Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Only in America ...

... or other country where they still have pennies (or cents). Starbucks have recently announced that it will increase the price of its U.S. prices for lattes, Frappuccinos and other freshly made drinks. The price increase will be nine cents. Doesn't sound like much - certainly doesn't seem as much as 10 cents - but you couldn't do it here in Australia where 1 cent and 2 cent coins are no longer in common circulation. (Which is not to say that there are not some of us who have a jar or two of them secreted around somewhere!) Or maybe the price would just be rounded up or down to the nearest five cents.

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

But rememebr that in most states , a state tax would probably round the price up to teh next 5 or 10 cents