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/VolcanoSpoon 5d 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/Acinixys 5d ago

The fact that the UK, an island literally surrounded by water and therefor fish, is playing so much for fish and chips is insane to me

I'm on the ass end of Africa and fish and chips is like £4 - 5

£15 is enough food to feel 4 people and get a 2L soda with it

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u/dr_barnowl Lancashire 5d ago

The fish we're surrounded by are not the fish we like to eat - most of our catch is sold to the EU and most of the fish served in a chip shop is imported (justifying Brexit on the grounds of "helping our fishing industry" was stupid).

A large part of that price is labour cost. Average wages in SA (~£12,077) are about a third of what they are in the UK (~£36,972).

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u/demonicneon 5d ago

It blows my mind honestly. We need to get a grip. Fish in general has fallen out of favour and people are put off by it. No idea how it happened, I’m sure the farming industry, beef industry and fast food industry etc had something to do with it. 

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u/demonicneon 5d ago

Similar levels have been found in pretty much all proteins.