a bar is about 58p but a tiny 250ml bottle of coke or something is about £1.10. Even a bottle of mineral water is more expensive than beer, so it's very difficult to abstain! Luckily taxis are cheap!!

[sherman]

Draught cke in the pub I work in, in the west end of Edinburgh is £3 a pint. You dont even get a pint of juice because the glass is half full of ice and fruit anyway. Its one of the biggest scams going.

[Mr Roper]

It's not a scam...

How much is a pint of coke?
£3
Ok thanks.


I sell @ £1.80 a pint which I think is very fair..Soft drinks aren't a big mover for us so I don't really monitor it. Mainly a mixer splash.