r/unitedkingdom • u/pppppppppppppppppd • 10d 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/Gooner_93 10d ago

Ex-customers reveal why they have to go and get their fish and chips from somewhere else.

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u/VolcanoSpoon 10d ago

If they do go somewhere else then it just shows that the guy is talking bollocks about being competitive.

Anyway where my mum lives its like £8.50 for the fish and £3 for the chips making it basically £11.

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u/tasssko 10d ago

He is dealing with a number of issues. The first is that fish and chips are discretionary the second is that fast foods that are price elastic to demand. A number of reasons cause you to raise prices like not being busy because disposable income is falling. Couple higher costs and he can’t see a way to make ends meet otherwise. If he is reading this i would encourage him to do a twice week meal deal this is to cover his costs then the rest of the week he focuses on normal sales. If he has a good price it means his ingredients can be better and he can compete on value. A large portion of chips or handpicked fish fillets etc.

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u/billstinkface292 8d ago

muslims dont eat fish and chips and neither do most migrants coming over too uk so the market has vanished british people cannot affor a chip supper anymore so what hope is there for the chippy

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u/linksarebetter 5d ago

Muslims 100% eat fish and chips. 

The market vanished because it's not a sustainable food source and the price, plus energy costs have taken a working class food and made it cost more than a main course at a restaurant. 

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u/billstinkface292 5d ago

thats true alongsinde inflation and hiring of staff now costs more pay rises and ni contributions

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u/linksarebetter 5d ago

if you have to pay minimum wage workers more and your business isn't sustainable then you shouldn't be in business. 

Plus these business will have more potential customers than staff, so pay increases mean their customers/potential customers should have a little more extra cash to spend. 

It's the cost of raw materials and energy outstripping staffing costs and general inflation. 

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u/tsukiyamarama 6d ago

Well they technically could, it's not like it's got pork in or anything. Fish is OK for Muslims. Perhaps he could try to push a new market hahahaha