Cost of living squeeze in 2022, 23 & 24 (Vol. 2)
Discussion
cheesejunkie said:
I was thinking similarly, not a criticism but 25-35 sounds steep.
Most of the people I see in carveries (I’m aware of a very good one, won’t mention it too many might turn up) are pensioners and they don’t have that kind of money. I’d be annoyed if they asked for 15.
Can’t stop the father in law trying to give money to me. I keep saying I don’t need it but makes him feel better to put a few quid in the jar so to speak, I can’t criticise him for wanting to do that. We do the odd carvery when I can’t be arsed cooking.
He does that so he doesn't feel bad about telling you to do one if you and his daughter split up. Most of the people I see in carveries (I’m aware of a very good one, won’t mention it too many might turn up) are pensioners and they don’t have that kind of money. I’d be annoyed if they asked for 15.
Can’t stop the father in law trying to give money to me. I keep saying I don’t need it but makes him feel better to put a few quid in the jar so to speak, I can’t criticise him for wanting to do that. We do the odd carvery when I can’t be arsed cooking.
It does seem that everywhere in the UK charges London prices now.
£15 to £19 for a main, £6 to £8 for a pudding.
Places that won't have spent as much on rent, mortgage and wage bills must be having a laugh.
Went to a rough but twee little cafe with no heating on up in the Peaks.
Place was packed and the service was dire. After waiting 20 minutes for the waitress, with no luck in getting her attention, we left to warm up in the sunshine.
Good thing too as a bacon baguette was £10
This was 3 years ago.
£15 to £19 for a main, £6 to £8 for a pudding.
Places that won't have spent as much on rent, mortgage and wage bills must be having a laugh.
Went to a rough but twee little cafe with no heating on up in the Peaks.
Place was packed and the service was dire. After waiting 20 minutes for the waitress, with no luck in getting her attention, we left to warm up in the sunshine.
Good thing too as a bacon baguette was £10
This was 3 years ago.
croyde said:
It does seem that everywhere in the UK charges London prices now.
That does seem to be the case as far as I can tell. Whereas before, there was a marked difference, now that difference is still there, but nowhere near as much. Places like Liverpool/Manchester/Chester, £6.50 - £7.00 for a ping of lager is becoming standard.
And last week, I saw adverts for Sunday roasts in a Chester pub; £20 for just the main course.
Also, on the subject of SUnday roasts, about 18 months ago we were staying in a small town in Yorkshire, the main market square has about 4 pubs. All of them, on the Sunday when we were there, all they were doing was a roast. We were in one, and family came in (2 adults, at least 3 kids) came in, asked about food and were told if was a roast only. They left, saying that is not what they wanted.
It did strike me that all the pubs were doing roasts only for their benefit; easy to do, cook before hand, little effort required compared to cooking from a bigger menu each time and so on. We also wanted to eat, but we had a meal booked for the evening, so we didn't want 2 full meals in the day, so we ended up not eating.
MarkJS said:
Shnozz said:
eccles said:
That seems very expensive. We enjoy a nice carvery and the average price around here (Suffolk) is around £15/£16. We even know of a couple of pubs that still only charge £11.95 for a carvery.
Yes you can go to a 'foody' pub and pay £25, but it's not usually any better than a run of the mill type of pub.
In Leeds it’s £25+ for a Sunday roast these days. Same in South Hampshire where I also spend a fair bit of time. Seems to be the new standard. Yes you can go to a 'foody' pub and pay £25, but it's not usually any better than a run of the mill type of pub.
Sheepshanks said:
MarkJS said:
Shnozz said:
eccles said:
That seems very expensive. We enjoy a nice carvery and the average price around here (Suffolk) is around £15/£16. We even know of a couple of pubs that still only charge £11.95 for a carvery.
Yes you can go to a 'foody' pub and pay £25, but it's not usually any better than a run of the mill type of pub.
In Leeds it’s £25+ for a Sunday roast these days. Same in South Hampshire where I also spend a fair bit of time. Seems to be the new standard. Yes you can go to a 'foody' pub and pay £25, but it's not usually any better than a run of the mill type of pub.
Shnozz said:
Was thinking the same. The Nairobi folk should take a week near me on the Costa Blanca. Menu del dia for €14.99 with a bottle of wine to share.
Worth noting an average salary in Nairobi is 20,000 ksh (£120) a month so the locals aren't the target market.I asked our driver if he'd knew the place and he said he'd enjoyed the cooking smells from outside but not been in.
eccles said:
m3jappa said:
I am sure its been said before on here many times but i can not believe the price of a sunday roast at these pub restaurant type places.
Very nice i'm sure but your looking around £25-35 a head at a couple of places round here and thats not including any drinks or the inevitable sides a greedy b
d like me would want.
So a meal for a family of 4 is £100 plus. 4 people having a roast and a couple of drinks each must be pushing £200 at one of the places.
These places are rammed, one which i drive past most days is rammed most of the time.
Perhaps retired people with a bit of £ wanting a nice meal, in fact all the people who recommend these places are retired and pretty comfortable so i suppose thats the target audience.
Maybe i am deluded, it just seems an awful lot of money for what is a pretty regular type of meal.
Either way, no wonder the toby carvery is always full to the brim as while the food might not be quite as well presented its still ok and you get a mountain of sides for about half the price.
That seems very expensive. We enjoy a nice carvery and the average price around here (Suffolk) is around £15/£16. We even know of a couple of pubs that still only charge £11.95 for a carvery.Very nice i'm sure but your looking around £25-35 a head at a couple of places round here and thats not including any drinks or the inevitable sides a greedy b
d like me would want. So a meal for a family of 4 is £100 plus. 4 people having a roast and a couple of drinks each must be pushing £200 at one of the places.
These places are rammed, one which i drive past most days is rammed most of the time.
Perhaps retired people with a bit of £ wanting a nice meal, in fact all the people who recommend these places are retired and pretty comfortable so i suppose thats the target audience.
Maybe i am deluded, it just seems an awful lot of money for what is a pretty regular type of meal.
Either way, no wonder the toby carvery is always full to the brim as while the food might not be quite as well presented its still ok and you get a mountain of sides for about half the price.
Yes you can go to a 'foody' pub and pay £25, but it's not usually any better than a run of the mill type of pub.
Sheepshanks said:
MarkJS said:
Shnozz said:
eccles said:
That seems very expensive. We enjoy a nice carvery and the average price around here (Suffolk) is around £15/£16. We even know of a couple of pubs that still only charge £11.95 for a carvery.
Yes you can go to a 'foody' pub and pay £25, but it's not usually any better than a run of the mill type of pub.
In Leeds it’s £25+ for a Sunday roast these days. Same in South Hampshire where I also spend a fair bit of time. Seems to be the new standard. Yes you can go to a 'foody' pub and pay £25, but it's not usually any better than a run of the mill type of pub.
I don’t mean to be pedantic but it was said that a Sunday roast is £25. It isn’t.
The actual price (having just looked properly) at the one near me which is always rammed is £21.95 for a roast (beef, no option for chicken thats for poor people) and it doesn't come with a yorkshire pudding, thats an extra £1.25
Lamb is £25.95 plus the yorkshire
Pork is £19.95 plus the yorkshire.
The other place is £32.50 but that is for 3 course to be fair.
Either way thats a lot of money for a bit of dinner.
Lamb is £25.95 plus the yorkshire
Pork is £19.95 plus the yorkshire.
The other place is £32.50 but that is for 3 course to be fair.
Either way thats a lot of money for a bit of dinner.
Rufus Stone said:
If you want cheap, edible, food for home, go to Iceland. I find their quality excellent.
I had one of these for lunch in the week, £1. I kid you not, had I been charged £9.99 in Zizzi, or similar, I would not have been disappointed.
https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-tomato-chicken...
Funny that a post on Iceland is the first thing I read on here today.I had one of these for lunch in the week, £1. I kid you not, had I been charged £9.99 in Zizzi, or similar, I would not have been disappointed.
https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-tomato-chicken...
We moved 3 years ago and now have a local store, Went a few times thinking it might be be good for a quick "heat and go" lunch on the odd day I work from home.
The ready meals I tried were all pretty rank. In particular the Indian/Chinese stuff "take-away" stuff which is down right awful, and to a lesser extent the one-bag noodle or rice products which are mostly flavourless and have a mushy texture no matter how cooked. Put me off going again from the (admittedly limited) range of items I tried.
Couple of months back, a colleague mentioned they'd had some chicken skewers from there, so I bought some a few days later & they've been in the freezer since.
Wife and I were looking for something for lunch earlier to go with leftover Greek salad from last night so gave them a try.
12 mins in the air-fryer - decent size lumps of chicken recognisable as breast meat rather than the usual MRM cubes & good flavour.
We had the salt & chilli ones below, but think they also do satay, hoi-sin, teriyaki, BBQ etc.
Also, they are ready-cooked so assume you could use them as part of a packed lunch straight from the freezer and let them defrost during the course of the morning - might give it a try in future but think they would be better hot than cold.
https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-ready-cooked-s...
No idea why I typed this all out in retrospect - probably because I'm genuinely surprised by how well they came out given past Iceland experience!!
he knows what way his bread’s buttered, he’s under my roof, I know not to test what way mine is, I’m under my wife’s.MarkJS said:
And if you add a bottle of Champagne, it will be 3 figures.
I don’t mean to be pedantic but it was said that a Sunday roast is £25. It isn’t.
Yep, that seemed like a shifting of goalposts.I don’t mean to be pedantic but it was said that a Sunday roast is £25. It isn’t.
Here in Suffolk I could go to one of a nice-decor-but-otherwise-meh chain of pubs and pay £30 for to courses (no main-only option!) or get something more "functionally presented" in a high street pub for £12-£16. On balance the £30 option is likely to be better, but if you've landed in at the wrong moment it might not be.
It's a market thing; people pay a premium to eat in a nice town, in a nice & nicely decorated building, preferably away from poor people - and the market provides. If everyone stayed away...
Edited by AmyRichardson on Sunday 28th April 21:52
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