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

Odyssey 2005 · 04-06-2019 5:50pm

mattser wrote: »

And of course you have to start a thread on this.
The onus was on you to check the price first.
You put a staff member to the trouble of preparing the roll, and then got the hump at the till.
The staff are the ones hard done by here, plus good food was wasted.

Good ??

EmmetSpiceland · 04-06-2019 5:51pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Mechanically separated chicken, Tyrant. Usually bound together with gristle, skin, and boiled connective tissue. Plenty of water, salt, preservatives and gumming agent as well.

That’s it, J. It’s the same as the “meat slurry” you’re getting in all those “prime cuts” of Irish “family” ham.

If you’re paying peanuts for your “meat” you can be be pretty sure it’s the lowest grade available.

LillySV · 04-06-2019 5:53pm

J Mysterio wrote: »

Flashing the cash on a Chicken Fillet Roll!

That's fuçkin extravagant alright.
Look at me lads!

ðŸ˜‚ and I’ll have the most overpriced pack of premium nuts with that too!! Haha

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-06-2019 5:56pm

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Where are you living? there are small chain shops with delis everywhere, even little cafes and small restaurants often have little delis for takeaway sandwiches and food. Whats wrong with walking? Do you really need to be parked at the door?

Dont complain about the price of a roll in centra then refuse to shop anywhere else. Either pay the price or take your business else where.

You were talking about petrol pumps and car parks. None of the places you're talking about have either. Bottom line for me is convenience convenience convenience; proper free parking spaces, quick turnaround at the counter, and you're on your way.
It's also a bit laughable to talk about price and then talk about some little 'artisan' holes in the wall, the very places who have gouging down to a tee.

SteM · 04-06-2019 5:56pm

Odyssey 2005 · 04-06-2019 5:57pm

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?

I applaud your refusal to pay. I handed back a pint in the Glen of Aherlow hotel a number of years ago. €4.95 in the middle of nowhere.

selectamatic · 04-06-2019 5:57pm

During peak recession the centra beside the Regency hotel had a chicken fillet roll and a can of coke on offer for €2

It moved to €3.50 the year after.

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-06-2019 5:59pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

That’s it, J. It’s the same as the “meat slurry” you’re getting in all those “prime cuts” of Irish “family” ham.

If you’re paying peanuts for your “meat” you can be be pretty sure it’s the lowest grade available.

Lovely flavour though. Tried making one myself once with an actual chicken breast but the neither the taste or texture suited it like the real thing.

Odyssey 2005 · 04-06-2019 5:59pm

selectamatic wrote: »

During peak recession the centra beside the Regency hotel had a chicken fillet roll and a can of coke on offer for €2

It moved to €3.50 the year after.

A roll and coke near the Regency for €2.

Airyfairy12 · 04-06-2019 6:00pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

You were talking about petrol pumps and car parks. None of the places you're talking about have either. Bottom line for me is convenience convenience convenience; proper free parking spaces, quick turnaround at the counter, and you're on your way.
It's also a bit laughable to talk about price and then talk about some little 'artisan' holes in the wall, the very places who have gouging down to a tee.

Actually just bought a chicken fillet role and bottle of water for 3.30 in a local deli counter last week, no parking outside but thats grand for me.
Dont know what youre looking for tbh.

cameramonkey · 04-06-2019 6:00pm

selectamatic wrote: »

During peak recession the centra beside the Regency hotel had a chicken fillet roll and a can of coke on offer for €2

It moved to €3.50 the year after.

Cant beat quality.

downtheroad · 04-06-2019 6:00pm

Insomnia had a coffee and a sandwich for €5 during the recession if I remember correctly. Up to €6.75 now.

gmisk · 04-06-2019 6:01pm

cameramonkey wrote: »

Cant beat quality.

Can't eat quality

More like.

Chicken fillet rolls are rubbish, beige on beige crap

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-06-2019 6:03pm

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Actually just bought a chicken fillet role and bottle of water for 3.30 in a local deli counter last week, no parking outside but thats grand for me.
Dont know what youre looking for tbh.

A chicken fillet roll from a deli counter with convenient parking, I'd assumed I'd made that fairly clear, and there's hundreds of places around the country that tick all those boxes so happy days. I got a roll and a can in a Spar with a carpark the other day for €4.00, bang on.

Airyfairy12 · 04-06-2019 6:06pm

:P

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

A chicken fillet roll from a deli counter with convenient parking, I'd assumed I'd made that fairly clear. There's hundreds of places around the country that tick all those boxes so happy days.

Why are you getting so annoyed haha.
Fair enough, theres hundreds that tick all the boxes, so whats the problem?

Discodog · 04-06-2019 6:06pm

The filling station deli is Spiddal has always been excellent but it's now becoming a Centra.

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-06-2019 6:08pm

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

:P

Why are you getting so annoyed haha.
Fair enough, theres hundreds that tick all the boxes, so whats the problem?

There's not. You got a bee in your bonnet about parking outside doors and fighting the big man brand names. I know some people think it's honourable to be seen helping small businesses but the same people always assume that all small business are worth helping just because of what's not above the door.

Riesen_Meal · 04-06-2019 6:10pm

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

A roll and coke near the Regency for €2.

Hardly still doing it that cheap?

I'm in there a fair bit, might have to go down for my lunch break on chicken fillet roll Friday

freshpopcorn · 04-06-2019 6:10pm

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.

The other reason it might have being expensive is. It's sold by weight. Centra near me before used sell medium filled rolls for €4 but large rolls were sold by weight.

mikemac2 · 04-06-2019 6:11pm

A severe lack of mustard in this thread

Airyfairy12 · 04-06-2019 6:11pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

There's not. You got a bee in your bonnet about parking outside doors and fighting the big man brand names. I know some people think it's honourable to be seen helping small businesses but the same people always assume that all small business are worth helping just because of what's not above the door.

Not at all, I shop in centra and supervalu too, just saying I notice a price difference with smaller businesses. You dont have to agree, its grand.

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-06-2019 6:12pm

Do super valu still persist with the soft rolls?

Odyssey 2005 · 04-06-2019 6:12pm

Fieldog wrote: »

Hardly still doing it that cheap?

I'm in there a fair bit, might have to go down for my lunch break on chicken fillet roll Friday

Keep your head down

04-06-2019 6:12pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Why did you go to one?

Because it's next door to the building where my friend works, and I was starving.

I sometimes eat from so-called Deli counters, that's not the problem. I just don't expect to pay over 8 quid for one of their sandwiches (probably made from chicken on the eve of the sell-by date) and a poxy bottle of water (upon which margins are already massive, btw).

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

I applaud your refusal to pay. I'd just have paid for it otherwise. I handed back a pint in the Glen of Aherlow hotel a number of years ago. €4.95 in the middle of nowhere.

In fairness, it was about 3.30pm and the shop was empty. I reckon we've all overpaid for pints, especially because you're usually with mates and the place is packed. Retailers/ publicans are definitely aware of this.

selectamatic · 04-06-2019 6:12pm

Fieldog wrote: »

Hardly still doing it that cheap?

I'm in there a fair bit, might have to go down for my lunch break on chicken fillet roll Friday

Na it only lasted at that price for less than a year. Last time I was there it was €3.50 but that was about 5 years ago.

Snow Garden · 04-06-2019 6:18pm

Don't worry, we are already starting a recessionary period and it will be fairly dramatic. Lets check the price of that roll in December.

04-06-2019 6:20pm

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

A roll and coke near the Regency for €2.

Fcuk sake. I could nearly pay for a taxi to the Regency and buy my sandwich for that price.

Work it off on my walk back to the office.

No doubt about it lads. We're being gouged and we're going through the same phase we were during the last boom.

In a few years, there'll be some unemployed former Centra owners here, all misty-eyed from the days when they were charging punters minimum-wage for a sandwich and own-brand water. That's also my point. It's all such a waste. Charge a sustainable price and build loyalty -- the basics of running a business, no?

facehugger99 · 04-06-2019 6:22pm

quokula wrote: »

I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a local non-chain shop in my life that had a deli counter?

You need to get out more.

Still waters · 04-06-2019 6:22pm

5.50 in my local shop, coffee and chicken roll/wrap,fcuk that op, that would feel a little bit like rape if I had to pay 8 euro for it, no way would I pay that much

Bigmac1euro · 04-06-2019 6:22pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

I'd pay and give out to someone later who couldn't do anything about it.

Hahahahahahahahaha! What a reply. So accurate.

Mister Vain · 04-06-2019 6:24pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Was it a moody Eastern European who slapped it together for you?

For 6.20 I'd want an Eastern European with the roll. :pac:

Fieldsman · 04-06-2019 6:24pm

How did people manage years ago when there wasn't 'deli's' or bottles of water. I think they brought a packed lunch with them. i don't mind paying money for food but 2 something for water really gets me especially as everyone has good quality water nowadays.

corner of hells · 04-06-2019 6:25pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

For 6.20 I'd want an Eastern European with the roll. :pac:

Be careful what you say , I hear Igor likes a good roll.

Riesen_Meal · 04-06-2019 6:29pm

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...

04-06-2019 6:30pm

Fieldsman wrote: »

How did people manage years ago when there wasn't 'deli's' or bottles of water. I think they brought a packed lunch with them. i don't mind paying money for food but 2 something for water really gets me especially as everyone has good quality water nowadays.

Years ago, you weren't expected to have a Skype chat to some lad in Connecticut at 7pm GMT, or eat through your lunch break because "this is a startup and we have to behave like a team"

Don't blame employees for this. We're not the ones choosing to work extra hours so we can live 40km outside the city. I've had it up to my guts with that sentimental old sh1te.

Some people were born at the right time, and more luck to them. Just stop gloating.

Baggly · 04-06-2019 6:34pm

I was having an utterly **** day but this thread is a delight and has genuinely cheered me up.

Noveight · 04-06-2019 6:34pm

White roll, spicy chicken, butter, lettuce, cheese, ketchup, €4.50.

Unbelievable feed. Put it with a bottle of Lucozade Citrus and you’ve the hangover cure of the Gods.

Mister Vain · 04-06-2019 6:35pm

A lot of people turn up their nose at the humble chicken roll. They're probably the sort of people that eat avocado on toast and drink half caff decaff mocha choco bambinos at Starbucks.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 04-06-2019 6:39pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Years ago, you weren't expected to have a Skype chat to some lad in Connecticut at 7pm GMT, or eat through your lunch break because "this is a startup and we have to behave like a team"

Don't blame employees for this. We're not the ones choosing to work extra hours so we can live 40km outside the city. I've had it up to my guts with that sentimental old sh1te.

Some people were born at the right time, and more luck to them. Just stop gloating.

That’s correct but you could still make a hang sandwich at home.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 04-06-2019 6:40pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

A lot of people turn up their nose at the humble chicken roll. They're probably the sort of people that eat avocado on toast and drink half caff decaff mocha choco bambinos at Starbucks.

I think people are turning up their noses at the price. That’s my understanding of this thread.

04-06-2019 6:41pm

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

That’s correct but you could still make a hang sandwich at home.

I leave home at 0650. It's true that I could make a lunch, but it's also true that I might not have time to eat a lunch.

I really wish people would stop comparing millennials (or whatever we are) to people who were at work in the 1990s. Things have changed completely.

OldMrBrennan83 · 04-06-2019 6:43pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I leave home at 0650. It's true that I could make a lunch, but it's also true that I might not have time to eat a lunch.

I really wish people would stop comparing millennials (or whatever we are) to people who were at work in the 1990s. Things have changed completely.

Depends what you do. Not every 'millenial' works in software.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 04-06-2019 6:44pm

cameramonkey wrote: »

Cant beat quality.

The difference in quality between a €2 sandwich during a bust and a €6.50 during a boom is either nothing or the latter is worse. Assuming price matters to quality here is like assuming that the expensive houses built from 2001-2006 are the best.

Bigmac1euro · 04-06-2019 6:44pm

Wasn’t there a Facebook page dedicated to chicken fillet rolls. People would whack up the prices and quality, heaven. Like pumps.ie was for petrol and diesal. We need a chicken fillet radar app that’s going to give us the information for the most important feed of the day. High in protein and fresh outta the glass box sitting there for at least 4 hours. Whopper munch.

Doctors room ghost · 04-06-2019 6:45pm

And the same chicken was probably the sweepings off the meat factory floor.
A roll of the dice whether you would end up with a dose of the wild sh1tes after it.

Dyr · 04-06-2019 6:45pm

You know the Tiger is back when there's gormless pillocks wandering around buying chickie filleh baggehs without checking the price first

Trigger Happy · 04-06-2019 6:46pm

Am starving reading this thread.

Stheno · 04-06-2019 7:01pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I
I really wish people would stop comparing millennials (or whatever we are) to people who were at work in the 1990s. Things have changed completely.

How has it changed? Genuinely curious here? I assume you mean working in IT?

silverharp · 04-06-2019 7:04pm

for the same price you could buy a whole cooked chicken in most supermarkets

corkboy38 · 04-06-2019 7:06pm

€4.70 for a chicken fillet roll near my gaff, bit of butter, coleslaw, and onion and you'd be elected.

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

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