£195 for a beef wellington!

[Blueskybird]

Just that really, are supermarkets now taking the absolute Micky?? I know I don’t have to buy it. I know no one is forcing me to. But seriously how can they actually think it’s ok to demand that price for a Beef wellington that serves 6. Granted it’s in the celebrity chef Christmas range and I’m well aware that we all have different budgets and I absolutely expect to pay for quality but come on, that’s a scandalous price. AIBU to think we have lost the plot with food pricing or would you pay it?

Ya but, why do you care, its not aimed at you, its aimed at rich people and that's ok.

Im Not looking down on anyone and I don’t have an issue them selling high end items either

I just know what happened when my friend sold her jams. They had to be made in a factory.

Don't know why you'd want to google my paras!

But since Marks is a national chain, surely they have to be mass-produced? What if two million people want one?

What a weird thing to say

They have already sold out of numerous items on their Christmas food to order list. They know how many to make (not produce) and once those sales are reached, that's it. Glazed parsnips & some mains have already sold out.

Is this a joke?

You've actually commented on a public post multiple times about a law that you've made up from anecdote from your friend that made some jam?

Oh, I have always wanted to cook a BW but too afraid to try. I cannot afford to fuck up this amount if money

does Iceland do one?

🤣

If it helps, Dukeshill do a fabulous game pie for around £30, we have it every year.

Yes the markies top of the range one, the one the op is all overcome about, as wont someone think of the pensioners, is 700g of beef fillet.so 115g of fillet beef per portion.

The fortnum one, contains 450 g of fillet beef. So 75g per portion if for 6, or 56g per portion if you go up to eight like they suggest.

The markies one also has chicken, more mushrooms etc. and isn’t frozen.

You're being hostile and silly, and I'm not going to engage with you any more. You're wasting my time. And yes, my friend was not allowed to sell her jams in national supermarkets unless they were factory-made.

Go and pick at someone else. Goodnight.

Then maybe they can't all have one.

The beef wellington is advertised for Christmas Eve so not even for the big day, I suppose you get another expensive dish for that

Personally if I was to pay £50 for a pie I’d want it to have more than 20% turkey (14% thigh and 6% breast) and not be full of crap additives.

I love the idea that M&S have people individually crafting beef wellingtons and pies for each specific order when in reality they are far more likely to be mass produced on a production line.

So does anyone actually know how these BWs are going to be produced?

Gosh, some people have been a bit snippy at my response.

”so?”

So nothing. I could say “so” to every single bloody post on here.

I don’t have an issue them selling high end items either

So why did you mention the cost of living crisis then?

Yeah, exactly. I suppose we're meant to think that the BWs are made in a bucolic cottage somewhere, in an AGA, with lambs trotting in and out, and talking bunnies. 😂

It’s not a law, they don’t come round your gaff and check you’re eating it on Xmas eve and like the turkeys is guaranteed till the 25th.

Not Crystal 😁

No thanks. Now if it was Marcus Wareing ……………..

No, you need to pre book it and say where you want it, ie book the location. So they will make to order then deliver to that location on the date you request.

£35 in Tesco!

Tempted to order myself one now and send you all a review after the event.

Is Tom to M&S like Heston is to Waitrose.