Does your kids school have a Costa Coffee Bar?

KateLiana27

I didn't even know what coffee was at school.

Unhealthy, unnecessary, and probably a nice moneyspinner getting kids caffeine addicted early on. Please tell me it's at least restricted to sixth formers?

Spendless

Personally, I've found Secondary school expensive enough, with school uniforms you can only buy via school, needing selective PE kit and more of it, bus fares school dinners that are more expensive than Primary school ones, bottles of water and more frequent non-uniform days without addding the cost of a costa coffee into it. My eldest had never had tea/coffee till he went away on a school residential trip in yr 6 and was introduced to a morning cuppa with breakfast.

You can buy toast or a bacon sandwich at my son's school but these are cheaper than they'd be if you were buying them in a local cafe.

janninew

I would imagine the Costa Coffee is only available for sixth formers and staff.

I work in a secondary and we don't have a Costa (wish we did, I love their latte's!) but in the sixth form block they have a cafe and there is a Nescafe machine that dispenses coffee, tea, hot chocolate etc. The lower school aren't allowed access. We are a healthy school and have no drink machines or vending machines on school property.

GlasweJen

Not a costa at school but we did have a Starbucks on campus at uni, they sold lattes for £1.95 and I spent many an hour in there studying.

JC9297

I found out recently that there is a Starbucks in the sixth form block of my son's school. It is a separate building and only sixth formers go in there.

newbutold

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

I remember those Klix machines too - ours had Bovril. Bluegh.

Mmmmm Bovril is delicious!

Gillyx

The school we used to live near, is close to a Starbucks and most of the kids were in there morning and night buying things, at least this way they can limit it to older children.

claire16c

dizziblonde wrote: »

My brother had a nice little earner going queuing in the scrum for the tuckshop and then flogging stuff on for 100% markup to the kids who couldn't be bothered to queue. Sadly for him, when he got busted by the teachers, his notebook where he'd kept detailed accounts of outgoings and profits (sad child my brother) was a nice spot of evidence against him.

I'd love a Costa bar... for the teachers - I ain't coherent till cup of coffee number 3 on a morning!

Thats hilarious!

Myself and a friend used to get paid 10-20p (we used to bargain lol) - from another girl who too lazy to walk to the tuck shop and/or wait in the queue. Wed then use that money to buy ourselves something. So we never spent any of our own money.


But never made as much as that!

I dont remember any hot drinks machines, I think there was a kettle in the 6th form kitchen... but i dont drink tea or coffee anyway.

jellyhead

delain wrote: »

You can still get it in hospital vending machines!

Yes, our local hospital has Klix machines on the wards, with an honesty box for relatives to pay 50p per drink. The patients get them free. The coffee in there is exactly like the muck we used to buy in the school cafeteria and at uni.

jellyhead

Spendless wrote: »

Personally, I've found Secondary school expensive enough, with school uniforms you can only buy via school, needing selective PE kit and more of it, bus fares school dinners that are more expensive than Primary school ones, bottles of water and more frequent non-uniform days without addding the cost of a costa coffee into it. My eldest had never had tea/coffee till he went away on a school residential trip in yr 6 and was introduced to a morning cuppa with breakfast.

You can buy toast or a bacon sandwich at my son's school but these are cheaper than they'd be if you were buying them in a local cafe.

After a year of paying bus fare I bought my son a bike - it paid for itself within the first year.