Bournemouth University Costa Coffee Boycott

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[aleannac]

I think the running theme in all your comments is that it is the students choice if they want to buy their coffee from Costa which is spot on but shouldnt it be our choice of which suppliers come onto the campus in the first place?

If students were consulted they may find that self service kitchens would be preferred...or just a locally run cafe, help support local business n all that jazz!

[graduatecraftsman]

Mick Hucknall teaches at Bournemouth Uni now ?

[pvrocks]

£1.70 from Costa, but just round the corner, the main catering area sells similar coffee for £1.00, or even 69p for the lower grade stuff (which actually fine).

Guess which counter has the long queues every day? If students are getting ripped off it's because they want to be. If everyone switches to the cheap stuff, then within a few weeks Costa would be gone.

[djknight90]

Boycott them? Why?? No one is forcing you to go there if you don't want to. If I want to buy a cup of coffee from Costa, I damn well will thank you very much. My money, my choice. Man, universities are so full of jumped up, self-righteous morons these days it's not even funny anymore. Go study or do something constructive for a change instead of just complaining about everything.

[jarklan]

yeah but the coffee from cantine is cheaper but smaller !

C your point though. It cost around 5-10p to make a coffee :)

[metabog]

The costa coffee from BU doesn't sell actual costa stuff. The sandwiches, coffee and tea seem to just be off the shelf stuff from Tesco.

Lame.

[Sera5e]

Generally lack of choice or information is a running theme at BU, but on the whole I'm glad we have a choice of cheap and good quality coffee, I've always gone to Costa on campus because you get what you pay for. ~£2 is not extortion as any other Costa will charge you more, (although their food prices are a bit silly).

[IngramMotorsport]

sad cunts

[MrAppleby56]

@pfizzle82 wow, way to be an ass, and i used to work there as a saturday job before i went to uni, not full time.

[pfizzle82]

@MrAppleby56 I'm glad you've taught me this valuable information on coffee, my life is now complete. Screw revision, because I now know how to make a costa coffee. Maybe I should hand them my CV?

[MrAppleby56]

@pfizzle82 its actually filtering boiling water through the beans, then using the resulting espresso to make a variety of drinks..........

[krazykizza]

I was there for an open day... didn't see the point of their presence... but the sandwich I had was nice.