A mum was left stunned by the price of her fish and chip takeaway at the weekend.
A 'chippy tea' is practically a British institution, with many people tucking into fish and chips on a Friday evening after a long week at work. With the cost of living crisis raging on, many restaurants and businesses have had to raise their prices - and local chip shops are no exception.
One mum expressed her shock after placing an order for two portions of fish and chips, one pie and chips, one portion of curry sauce, four packets of tomato sauce, and three drinks. The bill came to £37.
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Aghast over the price, the mum took to Mumsnet's popular Am I Being Unreasonable (AIBU) thread to ask if the cost was justified. In a post titled "(AIBU) To be agog at the price of [fish] and chips?" she detailed her order and said: "Don't have stuff from the chippy very often but went today. Standard take out place in the north… It cost £37! Is this really how much they cost now or were we ripped off? We stopped getting Chinese takeaways some time ago once the dishes got close to £10."
The mum's post was met with heaps of responses from fellow Mumsnet users, keen to share their thoughts. One said: "I'd imagine the drinks were pretty pricey? £37 is expensive - but fish is expensive generally so I'm not surprised. £5 for a decent sized cod fillet at my local fishmonger, so not sure you could make a portion of fish and chips at home for a lot cheaper than the takeaway."
Another said: "That does seem a little expensive, I'm West Midlands and it would probably be around £25-£30 here." But a third commented: "About normal I think. Fish and chips here are around £8/9, not the cheap dish it once was."
And another Mumsnet user said: "Sounds about right but I wouldn't buy drinks or ketchup - I'd find a Coop or something nearby and buy a bottle of ketchup and drinks. I'm guessing that would have saved a tenner. Also depends how many you were feeding. To me that's enough for five with the portions round here (and I am greedy and fat, not one of those mumsnet competitive undereaters)."
One Mumsnet user added: "Sounds about right. Many of our chippies are up for sale for this reason." At the time of writing, 54% of Mumsnet users voted the mum was not being unreasonable.
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