Burger King

partyguinness

To my eternal shame I have been to Burger King twice this week. Once in England last Monday and yesterday in Cork (St. Patricks Street).

Now in England, onion rings are £1.00 sterling. In Cork, they are €2.40..that is double the price...:eek:

jaffa20

And in spain they are 1euro:eek: but then again their staff get paid almost half what they do in Ireland. Also, the rent and other business expenses are much lower.

partyguinness

Ah but wasnt that argument being used by Tesco and other UK chain stores etc to justify the exchange difference but low and behold when a stink was kicked up they moved to equalise the differences...and they are still making huge profits.

Plus other items are not at twice the price.

rubadub

partyguinness wrote: »

Now in England, onion rings are £1.00 sterling. In Cork, they are €2.40..that is double the price...:eek:

£1 on the dot sounds like it could be an offer, like a poundsaver menu or something. It would not surprise me at all if some things on their 99c menu here is cheaper than the UK. The 99c menu seems to come & go.

Why somebody would pay €2.40 for onion rings is beyond me, I got a BK double cheesebuger meal for €3.50 yesterday, small coke & small chips but still decent enough.

the groutch

partyguinness wrote: »

Now in England, onion rings are £1.00 sterling. In Cork, they are €2.40..that is double the price...:eek:

but you're not going to travel to england just to save a euro and change on a bag of onion rings, so they will charge the amount they feel will maximise profits

rubadub

the groutch wrote: »

but you're not going to travel to england just to save a euro and change on a bag of onion rings, so they will charge the amount they feel will maximise profits

From reading some threads I would not be surprised if somebody would drive up north to save that.

darc

Fair enough to complain when the bulk of the cost of a product originates in the UK. But in the cooked food industry, particularly fast food, the bulk of costs are indigenous to the country they operate in.

In BK, probably the packaging is the only cost that originates outside of Ireland.

Fries - Irish made
Burgers - 100% Irish beef
Chicken - 100% Irish
Staff - paid in Ireland @ irish rates
Premises, paid in ireland at irish rates
same for electricity, council re=ates etc etc etc etc etc etce etc

Of course if you want your employer to reduce YOUR salary to that of an equivalent person in the UK and for the Irish government to incraese taxes to UK levels & for your local council to charge you £2500 council tax, then its a different story. - But I don't think you want that!!!:D

Resi12

You know why that is?
Because Ireland is not in the UK so therefore why on earth would we have the same price's as them?!

Just because we are beside them does not mean we will ever have there prices.. There not even in the Euro ffs!!

When will people ever stop bitc*ing about the fact the UK is cheaper than Ireland!
If you want it so much go over there and earn there wages in Sterling and you'll soon see there is 0 difference.

ecom

thing is though if you dont agree with the price then don't buy the product. It really is as simple as that, particularly for non-essential items (ok, a BK could be classed as essential at 2am after a rake of pints!).

Retailers will lower their prices if customers arent coming through the doors.