That’s really the whole answer right there. Why would they charge $1.00 when customers are willing to pay $3.00? Prices might go down when customers start going somewhere else.

But most likely prices wouldn’t actually start going down, rather, the company itself would just start to fade away like Kmart or Sears. Once a company has gone down a specific business strategy for so many years, especially one that’s proven successful in the past, it’s very hard for them to reverse course. Starbucks marketed itself as a semi-luxury brand in the past decades and has in the last 7 or 8 years pivoted their image a little into being more ubiquitous for mass appeal, which helped to broaden the customer base. BUT prices have NOT been adjusted to appeal to a mass customer base. They haven’t adjusted anything with prices because they haven’t needed to.

But when/if customers start to realize that going to starbucks isn’t actually that enjoyable anymore, and not worth the premium prices, we’ll start to see a huge drop off of customer numbers. I don’t know if that will ever happen, but it’s at least very likely. We’re seeing what I think is a sharp increase in dissatisfied customers that haven’t quite made the journey from dissatisfied to disenchanted yet. They realize that they haven’t actually enjoyed coming to Starbucks in a while, but haven’t quite taken the step to breaking their Starbucks habit yet. Will loyal Starbucks customers start voting with their wallets anytime soon? Only time will tell. I’m not too hopeful that cake pop prices will ever go down though.

And are happy to do so.

Beat me to it lmao

That’s the same price as a grande pike

The little vanilla scones used to be .75 cents each or three for $2 I believe. I haven’t seen them in ages, it was the only pastry I could eat there

I actually mind that less, because they're like a cake pop without the stick. $1.50 wouldn't be a terrible price for a cake pop imo.

Since I know longer work for the siren but love those little morsels of happiness, I buy them from Trader Joe’s like 10 for $5. Taste almost the same.

I offer cups of water with ice if they try to buy a water bottle first. It’s not much but it’s honest work.

Every time I punch in my drink to mark out and I watch that $10 cancel out to $0 I’m so shocked it even costs that much

to be fair, i also do this and it’s because i just want a quick snack and not a giant loaf of bread lol

WHAT are your partner numbers?

It’s all about the brand, baby!

I had a lady come to my store on more than one occasion to get 25 cake pops for a little girls birthday party. She actually could have gotten something better made at a grocery store bakery for cheaper and better quality and u would get more out of it

And that's exactly why the price keep going up....cause they bought it anyway. Starbucks knows people will still pay these crazy prices.

$3.85 for us too in a franchise store. Banana loaf is almost $5 now