[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by asianthree

So better description would be appropriate. Big difference between 3” or 4” , depth of cookie, what kind of cookie, did it have different kinds of chocolate, or nuts? Was the price not posted, and took her by surprise?

I drive to Disney Springs to buy Gideon’s cookies, @ $6.00 each. Only 6 cookies can be bought per trip. Up to 1hour wait time in line, Add gas cost, plus mileage. But worth the trip. Slice of one of their cakes is $8.50 to 10.50. No cash excepted. With six cookies, a slice of cake, and a cold brew, with tip my bill can be over $50.

Sometime quality of product is worth the cost, unless it’s more of a budget problem.

Went to Winter Park for an appointment yesterday, got there early and driving around we found a cookie place called “Crumbl” (no e at the end); it had to be some of the best cookies we’ve ever munched on; $6.00 each.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by stu from nyc

somebody ought to tell them their price point is just a wee bit high

poor business model that will lead to losing customers and create bad will. Villagers talk. Alot.

[HoosierPa]

Love Darlins and the Owners. I only use credit cards and I never want a receipt so it works great for me

[Mrmean58]

Originally Posted by daddymac1127

Today, my wife bought a cookie at the Darlin's Sweet Shoppe @ Sawgrass Grove. I guess it was a "Gourmet" cookie because it was only 3" to 4" in diameter but cost $3.00. Also, she had to pay with a credit card because they do not accept cash. When my wife asked for a receipt she was told that she needed to give them her email address. All this in a Retirement Community.

My wife and I stopped by Darlin's last week and bought a couple cookies. They were both larger than 4 inches for $4 each and we're excellent cookies. After spending the prior three weeks in the UK I guess I was quite used to a cashless society. I could count on one hand the number of times a business accepted cash. Time to adjust to this hopefully soon to be post Covid world.

[Luggage]

Just imagine all the work that it cost to make that cookie, the farmers that had to make the flower , sugar cane growers, the guys who had to make the oven, all the electrical or gas that powers the oven, then we had to clean up after you, we had to pay the worker $15 an hour to sell you one cookie. Then again your wife could have gone To Publix and bought a whole bag of 36 cookies for $3 also

[Luggage]

So I went to Books-A-Million in Leesburg Mall and had a caramel coffee and one cookie for 7:50 plus a dollar tip which they insisted upon and tax so they'll total became practically $10. It's really a crazy world today

[Luggage]

And really the cookie wasn't that good

[Rwirish]

Don’t see one problem. What does living in a retirement community have to do with anything?

[mrichardwebb]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Somebody ought to tell them their price point is just a wee bit high

You have to understand that ingredient costs, labor and other costs are skyrocketing. You may not want to pay that price but as I have been in food mfg for 30 years the world has changed, albeit not for the better. Some are self inflicted wounds.

[Oneiric]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Somebody ought to tell them their price point is just a wee bit high

With these ridiculous prices, people will eventually vote with their feet.

[Sandy and Ed]

Originally Posted by daddymac1127

Today, my wife bought a cookie at the Darlin's Sweet Shoppe @ Sawgrass Grove. I guess it was a "Gourmet" cookie because it was only 3" to 4" in diameter but cost $3.00. Also, she had to pay with a credit card because they do not accept cash. When my wife asked for a receipt she was told that she needed to give them her email address. All this in a Retirement Community.

Thanks for the heads-up!! I’m not poor but I’m also not stupid. Darlin’s won’t be seeing me partake of their product. Thank they are too cheap to waste their money on a paper credit card receipt or to buy a cash register???

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by Luggage

So I went to Books-A-Million in Leesburg Mall and had a caramel coffee and one cookie for 7:50 plus a dollar tip which they insisted upon and tax so they'll total became practically $10. It's really a crazy world today

When someone insists on a tip we walk away it’s a book store not a restaurant. Although I like to hold a book we have use our PUBLIC LIBRARY for printed and ebooks.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Luggage

So I went to Books-A-Million in Leesburg Mall and had a caramel coffee and one cookie for 7:50 plus a dollar tip which they insisted upon and tax so they'll total became practically $10. It's really a crazy world today

Someone "insisting" on a tip would be a sure way to not get one from me.

[M2inOR]

I've encountered quite a few people that don't really understand what it takes to operate a business: rent, insurance, cost of materials and labor, and the number of customers needed each day. Fixed vs variable costs, etc.

Whether the cost of a cookie is $1 or $6, many factors determine the breakeven point and what it takes to be profitable and pay the owner/operator to make all the time and effort worthwhile.

Let's all hope that each of the vendors at Sawgrass figure things out, and set prices that attract enough customers to pay the bills and make a reasonable profit.

[sallyg]

Originally Posted by Rwirish

Don’t see one problem. What does living in a retirement community have to do with anything?

Some of us have fixed incomes.