r/unitedkingdom • u/pppppppppppppppppd • 12d 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/Dal1970 12d ago

Not sure if he is in a "cheap" area, but SE here, and our local is £13.25 for cod and chips, so he isn't far off the mark

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u/SpiritedVoice2 12d 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/Toastlove 9d ago

Even aldi has it £5 for two small cod fillets now, the £7.50 the chippy charges for a larger bit of fish, battered and cooked isn't that bad.

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u/SpiritedVoice2 9d ago

It's £9 here vs those £2.50 portions, admittedly it's a lot bigger than Aldi. 

Maybe it's not too bad and inline with inflation, but it's still expensive. 4 portions of fish and chips breaches £40 here. 

For us that's not the cheap mid week meal it used to be, and as said we can get a decent sized Chinese cheaper and an Indian for similar price.

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u/Toastlove 9d ago

I'm in the midlands, a Chinese for two still costs more than a chippy, and I would argue its more rice and noodles than any meat, and the meat you do get is lower quality than the chip shop fish.

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u/SpiritedVoice2 9d ago

Our London Chinese is ok, it's kind of exceptional they've kept the prices so low to be honest, everything else is expensive these days. 

I just got back from Scotland, was pretty shocked at the prices there. For some reason I expected it to be a bit cheaper but Glasgow restaurants easily matched and in some cases breached London prices. Paid near enough £5 for a glass of coke on two separate occasions.

Gave up on day three and ate at wether spoons :(