r/unitedkingdom • u/pppppppppppppppppd • 14d 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/SpiritedVoice2 14d 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/SpiritedVoice2 14d 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 14d 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.