£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?

Yes. Each has their celebrity rip-offs!

Of course you don't have to buy it, but I noticed over recent Christmases that many food retailers have taken note of the financial squeeze we are experiencing, and have moved away from pushing the more indulgent food items in their advertising. M and S were the outlier, still peddling all of the expensive items that it "wouldn't be Christmas" without. I think people like to show off their wealth by serving all of this unnecessary rubbish. I'm a bit old-fashioned, I suppose, but I think that Christmas is more about how you spend the time and who with. M and S are irresponsible for encouraging overspending. Their Christmas "food porn" adverts really get on my nerves.

Haha do! I'm too much of a peasant for this, I actually prefer roast chicken anyway, but I kind of want to know what it's like now! Maybe I'll order one but only if they provide exact details of the supply chain.

Nope. That information is not available. Which means they're factory-produced. Tom Kerridge is not whipping up each one in his AGA himself. A food manufacturer will be making it to his recipe. Which is why there's no info. about the fact that this terribly expensive BW is made on a soulless production line with ne'er an AGA or a bunny or a meadow in sight! 😂

It’s all relative. I’ve just had a fillet steak for tea, it cost £8 for one. Some people would think that’s obscenely high, some not.

Or they might mass produce them and keep them in an industrial fridge until your collection day!

The rich people you have in mind have private chef or buy food handmade for them - when they dont' cook - they hardly go to a supermarket to buy supermarket food.

Beef wellington seems like such a crappy waste of good beef too

Exactly! Really stupid price.

I doubt they will be individually knocking up beef welly's because Mr Smith has ordered one at to collect at 12 pm on Wednesday.

You had a fillet steak sandwich? That's an odd choice for tea! It's usually tuna or ham and cheese etc in a sandwich.

@CrystalShoe food that is sold to the public does not habe to be made in a factory.
You can sell from your kitchen if you have registered with your local authority and have fiod hygiene practices in place.

To supply to larger businees like supermarkets, you generally have to be BRCGS registered. Or at the least SALSA registered.

Your friends jam could have been made at home. It may be that they found a factory to make it if they wanted to sell to a supermarket as registering and maintaining the above accreditations is time consuming and expensive.

I did wonder about that, but didn't say it as am not an experienced cook. Wrapped in pastry doesn't seem like the best use of such an expensive cut. Why not just make a steak pie if beef and pastry is what you want.

Thanks, Seaside. Maybe the rules changed since my friend made her jams. It was a few years ago.

I wonder if there will be reviews in magazines.

My Mil made it for us last Sunday. I did eye her suspiciously while asking where she got the mushrooms 😆

@CrystalShoe they have been around for years i believe.
The business i work in started 20 years ago from my bosses kitchen, the rules were the same then. I know as I worked with her then. I work with her now. It's much bigger now, hence I know the rules around food manufacturers.

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Oh come on. "Have nots" as you put it aren't doing their food shop in M&S.

It serves six people. Six beef fillets would cost more than £100. This is a luxury, limited, pre-prepped dish. So not ridiculously priced either.

Is a car dealership that sells second hand Nissans not stock brand new Mercedes? Should Tesco not have a Value and Finest range? Should nothing expensive exists Incase it upsets people who can't afford it?

So lets take it further and ban designer clothes, high end jewellery, the sale of mansions and booking 5* hotels.

This M&S range is aimed at those who can afford it. My ex could easily afford to buy from it, I on the other hand will be doing my shopping at Lidl because I can’t afford it.

It’s just a pie really, or a very fancy sausage roll. 😁

I have in the past made a steak sandwich with fillet steak - a Gordon Ramsey recipe. One steak did about three sandwiches. It’s a really good recipe.

Some ejit will buy it and think they’re the bees knees!