End of Fish & Chips shops?

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According to the BBC, some are facing a drop of 30% in custom and face 'extinction'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-62650572

Personally, I wouldn't buy a meal from one nowadays, a small haddock and chips costs £8.50, 1/4 of my weekly shop (live alone).

I know from previous threads they tend to be cheaper in the North of England, but even so all of them are having to pay more for oil, fish & spuds.

Have any closed down near you?

I live in a northern town with 30k population and have at least 7 chippies in walking distance. I frequent the best and it's £6.20 for fish and chips, but the portions are so big it feeds 2 people. It's gone up by 70p from last year, but is still a very good price for a meal for 2.

There is a new one opening in our small town.

There is only 1 in our small town so its always busy but it also does kebabs, and burgers. There is always a bit of a wait but they now do online ordering which is great. I doubt they'll ever close but I can imagine bigger towns where there is much bigger selection might struggle.

We go once a fortnight and have to queue for 20-30 minutes to get our food.

£9.50 for fish and chips where I live

Which compares to

Chinese chicken curry and rice at £8.20

Indian chicken tikka masala and rice £12.25

They all seem busy with queues etc but like every business they will be struggling with rising costs.

I hope they survive.

Bloody hell, £15 for cod.

A proper Scottish fish supper is worth it’s weight in gold.

Good grief! Not many places do cod here, mainly haddock, but those prices are ridiculous! £6-£8 here for haddock and chips. Northern England.

I dont eat fish and chip shop chips whilst I love them they do not love me

Intriguing

I won’t pay for takeaway fish and chips anymore as I can cook it reasonably well at home for a fraction of the cost . I can’t however cook a decent curry or Chinese so I’m still happy to pay for those .

Good fish and chips is the food of the gods, but it can't be as cost effective as mystery meat kebabs or pizza to make.
I can completely understand why the prices have gone up as there is less opportunity to put ingredient cost down.
We have it rarely, but I hope they survive.

Alot also only take cash which is a pain because people don't tend to have cash anymore, only card. Many a chippy has lost my trade because I don't have cash and it's a hassle trying to find a cash point.

Gone are the days where paying by card was a pain waiting for people to enter pins etc. Now it's tap and go so much quicker.

A medium sized cod and chips is roughly £12 near us now .

Ours always seem busy. It's about £12 for cod and chips at the one we use but the portions are huge, we get one cod and chips and a sausage and it feeds three of us (and we aren't sparrow-like eaters). They do KFC type chicken, burgers etc too. But the only other options here are Chinese, Indian and Dominoes which are much more expensive, no McDs etc.

We always find a haddock is big enough for two so one piece of haddock and a portion of chips feeds two adults in our house. Normally about £7 which seems okay.

The one I go to is in a really deprived area but it is always packed (part of the reason i go is because it's always really fresh because it's so busy) but I do wonder how people afford it.

2 fish, 1 chips, mushy peas £15 here in the north

Smallish semi-rural town in SW (not tourist area) & we have at least 5 chip shops, all doing fine by the looks of it.
Several have now branches out in offering deliveries.

I bought halloumi (I'm vegetarian, it comes looking like fish fingers) & chips from the van the other week. First time since covid, it was £8,50 for a small (those hamburger type boxes) 3 pieces & a handful of chips plus a Pepsi Max. Pre covid, without the drink, it was £4.50 having gone up from £3.50 about 6 months previously.

it wasn't as good as I remember, which was both disappointing (waited so long to have it) & pleasing as it means I won't be 'missing it' too much!

I'll try it again, but not for a while & I'll remember my bottle of water next time!

given the roaring trade at both the van & the chippy here, I don't think either of them will be closing anytime soon. They're charging enough that it should be viable even with the increased costs to them.

Also in the North Fish Chips and Peas £14.45 at out local chippy

I like fish and chips but very rarely get the urge to buy it.

Small tourist town - we have 3 and they literally have queues out the door most lunchtimes and every afternoon/evening from about 5.

£9.20 at one, £7.20 at another and no idea of the third because they don't have a website 😂I use the £7.20 one because slightly less touristy.

We moved recently - old area, fish and chips £12, new area £8. Still gone up and DH and I usually share one if it's a lunchtime thing.

Sorry those prices are for cod/haddock and chips.

Like ShirleyPhallus we also go for chips and a questionable sausage. Much cheaper.