On Feb 21, 10:12*pm, "I'm back" > wrote:
> " > wrote in news:485ed8c0-2689-40d4-a37c-
> :
>
> > On Feb 21, 6:26 pm, Tara > wrote:
> >> Sorry, I can't hear you, I'm busy eating my Haydel's king cake. I don'
> > t
> >> care if Mardi Gras was last week. This is something special. If onl
> > y
> >> McKenzie's Bakery was still around!
>
> >> Tara
>
> > I checked Haydel's website.
> > $52.00 for a King Cake?! *I saw them at the grocery store for less
> > than $8.00 during Mardi Gras weekend. *Their other items are just as
> > overpriced.
>
> Even $8 is *way* too much.
>
> Here in Oz, you wouldn't pay more than $3-4 for it.
>
> --
> Peter
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> Success isn't so difficult.
> Just bite off more than you can chew,
> then go do it.

The extra cost is for the plastic baby and beads that come with it.
Normally a coffee cake that size costs around $4.00 at Kroger.
They're even less if you happen to be there when they mark them down.