£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?

Not everyone is struggling right now. People who are won’t be doing their shopping in M&S.

Just did a quick google.

Sainsbury’s has one for £45 and Morrisons does one for £40.

So there are cheaper options out there…

Exactly M&S Christmas food is ordered online and there's a time limit for placing orders.

M&S aren’t a charity.

That’s not an unreasonable price for a fully made, high quality beef wellington for 6.

A pub local to me was selling lobster and frites for £95 in the summer, and selling out. I think the OP underestimates the amount people are willing to pay for food to be honest. I agree, £32 per person isn’t expensive; as an alternative going out for Christmas lunch could easily cost £195 a person :)

These "chef-made to order ones from limited stock"... lmao.

You are the people that Del Boy was selling boeuf bourgignon to.

If the meat is amazing quality I think it's worth it.

The best quality steaks I've ever had have been a completely different experience to a bog standard cheap one.

There is even cheaper ones at M&S. 😂

It’s not the actual tail of the animal - it’s a term that refers to the narrow end of the fillet.

I couldn’t get worked up over this 🤷🏻‍♀️

Shops sell things at different prices, to cater for people who want to spend that kind of money. A wellington costing £200 when the cheapest option is £60, is like a shop having a £6 bottle of wine and then a £20 bottle of wine. And there’s definitely wine at a higher price than that!

I was about to comment with exactly the same thing. You can't move in that store in the food bit, regardless of what time you go. It's the busiest place in the whole of Fosse Park. No evidence of a COL crisis there.

Mike in the Nag's Head, not Del Boy.

Calm down, no need to be snippy.
I was on their Xmas food to order page, I only saw the one!

What a daft question! Of course some people have that much to spend on just one meal.

Some people will spend that much on a Christmas tree. Some people will get down a battered old one out of the loft.

I drive a 10 year old Skoda but see people driving around in brand new Mercedes or Porsches. I don't get morally offended or deeply confused as to how they can have an expensive new car when I have an ordinary older one.

I wouldn't spend £200 on a glorified M&S ready meal either but why can't people on Mumsnet ever imagine other people beyond their own income bracket or social circle? It baffles me!

Thanks, knew it weren't right but couldn't remember.

Think of thd dying children jn gaza then stop and think again about your own greed.

I’m thinking of getting it .. I didn’t have a summer holiday due to family reasons, and I’ve got some backpay coming. We are finishing the year £11k up overall, so have decided on an “extravagant Christmas”. I don’t feel the need to apologise, we generally lead a fairly modest life .. never felt the need to chase the big house & big car, Mortgage free at 50.

My point being, we all make different choices - some people spend £180 on Ballyage (sp), or a pair of shoes — good for them, it’s not for me, but so what.

When we were growing up we didn’t have a pot to piss in, bailiffs round, electric cut off etc.

I saw this when I did my order yesterday.

I didn’t think much of it, to be honest. I’ve never tried Beef Wellington but it looks right up my street so if there was one that served 2 or 4, I would have been tempted. We have no need for something that serves 6. I wouldn’t attempt making it myself as I’m not a super confident cook and I’d get flustered with the steps taken and wouldn’t want to mess up an expensive cut of beef.

I don’t think it’s as ridiculous as a lot of people have made out but it’s a decent, “luxury” option for those who want it.

The same can be said for many things, whiskies etc. My husband likes nice whiskey, I despise it. He’d spent £££ on a bottle as a treat, I wouldn’t spend £10 on one for myself.

How does your posturing post benefit them in any way?

Honestly, I think the Classic Vegetable Selection (Serves 6) | Christmas Food to Order at M&S for £30 is even more of a shocker!

As posters have said, you could argue that decent cut of meat plus filling, and time saved making the filling, pastry, etc explains the cost of the wellington.

But how can you justify the mark up on this! The potatoes are literally JUST potatoes with goosefat and black pepper. Carrot and swede mash = what, one or two carrots, and half a swede, with a splash of cream and nutmeg. Given the supermarkets were selling off whole BAGS of carrots for 9p last year (and in some cases giving them away for free), you're talking of something that it would cost at absolute most 50p to buy all the ingredients - that's a 900% increase!

(based on dividing the £30 equally between the six dishes so £5 each).

Surely there aren't many people out there where the 'prep' of sticking some sort of fat/oil in a try with potatoes is beyond them? Or adding some bacon to a tray of sprouts? Even things like the mash/braised cabbage could be made in advance and then reheated.

One or two carrots aren’t going to feed six people but putting that aside why get so antsy. Some people don’t want to peel and prep veg. They just want to bung it in the oven.

This gives them the option.

You (and I) will prep the veg and my roast potatoes will be better than those. But there will be other things we’ll both spend money on that the veg buyers wouldn’t.

I agree, but probably not quite as cheaply. £7.50 spent on veg.

Anyway I’ve done my M&S order. Disappointed that the venison has already sold out but I’m pleased with my chocolate reindeers 🦌

I watched it recently. Mike appears with two identical plates of brown slop. "Here's your stew, Denzil. That's a pound." Goes and smiles at some other customer, handing him the plate. "Beouf bourguignon? Two pound fifty."

Handmade and responsibly sourced with everyone involved in the chain getting a fair price? If there are people out there who can afford it then I’m happy for it to be sold at that price. It won’t be sold to me! If I want a beef wellington I will pay the Tesco price for the ingredients and make it myself.