Soft Drinks A Rip Off?

[EDDIE51]

Just got back from taking 4 grand-kids on a trip to the seaside. We stopped for a drink in a local pub (North Norfolk) A childs size glass of lemonade with ice was £2,90 that must work out at over £20 a pint!!!! ( 1/2 of the glass was ice) Beer was £3.20 a pint!
It will be cheaper once they are old enough to drink beer!
I have worked in many pubs I know how much post mix cola & lemonade cost! (less than 20p a pint!)
I think it is a rip off and there should be a campaine for 'fair price soft drinks'
I would think twice about giving up alcohol if that is the alternative!

[Jackdaw33]

Couldn't agree more. I remember, quite a few years back now, in my local a pint of bitter was 50p, a pint of orange squash was 90p!

[EDDIE51]

I remember when pubs had had bottles of lemonade and cola on the bar. You paid for a 'short' and just topped it up with lemonade or cola free!

[Jackdaw33]

So do I. Soda water was always free.

[zebo]

I can't believe you got a pint in North Norfolk for £3.20! Keep a few cartons in the bag for the children and sit outside.

[Georgiesmum]

The answer is to go prepared and take plenty of those small individual cartons of orange juice and apple juice out with you when you go out with the children.It would save you a fortune instead of paying silly pub prices just for a drink for them all.

[cupid04]

[....And keep drinks in a cool bag with plenty of wet wipes!]

[ummmm]

Soft drinks have always been a rip off. It's probably less than 20p a pint for coke/lemonade from the machine.