6.20 euro for a chicken fillet roll? The Boom is Bollixed

gmisk · 05-06-2019 10:23am

PsychoPete wrote: »

Wasn't spending all our money on chicken fillet rolls what caused the resession if the first place? We'll be back there again if we aren't careful

Nope it was avocados.

Cina · 05-06-2019 10:26am

I was in London at the weekend and I was shocked at how cheap food and drink was compared to Dublin. Get a great brekkie/brunch/lunch for £5.

The f*ck happened to Dublin? Food was dirt cheap back during the recession. Shambles.

Hoboo · 05-06-2019 10:28am

Cina wrote: »

I was in London at the weekend and I was shocked at how cheap food and drink was compared to Dublin. Get a great brekkie/brunch/lunch for £5.

The f*ck happened to Dublin? Food was dirt cheap back during the recession. Shambles.

Because food in the UK is pure ****e

Cina · 05-06-2019 10:30am

Hoboo wrote: »

Because food in the UK is pure ****e

Depends where you go. Food in London is amazing.

05-06-2019 10:49am

Hoboo wrote: »

Because food in the UK is pure ****e

It’s impossible to get a decent roll in the UK they simply don’t exist, Subway is the best you can get which I love but once or twice a week is enough for going there and you need options.

To be honest its very hard to get a decent lunch anywhere outside Ireland they just make sh*t sandwiches and rolls compared to here.

NuttyMcNutty · 05-06-2019 10:57am

freshpopcorn wrote: »

You might have met a strict person at the deli counter who tried to charge you for a portion of coleslaw as well. There's one near me and I always go out of my way to avoid her when getting food at the deli counter.

Always look for the fat Irish bird.:D

NeVeR · 05-06-2019 11:09am

My centra charge €4 for one and you get a can of coke included.

05-06-2019 11:37am

ligerdub wrote: »

Ordering a roll and then not paying because it's a couple of euro more than you thought it seriously low brow behaviour! I've seen it happen a couple of times recently by a few different scrotes, it's uncouth at best.

What is the shop owner supposed to do? Just chuck it away?

Guess I'm uncouth, so. Not bothered.

What's the shop owner supposed to do? Not charging approximately 20% more than other outlets in the same neighbourhood for the same food would be a good start.

And no, the price isn't displayed at the till. Or, I'd didn't see it.

dont bother · 05-06-2019 11:40am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Guess I'm uncouth, so. Not bothered.

What's the shop owner supposed to do? Not charging approximately 20% more than other outlets in the same neighbourhood for the same food would be a good start.

And no, the price isn't displayed at the till. Or, I'd didn't see it.

this HAS to have been either Fresh in IFSC or Spar... both gougers on prices for EVERYTHING. it's been like this for a while now, but 6.20 is a new record.

only a fool would pay that amount, or somebody who wants to seem like they have money.

as for the fools calling it "uncouth" etc... nobody in ireland is posh enough to call anyone else that sort of thing, so get over yourself. you aint no better than nobody

05-06-2019 11:42am

dont bother wrote: »

this HAS to have been either Fresh in IFSC or Spar... both gougers on prices for EVERYTHING. it's been like this for a while now, but 6.20 is a new record.

No, it's the Spar over beside Capel Street, the one in the ifsc is actually pretty cheap, I thought. The same roll costs me about 4 euro there.

is_that_so · 05-06-2019 11:42am

ligerdub wrote: »

Ordering a roll and then not paying because it's a couple of euro more than you thought it seriously low brow behaviour! I've seen it happen a couple of times recently by a few different scrotes, it's uncouth at best.

What is the shop owner supposed to do? Just chuck it away? You're not buying a toothbrush mate, they can't put it back on the shelf. It's bad enough to waste a few chips or the like, but not meat, even if it is low grade.

Someone will have it for their break. Don't these things have price labels on them?

is_that_so · 05-06-2019 11:45am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

No, it's the Spar over beside Capel Street, the one in the ifsc is actually pretty cheap, I thought. The same roll costs me about 4 euro there.

That price seems par for the course in most of them. Price you were charged may be an owner call.

05-06-2019 11:46am

Forgot to mention that the cheapest Chicken Fillet Roll in Dublin is currently to be had at Londis Grafton Street. 3.50 euro for a chicken fillet roll and two fillings. Incredible.

airmax87 · 05-06-2019 12:12pm

I remember even as recent as 2015 londis westmoreland was doing them for €2.50 two fillings

Theboinkmaster · 05-06-2019 1:01pm

punisher5112 wrote: »

Since when, most places it's €3 or €3.50....

I've seen it at €4.50 but never over €5 never mind €6.20 that is absolutely crazy and then chicken fillets are actually coming in from China.... Yes China....

Actually most of them coming from Thailand.

And not 100% chicken obviously, some don't have much chicken in them at all.

Ruraldweller56 · 05-06-2019 1:05pm

This thread is like one of those inane rants that used to kick off in the house I stayed in during college about whether chef was better than heinz or Lyons was better than Barrys.

It takes a certain strand of person to get their back up so much about something so trivial.

Deebles McBeebles · 05-06-2019 1:07pm

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

This thread is like one of those inane rants that used to kick off in the house I stayed in during college about whether chef was better than heinz or Lyons was better than Barrys.

It takes a certain strand of person to get their back up so much about something so trivial.

Aye, silly stuff.

#LyonsNHeinz

jimgoose · 05-06-2019 1:08pm

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

...Lyons was better than Barrys...

Ah now, that's not really a question. Is it??

realdanbreen · 05-06-2019 1:09pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Are we back to gouging, so, is that it?

Pissing rain earlier. Went into Centra while I was waiting for a mate to finish work.
"One chicken fillet roll, please; coleslaw and cheese, no butter"

Was charged over eight euro for that, and a bottle of water at the till.

I didn't make a scene, but I said "sorry I'm not paying that", and the lovely woman at the till kind of nodded at me in (maybe) agreement, so I went and ate elsewhere.

My questions are threefold:

Is gouging back?

And isn't it all just self-defeating?

And do you refuse to pay when being overcharged?

Anyone going into a petrol station shopping and then complaining about the prices should be shot.

red petal · 05-06-2019 1:13pm

I love that there is a large thread on hot chicken rolls!

Also I need to start checking the prices of things now. Since tapping your card became a thing, I don't know what anything costs anymore and I can't afford that kind of lax attitude!

FFred · 05-06-2019 1:18pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

A severe lack of mustard in this thread

Ruraldweller56 · 05-06-2019 1:29pm

Fieldog wrote: »

Most expensive roll I have ever purchased in my life and only did as I was extremely hungover and unaware of the price was 6.50 for a breakfast roll in Killarney, I twigged it at the counter and told them it was 3 euro dearer than our capital, I don't think Centra really cared with the amount of yanks buying souvenirs and shíte in the shop...

A centra in Killarney that sells souvenirs for yanks.

A centra.

Balanadan · 05-06-2019 1:30pm

dont bother wrote: »

this HAS to have been either Fresh in IFSC or Spar... both gougers on prices for EVERYTHING. it's been like this for a while now, but 6.20 is a new record.

only a fool would pay that amount, or somebody who wants to seem like they have money.

as for the fools calling it "uncouth" etc... nobody in ireland is posh enough to call anyone else that sort of thing, so get over yourself. you aint no better than nobody

I'd happily pay €11.07 for a hot chicken roll, pay with a €20 note and throw my change in the bin because I don't want **** in my pockets.

Pip pip.

05-06-2019 1:36pm

Needles73 wrote: »

No wonder he closed if he was selling chicken rolls for €2......

airmax87 wrote: »

I remember even as recent as 2015 londis westmoreland was doing them for €2.50 two fillings

Londis at the top of O'Connell St were doing them for €2 up until this time last year, I think. Even had a pic in the window.

As of August, they've covered the price with a new sticker.

ohnonotgmail · 05-06-2019 1:38pm

Balanadan wrote: »

I'd happily pay €11.07 for a hot chicken roll, pay with a €20 note and throw my change in the bin because I don't want **** in my pockets.

Pip pip.

AVB walt.

sideswipe · 05-06-2019 1:39pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Londis at the top of O'Connell St were doing them for €2 up until this time last year, I think. Even had a pic in the window.

You would have to question the quality of the chicken meat at that price!

OldMrBrennan83 · 05-06-2019 1:39pm

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

This thread is like one of those inane rants that used to kick off in the house I stayed in during college about whether chef was better than heinz or Lyons was better than Barrys.

It takes a certain strand of person to get their back up so much about something so trivial.

I like stuffing on mine the odd time.

Aongus Von Bismarck · 05-06-2019 1:43pm

A disgusting meal. How anyone would readily eat such swill is beyond me. A baton of something that they call a baguette, that grated cheese that is covered in starch, industrially produced coleslaw that resembles baby vomit, and that breaded chicken that is produced in some former cat food factory in Eastern Thailand.

No wonder the Irish have such problems with obesity.

dont bother · 05-06-2019 1:50pm

Balanadan wrote: »

I'd happily pay €11.07 for a hot chicken roll, pay with a €20 note and throw my change in the bin because I don't want **** in my pockets.

Pip pip.

just sh!t coming outta yer mouth then? ahahaa
you sound like someone who is trying desperately to prove how moneyed they are.

travellers and dole people do this... big limos for communions, designer clothes... all only serve to prove outwardly that they are not poor.

same applies here i think.

05-06-2019 1:53pm

dont bother wrote: »

just sh!t coming outta yer mouth then? ahahaa
you sound like someone who is trying desperately to prove how moneyed they are.

travellers and dole people do this... big limos for communions, designer clothes... all only serve to prove outwardly that they are not poor.

same applies here i think.

Give Balanadan credit, he's far more sophisticated at this art than AvB.

Red Lightning · 05-06-2019 1:55pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote:

I like stuffing on mine the odd time.

Stuffing in a roll is glorious

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 05-06-2019 2:13pm

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

I worked in a Centra back in the boom and remember a traveller guy coming in and ordering a "Hot Spicy Chicken Fillet Baguette Roll".

How catchy! :pac: When my mother is ordering in restaurant, she says the whole title. Like instead of saying “I’ll have the burger please”, she’ll say “I’ll have the homemade angus burger please”.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 05-06-2019 2:24pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Guess I'm uncouth, so. Not bothered.

What's the shop owner supposed to do? Not charging approximately 20% more than other outlets in the same neighbourhood for the same food would be a good start.

And no, the price isn't displayed at the till. Or, I'd didn't see it.

The price list will be displayed at the deli. Which makes sense so that people can decide whether they agree with the prices before having something made up.

Doctors room ghost · 05-06-2019 2:28pm

sideswipe wrote: »

You would have to question the quality of the chicken meat at that price!

Beaks and feet minced and whatever else is swept off the floor

ohnonotgmail · 05-06-2019 2:31pm

Is all this talk of chicken fillet rolls making anybody else hungry?

OldMrBrennan83 · 05-06-2019 2:31pm

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Beaks and feet minced and whatever else is swept off the floor

I think they put stones and wood in too. And car tyres. A lad down the pub told me.

05-06-2019 2:31pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

A disgusting meal. How anyone would readily eat such swill is beyond me. A baton of something that they call a baguette, that grated cheese that is covered in starch, industrially produced coleslaw that resembles baby vomit, and that breaded chicken that is produced in some former cat food factory in Eastern Thailand.

No wonder the Irish have such problems with obesity.

And they are delicious!

I reckon I've had them for lunch three days per week on average for the last 15 years or so :pac:, there have been many hungover or on the beer days where I've had two

Ruraldweller56 · 05-06-2019 2:40pm

Gwen Breezy Gout wrote: »

And they are delicious!

I reckon I've had them for lunch three days per week on average for the last 15 years or so :pac:, there have been many hungover or on the beer days where I've had two

A chicken roll to cure a hangover!!!! And they're delicious too!!!

Ah you're a right mad yoke so you are!!!

jimgoose · 05-06-2019 2:41pm

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

A disgusting meal. How anyone would readily eat such swill is beyond me. A baton of something that they call a baguette, that grated cheese that is covered in starch, industrially produced coleslaw that resembles baby vomit, and that breaded chicken that is produced in some former cat food factory in Eastern Thailand.

No wonder the Irish have such problems with obesity.

No. No, I won't have that. You rarely see a cat in Ireland that isn't in fairly decent condition.

J Mysterio · 05-06-2019 2:52pm

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

This thread is like one of those inane rants that used to kick off in the house I stayed in during college about whether chef was better than heinz or Lyons was better than Barrys.

It takes a certain strand of person to get their back up so much about something so trivial.

Dude, you've been consistently moaning throughout the thread, whereas most others are having the banter and enjoying the light hearted nature of it. Seems you are the one with the issue here.

sideswipe · 05-06-2019 2:58pm

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Beaks and feet minced and whatever else is swept off the floor

Neyite · 05-06-2019 3:00pm

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

A chicken roll to cure a hangover!!!! And they're delicious too!!!

Ah you're a right mad yoke so you are!!!

Best ever hangover baguette is one with mayonnaise, chips and rashers.

Jimmy Garlic · 05-06-2019 3:05pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I’ve heard them called chicken fillet rolls far more frequently.

But the point is that the price would have been displayed at the deli area, expensive or not. Why did he only know the price at the till?

Prices are not necessarily displayed.the idea of a deli is that it is quick. Over six quid for the cheapest bread going, a few cents worth of coleslaw and cheese and a thirty cent bit of soggy Chinese mystery meat is excessive.

J Mysterio · 05-06-2019 3:12pm

Neyite wrote: »

Best ever hangover baguette is one with mayonnaise, chips and rashers.

It's the breakfast roll for hangovers.

05-06-2019 3:28pm

J Mysterio wrote: »

It's the breakfast roll for hangovers.

The best hangover cure is a can of cider, then a breakfast roll washed down with another can of cider and then hit the pub and creamy pints of Guinness for a few hours followed by a hot chicken roll packed with nearly every salad available and back to the pub after

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 05-06-2019 3:41pm

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Prices are not necessarily displayed.the idea of a deli is that it is quick. Over six quid for the cheapest bread going, a few cents worth of coleslaw and cheese and a thirty cent bit of soggy Chinese mystery meat is excessive.

I’ve never seen a deli counter without a price list. I think prices are required to be provided. I don’t understand your point about how quick it is. How long does it take to cast your eye over the price list? Chippers are quick too. The pricing is excessive but the consumer can decide whether it’s too much or not. I guess the OP did this but it would have been better to decide that before getting the roll made up.

Ruraldweller56 · 05-06-2019 4:01pm

J Mysterio wrote: »

Dude, you've been consistently moaning throughout the thread, whereas most others are having the banter and enjoying the light hearted nature of it. Seems you are the one with the issue here.

> a thread started about an incident that 100% definitely happened in the centra spar in Capel Baggott Street Upper (that if it had in fact happened as described I'm almost sure would have been breaking some law)

> "I need chicken rolls for my hangover cos I'm such a mad yoke so I am"

> I know where you can get a chicken roll with a can for half that price

> God be the days when I was a young lad back in 2016 and we could buy chicken rolls for €2

> Eww lads ye know they could be made of anything but chicken right?

> I'm telling ye now lads there's a big recession on the way when you see chicken rolls at them prices.

> pics of Fr Ted

#BANTZZZZZZ

Ruraldweller56 · 05-06-2019 4:02pm

Gwen Breezy Gout wrote: »

The best hangover cure is a can of cider, then a breakfast roll washed down with another can of cider and then hit the pub and creamy pints of Guinness for a few hours followed by a hot chicken roll packed with nearly every salad available and back to the pub after

Mad yoke alert!!!

DaeryssaOne · 05-06-2019 4:28pm

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

Mad yoke alert!!!

Would you ever stop checking the thread so you can keep summarising it for the rest of us? We can all read.

05-06-2019 5:41pm

Ruraldweller56 wrote: »

This thread is like one of those inane rants that used to kick off in the house I stayed in during college about whether chef was better than heinz or Lyons was better than Barrys.

It takes a certain strand of person to get their back up so much about something so trivial.

I disagree. This is my money, and I don't know about you, but I take my money pretty seriously. I didn't pick it up off the ground.

If there's one thing that gets *my* goat, it's an Irish (sorry, but it does seem very typical in our country) ambivalence towards money, as though complaining about overcharging is somehow crass or indicative of poverty. Case in point, someone earlier in the thread said that I was "uncouth".

Personally, I think it's crass to overspend money that you've earned, be that one single euro or one hundred euro. I'll be damned if I'm going to meekishly pay an arbitrary, nonsense price for a chicken fillet roll, even if it is utterly delicious.

6.20 euro for a chicken fillet roll? The Boom is Bollixed

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