Bay of Plenty Times
  • Bay of Plenty Times home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport

Locations

  • Coromandel & Hauraki
  • Katikati
  • Tauranga
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Pāpāmoa
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Bay of Plenty Times

Bay coffee drinkers least likely to cut back

Sandra Conchie
By Sandra Conchie
Multimedia Journalist, Bay of Plenty Times·Bay of Plenty Times·
31 Mar, 2016 06:23 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Grindz cafe barista Celaya Tatana making the perfect cup of coffee. Photo/George Novak

Grindz cafe barista Celaya Tatana making the perfect cup of coffee. Photo/George Novak

Many Bay coffee drinkers have no qualms over forking out their hard-earned cash for their daily fix, with a new survey showing residents in the region are the least likely to cut back to save money.

Canstar Blue surveyed 1846 Kiwis about their coffee habits over the past six months.

The results revealed Bay of Plenty residents were the least likely to restrict their cafe coffee intake to save money with only 35 per cent of Bay of Plenty respondents saying they had.

If you sell nice coffee people won't think twice about buying a cup.

Lesley Graham, Grindz Cafe owner

Aucklanders and 30 to 39-year-olds were most reliant on coffee to help them get through the day, Canstar New Zealand general manager Jose George said.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The Bay of Plenty Times spoke to a random selection of local baristas about their customers' coffee habits.

With a small flat white or cappuccino costing about $4 in Tauranga it quickly adds up - that's $28 week or $1460 a year.

Grindz Cafe owner Lesley Graham said she did not drink coffee but was not surprised by the survey results.

"If you sell nice coffee people won't think twice about buying a cup.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"People are prepared to pay for quality, and not think too much about price, nor how much they are spending a week."

Mrs Graham said some of her customers visited the cafe two to three times a day for their favourite brew.

"For a lot of people having a coffee, either alone or with friends, was part of their daily routine," Mrs Graham said.

Read more: Car plunges into Tauranga Harbour

Grindz staff member Celaya Tatana, who has been a barista for almost five years, said customers expected their coffee to be made the same way each time.

She said the quality of the coffee was more important than the price of a cup.

There were no signs of people wanting to cut back on getting their daily fix, she said.

Cafe Alfresco and Cafe on The Strand owner Malcolm George said some customers had tried to cut back but often returned to their old daily habits after a few months.

"Many of our customers are regulars and some come in two or three times a day."

Tauranga Budget Advisory Service manager Diane Bruin said there was no doubt the cost of coffee and takeaways was hitting people's pockets.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Ms Bruin said when the agency sat down with clients who were wanting to save, one of the first things advisers did was to look at their bank statements and analyse their eftpos transactions.

Tauranga Budget Advisory Service manager Diane Bruin.
Tauranga Budget Advisory Service manager Diane Bruin.

One couple the service was helping to save up for a deposit to buy a house was spending $15 a week on take-out coffee and takeaways, she said.

Ms Bruin said cutting down on cafe purchases and takeaways was definitely one way people could significantly cut their spending.

Cafe on 10th Avenue manager Jacqui Waller described many customers' coffee habits as being part of their "daily diet" and quite a few popped in two or even three times a day for their fix.

Ms Waller said even in the recession period, there were no signs of people cutting back on their flat whites or cappuccino.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Bay of Plenty Times

Second venomous sea snake washes ashore in Coromandel

12 Jul 06:00 AM
Sport

'My moment': NZ-born boxer becomes first Māori to be crowned undisputed world champ

12 Jul 03:58 AM
Bay of Plenty Times

Puchner makes history with silver at U23 canoe slalom world titles

12 Jul 03:37 AM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Second venomous sea snake washes ashore in Coromandel

Second venomous sea snake washes ashore in Coromandel

12 Jul 06:00 AM

These snakes are highly venomous – the public and pets should keep clear.

'My moment': NZ-born boxer becomes first Māori to be crowned undisputed world champ

'My moment': NZ-born boxer becomes first Māori to be crowned undisputed world champ

12 Jul 03:58 AM
Puchner makes history with silver at U23 canoe slalom world titles

Puchner makes history with silver at U23 canoe slalom world titles

12 Jul 03:37 AM
One taken to Tauranga Hospital after SH29 crash

One taken to Tauranga Hospital after SH29 crash

12 Jul 02:27 AM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Bay of Plenty Times e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Bay of Plenty Times
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP