€2.50 for a bag of chips...

admiralofthefleet · 23-01-2013 01:26PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:27PM

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

the keen edge · 23-01-2013 01:29PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:30PM

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

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

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

kfallon · 23-01-2013 01:30PM

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

Micky Dolenz · 23-01-2013 01:31PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:31PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:33PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:33PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:34PM

Potato scallops > chips

kfallon · 23-01-2013 01:36PM

davet82 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

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

April O Neill · 23-01-2013 01:37PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:38PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:40PM

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

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

davet82 · 23-01-2013 01:40PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:40PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:41PM

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

It's already €2.50 where I live!

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

Plazaman · 23-01-2013 01:44PM

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 · 23-01-2013 01:46PM

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

BraziliaNZ · 23-01-2013 01:49PM

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.

MagicSean · 23-01-2013 01:50PM

If the cost of potatoes doubled and the cost of chips only went up 30cent that means there is only 30 cent worth of potatoes in your bag of chips. Quite the profit margin.

Adyx · 23-01-2013 01:50PM

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!

25p? When I was in school, we'd pay 40p for a battered sausage - but you'd get at least half a bag of chips free.

Chain_reaction · 23-01-2013 01:55PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Farmers never have a good year do they?

The potatoes are rotting in the ground due to it being such a wet year. Tonnes of grain was also refused for human food stuffs due to quality issues also caused by the wet weather.