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€2.50 for a bag of chips...

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  • #2
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    Fancy crips. Because you're worth it.


  • #3
    danslevent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭danslevent


    Avoid the garlic cheese chips so, garlic is next!


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 12,694 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • #5
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Just make chips out of turnips
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnfGO1KJC8


  • #6
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


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


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  • #7
    funk-you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭funk-you


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

    -Funk


  • #8
    Dymo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭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.


  • #9
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #10
    The Jammy dodger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    Grow your own.

    Kind regards,

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


  • #11
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    It's already €2.50 where I live!


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  • #12
    The Jammy dodger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭The Jammy dodger


    Somebody has a huge chip on their shoulder


  • #13
    Dodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,292 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #14
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #15
    corkonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭corkonion


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


  • #16
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Think most chippers in Dublin already charge something similar?

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Farmers never have a good year do they?


  • #18
    Death and Taxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭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?


  • #19
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭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.


  • #20
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #21
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭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!


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  • #22
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


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


  • #23
    Bad Santa
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 381 ✭✭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.


  • #24
    juice1304
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,805 ✭✭✭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.:(


  • #25
    GalwayGuy2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭GalwayGuy2


    Make your own.


  • #26
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    GalwayGuy2 wrote: »
    Make your own.

    piss off :P


  • #27
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭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.


  • #28
    Merkin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,230 ✭✭✭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?


  • #29
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭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 :D


  • #30
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,609 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


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


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  • #31
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭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:


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