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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30 comments

  1. I love when they blame the price rise on the fish but the chips go up the same rate

  2. Ex-customers reveal why they have to go and get their fish and chips from somewhere else.

  3. 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

  4. The cost of fish is bollocks. I could get 4 fillets from Lidl for £4. The real problem is the rent. A chippy near me costs £20, but that’s because the commercial rent has gone up 100% in 4 years.

  5. £15 is a bargain if you live in Jersey, absolute ripoff culture.

  6. I worked in a chippy for a decade, 2001 it was £3.60 for cod and chips. By the end of the decade, around £7.

    Cod is the expensive fish due to over fishing, Russia and Ukraine account for around 15% of global vegetable oil exports, energy costs are through the roof. Not surprised to see £15 today in all honesty.

  7. The thing about a chippy dinner was it’s cheap and shite. Now it’s just shite

  8. My local chippy was £7 for a small cod and chips and £3 for a small battered sausage and chips and they were massive portions. They only took cash though. They closed down two weeks ago and I’m not sure I’ll ever be over it.

  9. We’ve just lost our lovely local independent Quays fish and chips shop in Lancaster – the only one left is a really expensive chain store in town that’s nice I guess but overpriced – can’t even order small or large chips. Everything is a set price and single opinion. Sad to see.

    Really not a fan of KFC, McDonald’s or Burger King and it’s sad to see us losing another bit of our culture – US fast food seems a lot more popular. Chippy tea was an everyday part of life when I was young and affordable for everyone.

    https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/23563051.half-uk-fish-chip-shops-close-2025

  11. My local chippy is £14.50 for cod and chips. I could go to McDonalds and get a burger and chips for about £7, but the quality would be way worse.

  12. My local chippy ‘s charge between £15.99-£28.99 for cod and chips, depending on the sizes you want, excluding any extras. (I’ve just checked for medium cod, medium chips, mushy peas, 2x tartare sauces, buttered roll, can of drink and a wally is £25.80, like wtf 😒)

  13. I live close to newlyn and fish is about 8 quid here. Of all places i should be getting it cheaper. The tourist traps i can understand but its the same prices on the council estate chippies

  14. Fucking disgusting how expensive chippies are nowadays considering how for a very long time they were known for being cheap and cheerful

  15. That’s not the only tragedy, you have search high and low for cod with the skin still on.

  16. I agree with what everyone has said regarding running costs/overheads etc. But it also doesn’t help that portion sizes have basically doubled in the past 20-30 years. I normally get a large haddock and chips for £13 and split it. My chippy also does a light bites version which is half sized and only £6.50, which I’ll go for if I’m getting one on my own. I’m not judging anyone that wants to pig out, but if you want to eat something the size of a great white then it’s going to cost more.

  17. My local does a small fish and chips for £5 and it’s always good. I must be just in a super cheap area.

  18. Well if he’s going to hike too much, how are we going to be able to afford perchasing it?

  19. 15 years and back up north I would get change from a fiver for large fish and chips in the city centre.

    ~£15 for large fish and chips is pretty standard now I live in the south east and it’s 2025

  20. Just been to Hull. Had an amazing chippy lunch. With cod, chips, sauce, drink, patty (Hull thing) and it was ,£10.50

  21. Not surprised its £15, that fish in the picture could feed a family of four.

    £7 for a normal size fish and chips at my local chippy

    If you want the whale and chips everyone demands these days though it’ll cost you £13!

  22. He doesn’t simple ,15quid is murgatroydes restaurant price , he’s taking the piss an just passing the buck

  23. My homemade fish supper costs about £3.00 quid, which is, with an angel cut, Haddock from morrisons. After taking into consideration growing my own Maris Piper tatties. No wonder chippies are going bust.

    Town centre rates need to be savaged to encourage businesses to grow and get rid of barbers, vape shops, and cash generators.

  24. Fish should not be this expensive. Why is it a island nation is paying such absurd prices, it’s greed as far as I can remember fish has always been a luxury food.

  26. I went to Australia and had fish chips and a can of coke for $16. That’s like £8. That was in Sydney too (one of the world’s most expensive cities). Our country overcharges for everything and it’s a joke

  27. Pretty much everything that has happened over the past decade has been terrible for chippies.

    From the cost of utilities, the war in Ukraine, the changes to business rates, combined it has caused more chippies to close their doors in the last 5 years than at any point in the last 50 years.

    The number of chippies operating in the UK has halved over the past decade.

    Due to war in Ukraine the cost of a box of far which used to be between £8 – £13 depending on what you were buying is between £25 – £30..

    Fish has doubled in cost.

    Most chippies sell their chips at cost and give massive portions to try and ease the price increases.

    Throw on top that the fact that chippies just aren’t anywhere near as popular as they used to be and face competition from every direction the future for them is bleak.

  28. Around these parts, that wouldn’t be an unusual price, at least for a pair of large cod or haddock.

  29. I went to one of the top-10 chippies in the country yesterday, in one of the fancier parts of coastal Suffolk (Aldeburgh).

    A large cod and chips was £10.

  30. A large cod with large chips in my town, from an old family run fish and chips shop is £13.90

    I have no problem paying that, the portion size is huge, more than enough for two people.

    So really £7 per person is pretty good value I think.

    With that said, Iceland do the Harry Ramsden’s fish and chip range, which is surprisngly good given that it’s frozen battered cod and chips, which is what I buy now.

    Harry Ramsdens 4 Jumbo fish Fillets and 1kg of Chips for 4 – £13.00

    It’ll never beat fresh, deep fried cod/chips from a chippy, but on a budget? it’s pretty decent.

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