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So how much for a packet of regular crisps in the shop?

  • 23-06-2019 9:29am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,430 ✭✭✭✭
    Ms


    I ask because I seen when I was waiting in the A and E yesterday that a packet there was 1 euro and 10 cent from the vendor machine. I don't eat and can't eat them that's why I am asking as I am curious.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭tigger123


    About a euro. Depends on where you buy though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,705 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    AMKC wrote: »
    I ask because I seen when I was waiting in the A and E yesterday that a packet there was 1 euro and 10 cent from the vendor machine. I don't eat and can't eat them that's why I am asking as I am curious.

    'bout three fiddy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭Snotty


    Euro sounds about right. The extra 10c goes to the HSE and its what makes it a first class health system


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,211 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Snotty wrote: »
    Euro sounds about right. The extra 10c goes to the HSE and its what makes it a first class health system
    lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,633 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Snotty wrote: »
    Euro sounds about right. The extra 10c goes to the HSE and its what makes it a first class health system

    No that's the fat tax


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,802 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    AMKC wrote: »
    I ask because I seen when I was waiting in the A and E yesterday that a packet there was 1 euro and 10 cent from the vendor machine. I don't eat and can't eat them that's why I am asking as I am curious.

    Really milking your visit to A&E, 2 threads about it now! Not getting the attention at home that you feel you deserve?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,705 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Really milking your visit to A&E, 2 threads about it now! Not getting the attention at home that you feel you deserve?
    Stop bumping the thread up so!:p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,430 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Really milking your visit to A&E, 2 threads about it now! Not getting the attention at home that you feel you deserve?

    But this thread is about crisps not my A and E visit. its just I seen the price there and was curious.
    Got plenty but I do not do things for attention and certainly did not say oh here's a big dog I will let him bit me on the hand so I will end up spending 6 hours in A and E. No thanks. As said already that was not fun. I had lots of plans for my Saturday but not that.
    So lets make this thread about crisps.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭RocketRaccoon


    A euro for a pack of crisps? When did that happen?

    I remember them being 28p, have the bags gotten bigger?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,280 ✭✭✭shamrock55


    You can't eat crisps, I'd rather be dead


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    It creeps up on you. The days of the 10c meanies and burger bites are over. I lash out now on a mega pack of kettles, for the gum bleeds alone, mmmmmm.

    I love opening a big pack and feeling slightly guilty, so I pour half into a bowl, just to convince myself that I am not going to eat the whole pack....

    Lying to and codding yourself should not be underestimated as a perfectly acceptable pastime.


  • Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A euro for a pack of crisps? When did that happen?

    I remember them being 28p, have the bags gotten bigger?

    Used to be 7p when I was a kid. Snax were 5p. I wonder if that price differential between the two still holds today- anyone know the price of Snax vs Tayto?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,553 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    Haven't eaten Snax in years, but they were always cheaper than Tayto or King. Sam Spudz were a bit more expensive.

    I remember them going from 5p to 6p* and having to go back to my Dad and argue with him for a rise in pocket money. After him getting me to debate my point he gave me a pocket money rise from 10p to 12p.

    Them were the days.

    *1977-78 I think - prices used to be printed on the bags.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Oasis1974


    You can buy a 1.5kg bag of oven chips in Tesco for 69c I **** you not.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭corkboy38


    Snax and Skips are €1 in my local shop, Tayto/King are €1.20.

    Dairy Milk chocolate is fairly commonly €1.30 or thereabouts for the small 6 square bar.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    I got Manhattans the other day for 90c.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Oasis1974 wrote: »
    You can buy a 1.5kg bag of oven chips in Tesco for 69c I **** you not.

    True, although I wouldn't recommend it because they're shite.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    Why do shops like Spars and Centras in general these days have peculiar price points like €1.10, €1.15 etc. instead of charging nice round figures for small items likes packets of crisps, sweets like fruit pastilles and chewing gum like a euro.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    It's all in the margins baby, like everything.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,365 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    I got Manhattans the other day for 90c.

    At least 89c too much. Their cheese and onion crisps are possibly the worst I've ever tasted.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭Osborne


    Paid €1.10 for McCoys in Euro Spar today.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Force Carrier


    I saw packets of seens for 90c in the pound shop.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    sugarman wrote: »
    Convenience shops like Spar and Centra €1.10/20/30 for a your run of the mill Tayto, King, Hunkey Dorey etc..

    Tesco, Dunnes, Super Valu etc.. 70c or there abouts.

    85c for a packet of Tayto in my local Dunnes. Walkers are usually cheaper in Tesco in or around the 65c mark.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    Jaysus I'm actually shocked at these prices. I haven't bought a packet of crisps in 30 years but I'm gobsmacked that they're more than 70c!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,344 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    2d when I was a kid. Perri in a pale blue packet. They always tasted a bit odd.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭fatknacker


    https://shop.supervalu.ie/shopping/tayto-cheese-onion-20-party-pack-25-grams-/p-1015558001

    There you go...30c per packet if you buy a box of 20. Still far cheaper even with the Euro Pound conversion.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭janfebmar


    AMKC wrote: »
    I ask because I seen when I was waiting in the A and E yesterday that a packet there was 1 euro and 10 cent from the vendor machine. I don't eat and can't eat them that's why I am asking as I am curious.

    Tesco has 16 packets of Tayto for a total of 4 euro.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    Jaysus I'm actually shocked at these prices. I haven't bought a packet of crisps in 30 years but I'm gobsmacked that they're more than 70c!

    You sound like my mother who's always shocked when I tell her the price of things which I buy. Then I try to explain to her those are normal everyday prices nowadays. Anyway that's inflation for ya.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,661 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Jaysus I'm actually shocked at these prices. I haven't bought a packet of crisps in 30 years but I'm gobsmacked that they're more than 70c!


    They're not even half full for that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    janfebmar wrote: »
    Tesco has 16 packets of Tayto for a total of 4 euro.

    That's not convenient if your out and about and fancy a snack. Also annoys me how the packets in those multipacks are tiny.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,222 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    kneemos wrote: »
    They're not even half full for that.

    Thats air sealed in so they don't get crushed. The unbagged weight is about what the pack says.

    Paid 75c for a packet of Tayto this arvo in Tesco. 59p in old money. I guess its not the worst inflation from 20p 30 odd years ago.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Zaph wrote: »
    At least 89c too much. Their cheese and onion crisps are possibly the worst I've ever tasted.

    I suppose it's down to tastes. I'd have them over any other.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    €1-€1.10 is about right for a convenience shop, 70c or so in Dunnes/Tesco.

    And of course, you can get a 9 multi-pack on offer for €1.50 at any given time in the supermarket.

    Aldi have a 24-pack of crisps for €3 and they're actually pretty decent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,796 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    A euro for a pack of crisps? When did that happen?

    I remember them being 28p, have the bags gotten bigger?

    I remember them when they were 6p. Or was it 3p.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,959 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Back in my day we made our own foil bags. They kept our home-made crisps fresh for longer.

    Then Big Crisp got involved, King, Tayto......*shiver* Hunky Dorys. Made it a capitalist endeavour, the crisp making. Ah it used to be our thing and they took it from us.


  • Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Anyone had any success making your own? I've been thinking about trying with the herbs and spices I like.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    Anyone had any success making your own? I've been thinking about trying with the herbs and spices I like.

    It is doable but it is a pain in the boylix by the time you have a crisp.

    I have gone out, got spuds, soaked them overnight, boiled oil in a pan , fried them , let them dry , season them, refry them , season them etc etc.

    It is easier to blow a fiver at the shops.

    Think Monster Munch or Alien Spacers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Amazing how expensive sh!t has gotten since the 90's. Early 1990's, 20p would get you a cracking HB ice cream.. Lucky to get one for 2.50 now. A decent quality loaf of bread would cost 30p, A good quality loaf now will cost you 2.20 unless you buy some cheapy value loaf which tastes like cardboard.

    10 penny mixes were great ! Imagine 10 chewy assorted sweets for 10p !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,201 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Aside from the ever increasing prices, the contents are decreasing at the same rate

    Next time you see a vending machine have a look at the size of the bars. Then look at the price.

    I did see a competition on a pack of Smokey Bacon Tayto today though.. win your rent for a year. You know things are bad when it's come to that!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Just can't beat a bag of Walkers cheese and onion max.......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    I remember when a packet of tayto cheese&zoning were 5p.

    I also remember when all this was just fields.


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