Office coffee cost calculator
Does it pay for itself?
Put a number on the productivity and retention value of a coffee service, and see how quickly it pays back.
Your office
Annual return
0%
ROI
Payback in 12.0 months.
£55k
productivity savings a year
£3,000
retention savings a year
£88
net annual saving
Service cost: £58k a year.
Benchmark
You're generating a positive return on these estimates. Change any figure to match your office.
Our recommendation
At £57,600 per year (£1,152/employee), the service pays for itself in 12.0 months. The largest contributor to your return is productivity — the time employees save not leaving the office for coffee is worth £54,688 annually. The net benefit per employee is £1,154/year.
How the maths works
No black box
The rules behind the numbers. Use your own salary and recruitment figures for the most useful answer.
- Hourly rate
- Average salary ÷ (220 working days × 8 hours).
- Productivity
- Employees × minutes saved a day ÷ 60 × hourly rate × 220 days.
- Retention
- Employees × retention improvement × recruitment cost per employee.
- Cost
- Monthly service cost × 12.
- ROI
- (Productivity + retention − cost) ÷ cost.
- Payback
- Cost ÷ (productivity + retention) × 12 months.
- Benchmark
- 200% or more is rated outstanding, 50% or more ahead, 0% or more positive.
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