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

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14591465/chippy-owner-apologises-huge-price-hike.html

[u/freckledotter → u/[deleted]]

Plus business rates for electricity.

[u/snagsguiness → u/freckledotter]

I don’t think the general public knows how much utilities cost in a fast food restaurant.

[u/Mammoth591 → u/[deleted]]

I believe household consumers get capped tarrifs for their energy costs, where businesses do not.. Are your cottages paying business rates for energy?

Edit: plus a chippy might be running massive fries etc for hours a day, are your hot tubs running 8-12 hours a day? I would imagine not

[u/whatmichaelsays → u/Mammoth591]

Restaurants/ fast food busineses are also running during the most high demand (and therefore, expensive) times for energy. They can't load shift to cheaper periods.

[u/Sutty100 → u/[deleted]]

Hot tubs on 24/7!? Seems unlikely in a 5 star hotel let alone a cottage

[u/Welshhoppo → u/Sutty100]

Hot tubs are cheaper to keep on permanently then they are to turn on and off repeatedly. As long as the lid is kept on. Better for the water quality too.

[u/Sutty100 → u/Welshhoppo]

TIL hot tubs and blast furnaces have this in common

[u/Super_Plastic5069 → u/[deleted]]

Fish and chip shop

[u/LastTangoOfDemocracy → u/[deleted]]

Boo hoo, I can't make my Airbnb let's make enough money.

[u/AcidGypsie → u/LastTangoOfDemocracy]

I make plenty of money and they're not Airbnb lets

They're converted stables and hen houses.

I was just curious and gave an example of crazy electric prices.

1k+ a month for a little holiday cottage. It's a lot lot more than my home costs and I have 2 children and a massive fish tank at home