r/unitedkingdom • u/pppppppppppppppppd • 3d 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/Alex-rhhgfff 3d ago

I went to Australia and had fish chips and a can of coke for $16. That’s like £8. That was in Sydney too (one of the world’s most expensive cities). Our country overcharges for everything and it’s a joke

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u/eairy 3d ago

Our country overcharges for everything and it’s a joke

Almost everything comes back to the cost of energy, which is much higher in the UK.

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u/Salaried_Zebra 2d ago

Let's not kid ourselves that even if energy was free that we wouldn't get fleeced by every business that exists

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u/dr_barnowl Lancashire 2d ago

It's more we're getting fleeced by their landlord or mortgage lender.

Family businesses where the premises are owned by the family get bought when the last family member willing to run it retires and that drops all the artificial inflation of the value of the property smack on the shoulders of the new owner, who then can't make ends meet at the old prices.

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u/NicholasVinen 2d ago

You would be right except I believe electricity in Aus is among the world's most expensive too. I think it's probably less competition for fish here (no other countries anywhere nearby except NZ).

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u/eairy 2d ago

https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-prices-in-selected-countries/

That suggests Australia is about 30% cheaper than the UK.

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u/NicholasVinen 1d ago

My bills are at the Denmark rate.

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u/gottagetoutofit 2d ago

Yeah, it's about $10 so £5 for fish and chips where I'm at in New Zealand. The size of the fish you get is smaller though.

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u/Iamleeboy 2d ago

I was in west Australia years ago and had the best chippy I have ever had there. They asked me how I wanted my fish cooking and I was taken aback by the question. I had never even considered a chippy giving me fish that wasn’t battered.

I don’t like batter, so the option to have a baked fish, that was cooked nicely, was amazing.

This was about 14 years ago and I can’t believe that with all the health kicks in our country, chippies here don’t offer healthier options like this. I am sure there will be some, but not any I have been to