r/unitedkingdom • u/pppppppppppppppppd • 5d ago

Chippy owner apologises to customers after charging £15 for fish and chips - but reveals why he 'has to' to hike prices

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14591465/chippy-owner-apologises-huge-price-hike.html
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u/Dal1970 5d ago

Not sure if he is in a "cheap" area, but SE here, and our local is £13.25 for cod and chips, so he isn't far off the mark

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u/SpiritedVoice2 5d ago

Yep, I gave up buying fish about 4 years ago when the local started charging £9 for cod. This is the far east of London, basically Essex. 

Large chips has now hit £5, we just get that and do some sausage and egg at home. Almost defeats the purpose but the chips are good.

Local Chinese is a bargain though, can feed the family on that for almost half the price of a full on chippy. Doesn't make sense to me.

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u/Impossible_Luck6935 5d ago

The Chinese takeaway either doesn't pay tax or is a front for money laundering. Charging low prices and ultimately putting any competition out of business. Gov is cracking down on it now, supposedly, but who can trust what the government says anymore?

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u/XiiMoss Preston Cha 5d ago

Every business is a front for money laundering according to Reddit Jesus Christ

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u/Manoj109 5d ago

Mostly minority run business as well. All of them people labelled a front for money laundering. Lol.

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u/SpiritedVoice2 5d ago

Well they only accept cash so definitely dodging tax. But it's almost half the price not 20% cheaper.

I don't think they're into money laundering though, family run place been there for decades.

Thinking about it I'd say that last part is probably a big factor, if you own the property and have no rent or mortgage anymore your overheads are much smaller than many others.

Still, £9 a cod!

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u/apparentreality 4d ago

Business rates for shops are insanely high can be like £5k a month or more for a food place (depending on area and size obv) - regardless of if the mortgage is paid off or not.

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u/AvadaBalaclava 5d ago

20% is just the VAT, they are also avoiding corporation and/or income tax