Divine Caroline had some interesting statistics on the cost of getting your Starbucks fix:
- “If you buy a grande latte every workday, you will spend $74.80 per month. ($3.74, 20 business days per month.) That is $897.60 a year.
- Despite the current economic condition, the average expected return for retirement accounts is still 10 percent. If you put that $75 per month into your 401(k) plan, your contribution will grow to $5,931.18 after 5 years.
- After 10 years the value of your investment will be $15,566.40″
Our money saving tip is to take advantage of the Gevalia free trial offers with a free programmable coffeemaker, set it the night before to make your own flavored coffees to take to work in the morning. Even if you decide you need to buy a shot of espresso to add to your coffee (.99 at Dunkin Donuts BTW, it is still a big savings)
- Gevalia has a Programmable Stainless Steel coffeemaker and two flavored coffees (including an espresso) for $15 shipped. They also have an offer for a free Gevalia Stainless Steel coffeemaker, 4 boxes of Gevaliacoffee, and a Stainless Steel Gevalia travel mug for $19.95 shipped. You can cancel your trial and keep the free coffeemaker and gifts.
- Boca Java has 4 gourmet flavored coffees for $8.95 shipped
- Get your own Starbucks coffee at Amazon
to brew at a discount
- Treat yourself to a real Starbucks periodically by joining a rewards program such as MYPOINTS which give points for surveys, getting email which are redeemable for Starbucks gift cards
