Costa del Dole - hundreds apply to lob lattes at yumummies

purch

zagubov wrote: »

Yep - maintaining high prices for beverages for the affluent and time -rich (and possibly idle) non-productive parts of the population and adding to imports rather than exports.

:eek:

I knew there would be a bad news story in there somewhere!!!

The_White_Horse

you can be sure that none of the 8 that finally get the job will be English.

martinsurrey

zagubov wrote: »

Still at least this chain pays some tax.

Whitbread pays about 10% tax on pre-tax profits (£300m profit before tax, £30m corp tax paid in year to March 2012), on a turnover of £1.8billion.

compared to £90m paid in dividends in the same period.

I personally dont mind this as they pay a lot of VAT and PAYE, NIC and other taxes, but then again so does every other employer including all the other chains of coffee shops that have been mauled in the press lately.

just for an example. Whitbread paid £30m in employee NICs last year, which is comparable to their Corp tax paid, but never gets a mention.

vivatifosi

The_White_Horse wrote: »

you can be sure that none of the 8 that finally get the job will be English.

Ah you are still around TWH. I was strangely concerned when I heard rumour that you were PPR'd. Thought you'd ended up in a burger somewhere.

grizzly1911

vivatifosi wrote: »

Ah you are still around TWH. I was strangely concerned when I heard rumour that you were PPR'd. Thought you'd ended up in a burger somewhere.

Then TWH would get banned for giving us the trots.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I just use these coffee places for the free toilets.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

Yep - maintaining high prices for beverages for the affluent and time -rich (and possibly idle) non-productive parts of the population and adding to imports rather than exports.

:eek:

Isn't this a benefit of trade? In the 1940s, the Brits had to drink British coffee (vile):

grizzly1911

Generali wrote: »

Isn't this a benefit of trade? In the 1940s, the Brits had to drink British coffee (vile):

The french still like the stuff.



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ruggedtoast

Generali wrote: »

Isn't this a benefit of trade? In the 1940s, the Brits had to drink British coffee (vile):

I think the UK used to have the worst coffee in the world before Starbucks opened up and started the premium chain wars.

It still peeves me when I go to someone's house and they say "Would you like coffee?" And then they give you a cup of Nescafe or Maxwell House or somesuch dishwater.

WTH is that about? When they come to my house and I say "Do you want a slice of cake?2 I dont then supply them with an old dry olive.

adouglasmhor

The_White_Horse wrote: »

you can be sure that none of the 8 that finally get the job will be English.

In our local Costa none of the staff are English either, they are all Scottish except the Girl from Belfast. It's near Glasgow though so that may explain it.