€2.50 for a bag of chips...

davet82

http://www.independent.ie/business/small-business/punters-face-a-battering-as-bag-of-chips-set-for-dramatic-jump-in-price-3362573.html

THE average price of the humble bag of chips is set to jump to more than €2.50 after a doubling in the cost of potatoes.

Forget about the economy or the rising spate of burglaries, a bag of chips and a fresh cod is now costing over a tenner ffs!

squod

Fancy crips. Because you're worth it.

danslevent

Avoid the garlic cheese chips so, garlic is next!

Yeah was just thinking about that the other day...I do not eat a lot of take aways so was really shocked that it was 6.80 for a cod and 2.50 for chips in my chipper.

Duggy747

Just make chips out of turnips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnfGO1KJC8

admiralofthefleet

its a fiver for a 1 n' 1 in a chipper in arklow on a thursday, looking forward to it now

funk-you

Ah Yaysus...In my day dey were truppence h'appenny and we had to catch our own fish down de canal...

-Funk

Dymo

Chips i find are probably the best value where as €5 for a fish or €1.50 or a battered sausage is taking the piss, €1.90 here for a bag of chips but will be monitoring.

gurramok

funk-you wrote: »

Ah Yaysus...In my day dey were truppence h'appenny and we had to catch our own fish down de canal...

-Funk

Still as cheap as chips :pac:

The Jammy dodger

Grow your own.

Kind regards,

Jamie Oliver (who shops at and promotes sainsburys packaged vegetables. )

Ihatecuddles-old

It's already €2.50 where I live!

The Jammy dodger

Somebody has a huge chip on their shoulder

Dodge

Aren't they about €2.50 anyway? Indo really scraping the barrel of "look we're all doooooomed" articles when they're bringing up the price of chips.

kfallon

I remember when you got a bag for 45p tho it was mostly the standard 50p for a chip and 25p for a battered sausage!

corkonion

I've switched to French fries, and saved a fortune!

GLaDOS

Think most chippers in Dublin already charge something similar?

Farmers never have a good year do they?

Death and Taxes

The Jammy dodger wrote: »

Grow your own.

Kind regards,

Jamie Oliver (who shops at and promotes sainsburys packaged vegetables. )

How do you grow your chips FFS?

CreepingDeath

davet82 wrote: »

Forget about the economy or the rising spate of burglaries, a bag of chips and a fresh cod is now costing over a tenner ffs!

It's the stealth fat tax.

Czarcasm

mariaalice wrote: »

Yeah was just thinking about that the other day...I do not eat a lot of take aways so was really shocked that it was 6.80 for a cod and 2.50 for chips in my chipper.

It's about 20 years since I worked in Supermacs, but I remember the price of a fish box meal back then was about £7.00, yes, that's right- pounds, before the euro came in, for a medium drink, a box of chips, and a slab of cardboard cod on top.

I couldn't tell you the price now as I never order the fish, but I think a snack box meal is about €8.60 for a drink, chips, and two breasts. It used be £5.20, so €7.00 for a cod and chip wouldn't be excessive when you take inflation into account.

hardCopy

kfallon wrote: »

I remember when you got a bag for 45p tho it was mostly the standard 50p for a chip and 25p for a battered sausage!

50p for one chip? That's a rip-off!

SEPT 23 1989

Did you have to start a thread about this subject so close to lunchtime?

Bad Santa

"Well, if the British were still in Ireland we'd have no Potatoes and be far better off for it" - Sinead O'Connor.

juice1304

Ah i miss the days i could go to the chipper and get a single of chips for 50p with still enough change out of my pound to get a roy the rover bar and a cream soda.:(

GalwayGuy2

Make your own.

davet82

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Make your own.

piss off :P

seven_eleven

Meh, I get a nice high quality delicious large bag of chips for €2.20 at my chipper. Pretty reasonable to be honest. But you have to avoid the shíte chippers that dont give big bags.

Merkin

juice1304 wrote: »

Ah i miss the days i could go to the chipper and get a single of chips for 50p with still enough change out of my pound to get a roy the rover bar and a cream soda.:(

:eek: When were you born? 1920?

davet82

Merkin wrote: »

:eek: When were you born? 1920?

no, with them prices, most likely a disadvantaged area of Dublin in the 70's i reckon

kneemos

It's a euro for a packet of crisps so 2.50 for a whole bag of chips is an absolute bargain.

davet82

kneemos wrote: »

It's a euro for a packet of crisps so 2.50 for a whole bag of chips is an absolute bargain.

what chipper do you own? :rolleyes:

admiralofthefleet

funk-you wrote: »

Ah Yaysus...In my day dey were truppence h'appenny and we had to catch our own fish down de canal...

-Funk

you and the bollix darcy?

Ihatecuddles-old

Nobody has said it yet....I'll wait :P

the keen edge

davet82 wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/business/small-business/punters-face-a-battering-as-bag-of-chips-set-for-dramatic-jump-in-price-3362573.html



Forget about the economy or the rising spate of burglaries, a bag of chips and a fresh cod is now costing over a tenner ffs!

This country hey.

Between fingerless gloves and the escalating price of chips I can see ya climbing a clock tower any day soon dave.

Czarcasm

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Nobody has said it yet....I'll wait :P

Three f... Ugh, fùck it, I can't even finish it

kfallon

A tenner for a fish n' chip? You're coddin' me!

Micky Dolenz

Think this is bad, wait till next year. The tillage farmers have been battered with a couple of bad summers. We will see the price of food right across the board soar, wheat, barley etc based products. And that is a sh1t load of food stuffs, inc feed for cattle so meat prices will go up and beer

Invest in rice.

davet82

the keen edge wrote: »

This country hey.

Between fingerless gloves and the escalating price of chips I can see ya climbing a clock tower any day soon dave.

them gloves would come in handy for eating chips i must admit

admiralofthefleet

Merkin wrote: »

:eek: When were you born? 1920?

i remember when a bag of chips was 20p. im 32 next week

and i have all my own teeth

davet82

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i remember when a bag of chips was 20p. im 32 next week

and i have all my own teeth and a time machine

:rolleyes:

kfallon

Potato scallops > chips

kfallon

davet82 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Do you have a sponsorship deal with that smiley, you seem to use it quite a bit!

April O Neill

Pippa Middleton's Arse wrote: »

We will see the price of food right across the board soar, wheat, barley etc based products.

I don't eat much of these nor drink beer so meh.

The meat part is a bitch though.

Czarcasm

Pippa Middleton's Arse wrote: »

Think this is bad, wait till next year. The tillage farmers have been battered with a couple of bad summers. We will see the price of food right across the board soar, wheat, barley etc based products. And that is a sh1t load of food stuffs, inc feed for cattle so meat prices will go up and beer


Invest in rice.

Is there anything the Chinese aren't good at?

Frank Black

I've heard of cashing in your chips, but this is...


*pulls out gun and shoots himself in head - everyone cheers*

davet82

kfallon wrote: »

Do you have a sponsorship deal with that smiley, you seem to use it quite a bit!

he's my favourite :rolleyes:

deandean

The price of a bag of chips has almost nothing to do with the price of potatoes! there is about 15 cents worth of potatoes in a bag of chips. Who needs a dark alley, the local chipper is just turning out to be another place to be screwed in!

neilthefunkeone

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

It's already €2.50 where I live!

Yep.. 2.50 in my local for a long time.

Plazaman

Fish n Chips are a thing of the past, full of grease and suspect fish types. Embrace nouveau cuisine in the takeaways like Singapore Chow Mein and Kung Po Chicken full of MSG and suspect meats to put hair on your chest (yes, even you ladies).

I think there might be a niche in the market for growing spuds in poly tunnels because unless we can float ourselves down to the Med, I can't see us getting good summers and time soon.

SEPT 23 1989

It was 50p for a small bag and 70p for a large bag when i was a pup

BraziliaNZ

Shocking prices in Irish chippers. The chippers around where I live chips are 1 pound, or 1.20 for large, and you get about twice as much as at home.
It's just too expensive to do business in Ireland as everyone wants to f*ck everyone over.