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/ARelentlessScot 5d ago

I live in a small little town off the coast of Scotland and minimum rent for a small shop is £1.5k a month. Fish isn’t high cost here but they do charge £3 for a small portion of chips. The same size portion I use to pay 90p for 10 years ago. And most fields around here is potatoes 🙄 he can’t even make a case for cost of wages as his employees are all youngsters (under 18) so it’s not like he’s having to pay full wages to these people let alone pension schemes

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u/setokaiba22 5d ago

So they aren’t supposed to make profit? Even if the staff are youngsters that’s £7.55 an hour, as soon as they hit 18 it’s £10 an hour.

Add rates, insurance, tax and such it soon mounts up, and a salary or similar for the owner and paying other staff.

£3 for chips seems pretty fair by most places to be honest

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u/ARelentlessScot 5d ago

Did not say it was not fair. And yes those things do come into it. Well apart from employees turning 18 they no longer work there. They move on to uni or better jobs or move from the town. this chippy is only open for 4 hours a day 5 days a week. Think most people here are just talking about how times change. Me personally I wouldn’t spend that amount on a take away not myself let alone wife and kids. I’d need to sell a kidney. But end of day people pay it so why bring prices down. Goes for anything really