[Food] Price of fish n chips / takeaway

[vegster]

vegster,saw that in Leek the other day and we have gone to the store brands not paying those prices.

Lidl Mushy Peas 35 p for a 300g tin.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Its 15-18 quid in cuckfield for that. Cost of living crisis.

Bloke who runs that shop isn’t right!

 

[vegster]

Until recently my daughter worked for the local chippy which does good business - always big queues at weekends and not far from the seafront so plenty of summer trade.

Talking to the owner, he told me that his wholesale prices for the fish, potatoes and even things like sausages keep going up and there is only so much he can absorb before he has to put his own prices up. Energy bills are also hitting him hard. He knows a lot of his customers are pensioners so tries to keep costs down but ultimately, it is his business and he has to make a living.

He has just stopped opening on Tuesdays as the energy costs don't make it cost effective for him to open.

The comment about smaller portions is something you see across food and retail now. Pack sizes in supermarkets are getting smaller so it doesn't look like prices have gone up as much. In restaurants, portion control is very much a thing. You might find that your pizza has slightly less topping now - for example, taking off a couple of bits of pepperoni won't make much difference to you but across 100 pizzas it all adds to the savings.

You refer to " Shrinkflation ", the ultimate examples of which are Wagon Wheels and Cadbury's Creme eggs.

 

[Horses Arse]

For my Friday fish lunch I went to a place in Lancing.

Small chips.
Small cod.
Mushy peas.

£9.50

Generous portions, I’ll give them that but that’s pricey, eh? I’m sure it’s the same across the South but in York recently I enjoyed some of the best fish n chips I’ve ever had for £4

What do you pay for your fish supper? Or indeed any takeaway food?

I see your £9-50 - cheap as chips. In queen of suburbia land its over £15.

Ordered over the phone without checking the price, couldn't believe the cost when picking it up.

Haven't been back

 

[The Clamp]

I used to get a takeaway twice a week. FnC on a Friday, Chinese or Indian on Sunday night.

Now I get as an occasional treat. Once a month tops.

 

[The Clamp]

View attachment 160795I see your £9-50 - cheap as chips. In queen of suburbia land its over £15.

Ordered over the phone without checking the price, couldn't believe the cost when picking it up.

Haven't been back

That is a piss take.

 

[Horses Arse]

View attachment 160795I see your £9-50 - cheap as chips. In queen of suburbia land its over £15.

Ordered over the phone without checking the price, couldn't believe the cost when picking it up.

Haven't been back

Just in case anyone wants to bag themselves a bargain

 

[Horses Arse]

That is a piss take.

Mushy peas too runny as well. Large portions of fish but ffs there's no way I'd pay over £15 per meal at a chippy knowingly. Sad thing is it wasn't just the one portion. Shocking

 

[KZNSeagull]

I used to get a takeaway twice a week. FnC on a Friday, Chinese or Indian on Sunday night.

Now I get as an occasional treat. Once a month tops.

There was a survey before Covid that said that, on average, families had 3 takeaways as week. I wonder what it is now? We have only ever had one a month at most.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Nearly 30 posts on a fish-related thread and not a pun to be seen?

For God's hake!

 

[Bozza]

£10.75 for medium cod (£6.45), medium chips (£2.90) and mushy peas (£1.40) from the Findon Fish Bar.

My lad is 13 and, until recently, he'd happily have the kids' fish and chips which, even with recent price rises, looks a bargain at £6.00 and includes a can of drink (£1.30 if bought separately) too.

Depending on who's doing the serving there's very little difference between the kids' and adult meals - certainly not £5 worth of difference.

 

[WATFORD zero]

For my Friday fish lunch I went to a place in Lancing.

Small chips.
Small cod.
Mushy peas.

£9.50

Generous portions, I’ll give them that but that’s pricey, eh? I’m sure it’s the same across the South but in York recently I enjoyed some of the best fish n chips I’ve ever had for £4

What do you pay for your fish supper? Or indeed any takeaway food?

I think you and me both know why the price of cod is going through the roof, but I'm not biting

£15 for takeaway medium cod and chips + mushy peas from Bankers Hangleton

 

[elwheelio]

Nearly 30 posts on a fish-related thread and not a pun to be seen?

For God's hake!

There's a time and a plaice for puns. This isn't it.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

There's a time and a plaice for puns. This isn't it.

Fair enough. I'll go back to the prawn sites.

 

[Jim in the West]

Avoiding the puns (and possibly the subject matter of the thread), but I was quite shocked, after visiting Pizza Express for the first time in many a year, to discover a bog-standard pizza is now around £16.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

For my Friday fish lunch I went to a place in Lancing.

Small chips.
Small cod.
Mushy peas.

£9.50

Generous portions, I’ll give them that but that’s pricey, eh? I’m sure it’s the same across the South but in York recently I enjoyed some of the best fish n chips I’ve ever had for £4

What do you pay for your fish supper? Or indeed any takeaway food?

I hope that you did not go to Mr Chips, I could tell you a thing or two about that plaice...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

2 Medium cod, 2 medium chips. Mushy peas and scraps for £15

Its probably the cheapest take out available to us now as Pizza prices are ridiculous for what they are

Fair but for the brace of cod

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

View attachment 160795I see your £9-50 - cheap as chips. In queen of suburbia land its over £15.

Ordered over the phone without checking the price, couldn't believe the cost when picking it up.

Haven't been back

I will have two 1/4 Chickens please.....

Only a moron would buy 1/2 a chicken from here.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

View attachment 160795I see your £9-50 - cheap as chips. In queen of suburbia land its over £15.

Ordered over the phone without checking the price, couldn't believe the cost when picking it up.

Haven't been back

Halibut for £13 is a bargain, unless it’s the size of a fish finger. Never thought I’d see Halibut on the menu in a chippy.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Price of wholesale fish has shot up. I was chatting to the chef in the Deep Sea Anglers club, and from being able to offer a lot of their pensioners a £7.50 fish and chips lunch a year or so ago, that is now more like £11.50 purely on the price of the fish she has to buy from the wholesaler.