£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?

The price of food!

As has been said many times on this thread, this is food to order. There won’t be any sold at knock down prices.

Almost £200 for ultra-processed food🙄

It's a lot but I'm pretty sure they will still sell out of it. It seems to be fashionable at the moment to eat expensive food (watching SM shows Harrods Food Hall has gone viral over the last year or so for example and M&S is getting more and more popular for food).

Personally my favourite pre made beef wellington is from Cook (£90 for six portions). I wouldn't bother making it myself - way too much faff!

That sounds a bit less than joyful. Do you not celebrate Christmas, being of another faith? I am just feeling you are a bit left out, unless you have a bangers version of New Year.

No way are you being unreasonable. That is outrageous. Did you say anything when buying it, i would have queried the price. Hope its good one of my favourite meals.

Allow me to help you out with the mushrooms. There are several specialists in Devon and Cornwall growing varieties other than chestnut and Portobello. Even Tesco buys them.

Again, no one is forcing you or anyone, to buy this. Go home and make it from scratch yourself. I can't afford a Ferrari but I don't put whinging posts on here about it and am happy with the car I can afford. Good grief.

I tend to agree with @SamPM . You don't have to buy anything. I can/could make a decent beef wellington, but I wouldn't. As I said upthread, I think it's a complete waste of delicious beef. Beef is never improved by being coated in pastry.

It baffles me that people fail to grasp that we live in a capitalist society. The people actually assembling this fancy Beef Wellington won't be paid any more per hour because they're handling a premium product. They'll still just be paid the standard hourly rate for production line work because people working on these lines are ten a penny.

My mum died 10 years ago and made beef wellington for Christmas the last year she was with us. The beef fillet from a local butcher was about £100. I can’t get worked up about this one.

To be fair, the cow didn't benefit in any way, poor thing 😢

Sometimes I wonder if something is expensive or if I just can’t afford it. I imagine £195 is a fair price given the cost of high quality beef these days. We all got used to paying very little for food for a long time, but farmers are dealing with increased costs too and they don’t have the EU subsidies anymore. Food is definitely going to get even more expensive as time goes on.

There is - it’s on the M&S website here!

https://christmasfood.marksandspencer.com/cfto-filet-of-beef-by-tk/p/fdp60774744

screenshotted for you too!

OK - no screenshots. Seems my photo posting privileges have been revoked

Ah - here’s the statutory ingredients list, linked here, and now duly screenshotted

https://christmasfood.marksandspencer.com/cfto-filet-of-beef-by-tk/p/fdp60774744

I don't think the money goes to the cow and it's family.

I'm curious as it looks relatively upf free to me? Processed, as in processes have occurred to make it, but upfs?

I haven't spoken to one single person in real life who doesn't think these prices are absolute bollocks. 😂 People on £80K a year in management, checkout operators on £15K a year, a hospital specialist on £125K, a vicar, a solicitor, police, teachers, and numerous people ranging from working class to upper class (landowners who live near me, old money.) Not ONE person thinks that £195 for a beef wellington for 6 people is a reasonable amount. Everyone finds it farcical, and would not buy it - even if they can afford it - as the price is ludicrous.

A few people will buy it though, just to say they did, and to pretend they're loaded. 😆 And they will tell EVERYONE they bought it and how much they paid!

Sure you did.

Well, it sold out some time ago according to The Sunday Times, so enough people were willing to pay the price :)

$35/head is not outrageous in a restaurant, in fact it is on the low side. $195/home you could do it for less quite easily.

The point is that it’s the restaurant range from m and s. Meant to be more like eating out. Trying to fill the hole in the market left by fewer people eating out.

Fillet steak is nearly £100 a kilo in my local butcher, so it doesn't seem that bad. You're not being forced to buy it.

Yep, there were only 2,000 available and all have been bought.

Fillet is about £55 per kilo around here on the Devon Cornwall border @Somersetbaker so have a nice day out!