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Fish and chips price rise tops UK takeaways (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Fish and chips is a British family favourite equally enjoyed around the table on a Friday night or out of the paper on an often overcast beach.

But the deep fried delicacy has seen the biggest price increase of some of the UK’s most popular takeaways, according to new figures.

The average price for a portion of fish and chips rose more than 50% to nearly £10 in the five years to July – while the cost of a kebab went up 44% and pizza 30%.

Chip shop owners cite a "perfect storm" of costs in recent years, including soaring energy bills, tariffs on seafood imports and extreme weather hammering potato harvests.

This all means a family of four won't get much change out of a £50 note once they've forked out for their tea and added some mushy peas and cans of pop.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"tariffs on seafood imports"

Will of the people, etc.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Another Brexit bonus!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My favourite local Chinese takeaway has stickers on the menu saying the prices aren't accurate, presumably because they got a big batch printed and don't fancy binning them. As they don't have an online presence, you have to order by phone or in person, so you never know how much it's going to cost. Despite this, they are always run off their feet as the food is a level above the competitions - the salt and pepper siu mai are divine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah ask for the total on the phone, no point in the food getting to you and not don't having enough cash on hand

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

no point in the food getting to you

They don't do deliveries either and only take cash.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's been over £10 everywhere I've been for many years. Just can't justify it anymore, especially when they skimp out on the chips ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The cheapest takeaway option for us at the moment is Dominoes. No idea how that happened.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It’s nearly the same for me, depending on what offers Dominos have that week.

We tend to mostly get Chinese takeaways now because it comes out at almost the same price as fish and chips but with a lot more variety. Even just a portion of chips from the chippy is pricey now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Now that's a shocker - they always seemed like the most expensive option.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And yet, here am I, contemplating a 280 mile round trip tomorrow to initiate my daughter into the utter delight that is a Sheffield fishcake butty. If you know, you know. Sheffield fishcakes make other fishcake weep at their inadequacy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You know that old saying "if a fish cries in the ocean, does it make a sound?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

It does if it's going to end up in any other kind of fishcake!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gonna have to make a trip down to try them!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We just got back home. We set off a bit after 09:00, got to Sheffield just after 12:00, had our fishcake butties, drove around some of my old student haunts, drove out to Ladybower Reservoir so my daughter could see a little of how beautiful the peak district is, then bombed home.

Her verdict on a 6 hour round trip to eat a fishcake butty: "Worth it."

My advice: go lots of salt and vinegar. Then add some more vinegar.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

We're all pretending that inflation is 2-3% when food prices are still rising 30-50% every year.

Also, ctrl-f "climate change". Nothing?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Even in Australia, 2 dollars of chips as a kid was enough for my mum brother and I, especially between some bread.

Now to be comparable you need 15 dollars worth.

If I could buy it with coins found on the ground in a day and can't now it's gone up far too much

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Its around £9 for fish and chips near me. So you multiply it by say, 5 ,for the number of people and you're spending 45 quid on just fish and chips (scraps might be included)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Chip shops will go the same way as pubs.