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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Donuts, to me, are a completely unnecessary "luxury" that I don't miss and can easily do without. And I make better coffee at home, I'll be damned if I'll pay $2.10 for a medium regular, when my morning cappuchino (which you'd probably pay $5 for at Starbucks except they don't use Cafe La Llave or Bustello or similar) only costs me around 40 cents to make.
The reason DD stays in business is because people are willing to pay to have someone else do pedestrian-quality foods at premium prices. If you can afford a $1.50 donut every week, then you can afford a $3.00 donut every other week - or learn how to make your own and have them every day.
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Absolutely, did not mean to imply in any way that I do not support capitalism and owner control of their private business. Like you have, and I have, each makes their own decision if/when, the product or service is not worth the price. Basic economics beats all the arguments this way or that, every time. If a person is willing to pay $1.50 for a cup of coffee (that also covers a certain "social" note of being in a community gathering place, and a small premium for "rental" of a chair or booth for a pass time one values, and that cup goes to $2.25, the same measure of social pleasure combined with the actual product, looses it's "value" to that individual, and..... when a certain percentage of people begin to feel that way, business and profits go "down".... I know in the villages many people I used to see in the mornings have moved or don't come at all. McDonald's I am told, has benefited from the price increase at so many places.... however, ALL of this was taking place before the "China virus", who knows where it all stands now. Homemade yeast doughnuts are WONDERFUL... God bless my mom who would go through all that for us at least twice a month..... "back then in the good 'ol days !"