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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Free-market principles also fail to explain why people pay $3+ for a cup of pretty basic coffee. Why would you expect those same customers to reject overpriced, stale breadstuffs?
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The $3 cup of coffee makes people believe they are indulging in a small daily luxury. Not entirely rational, but the coffee smells good. But nothing about stale breadstuffs says indulgence. I guess those pastries are just freeloading off the coffee's cachet.