Dirty Takeaway Pictures Volume 3

[BrabusMog]

C70R said:

giblet said:

I know of a few cash only takeaways that still exist. Some of them don’t do deliveries either but still manage to get decent custom.

Much like Uber causing tax issues for taxi drivers the likes of Just Eat have caused issues for those takeaway owners who liked to cook their books.

It's my hope that the adoption by small retailers of the myriad card payment solutions will eventually kill off the awful businesses (takeaways, corner shops) who either don't accept card or have a ridiculous minimum spend.
When the bloke who delivers a small trolley of brownies to our office on a Friday can take contactless payment for a £2 brownie, there's no excuse for the crappy corner shop telling me I need to spend £10 before I can use a card to buy a bottle of water.

There's an offy either side of the street near us. I use the no minimum spend one. Having said that, when paying cash, they rarely ring it through the till. I always thought doing their inventory would be a flipping nightmare. We've also got a Polish/Latvian/Romanian shop just up the road who sell imported cigarettes from under the counter

[WCZ]

I have a kfc every week after lifting weights at the gym, never feel any remorse other than when the 9 pieces for £5.99 offer was on and i'd attempt to eat all of them inc sides/fries. I never succeeded :<

[ambuletz]

WCZ said:

I have a kfc every week after lifting weights at the gym, never feel any remorse other than when the 9 pieces for £5.99 offer was on and i'd attempt to eat all of them inc sides/fries. I never succeeded :<

to be fair junk food is best eaten after a workout.

[SpeckledJim]

Cotty said:

giblet said:

red_slr said:

I suspect card / online sales have a big part to play. Cheap food is great but when the profit margins are slim a lot of these places relied on the fact they paid little in the way of tax and NI (not saying I agreed with that but that was a genuine business model they used in the 80s, 90s and even early 2000s). These days its virtually impossible to run a business like that and that's probably having a big impact.

I know of a few cash only takeaways that still exist. Some of them don’t do deliveries either but still manage to get decent custom.

Much like Uber causing tax issues for taxi drivers the likes of Just Eat have caused issues for those takeaway owners who liked to cook their books.

Im now torn between not using Just Eat because they take a commission losing the restaurant revenue . Or using Just Eat as it forces the restaurant to pay their fair share of tax.

Cut out Just Eat but pay by card?

Please cut out Just Eat wherever possible, we'll all lose in the long-run as takeaways have to price-in their huge fees into menu prices.

[craigjm]

SpeckledJim said:

Cut out Just Eat but pay by card?

Please cut out Just Eat wherever possible, we'll all lose in the long-run as takeaways have to price-in their huge fees into menu prices.

I agree with cutting out just eat if you have a local place you go to regularly but it’s really useful when travelling and that also means that take outs get more business from travelling people than they ever would have done before just eat. I don’t see it as a complete evil and at the end of the day if a take out doesn’t want to pay the fees then don’t go on it. Just don’t moan about loss of business if this is the action you take.

[The Doyle]

Long time lurker, first time poster on this thread.

Gentlemen, I give you the Grillaz grill: Boneless peri chicken & Peruvian chicken, donner, chicken tikka, served with naan, green stuff, sauces & chips, all delivered for 10 of your English pounds. Oh and they chuck in a lamb chop too.

[rsbmw]

Good start.

What did you get for main course?

[SpeckledJim]

craigjm said:

SpeckledJim said:

Cut out Just Eat but pay by card?

Please cut out Just Eat wherever possible, we'll all lose in the long-run as takeaways have to price-in their huge fees into menu prices.

I agree with cutting out just eat if you have a local place you go to regularly but it’s really useful when travelling and that also means that take outs get more business from travelling people than they ever would have done before just eat. I don’t see it as a complete evil and at the end of the day if a take out doesn’t want to pay the fees then don’t go on it. Just don’t moan about loss of business if this is the action you take.

[tobinen]

I use JE for the menu and then contact the establishment directly. Having said that, I don't travel for work so rarely use JE at all, as I have all the local places' menus in the flat..

[craigjm]

tobinen said:

I use JE for the menu and then contact the establishment directly. Having said that, I don't travel for work so rarely use JE at all, as I have all the local places' menus in the flat..

Exactly. In that respect use local but if you’re travelling city to city of international it’s great and gives them business that would otherwise go to horrible hotel room service.

My local take outs have flyers they put in the bag if you have used JE and live locally asking you to order by phone and offering a discount / free food. The problem with that is that some people use JE to not have to talk to anyone.

[number2]

craigjm said:

.....The problem with that is that some people use JE to not have to talk to anyone.

Yup, a leisurely menu browse and a few clicks, and being able to use card (which not all do over the phone) vs. speaking with someone in a noisy takeaway, risk of confusion, repeating myself, and even after the order is read back it might be wrong....

If they had their own website ordering system I'd use it. Surely got to cost less than c. 20% of revenue (approx. JE commission) to set one up and run it...

[seyre1972]

The Doyle said:

Long time lurker, first time poster on this thread.

Gentlemen, I give you the Grillaz grill: Boneless peri chicken & Peruvian chicken, donner, chicken tikka, served with naan, green stuff, sauces & chips, all delivered for 10 of your English pounds. Oh and they chuck in a lamb chop too.

Good effort - though chips could do with being more of them .....

[rsbmw]

There are some hiding under the lamb chop

[eskidavies]

Banging love a meat fest

[BrabusMog]

Looks fking awesome! Great value, too. I'm waiting to pick my missus up from the airport and am starving, I'm thinking it's going to be a 20 nuggets shared as a base and several cheeseburgers etc. Will update with pics soon, hopefully!

[guindilias]

You need one of those "McDonalds pizzas" with actual cheeseburgers and fries put on top - will try and find a pic...

[guindilias]

Ahh, that's what I've been looking for...



Think pic should work...

Edited by guindilias on Wednesday 12th December 20:10

[SpeckledJim]

un-be-flumpin-credible

[BrabusMog]

That pizza thing looks incredible! I ended up with 20 nuggets and 2x cheeseburgers but still had room for more, I was also too hungry to stop and think about a photo.

[illmonkey]

BrabusMog said:

That pizza thing looks incredible! I ended up with 20 nuggets and 2x cheeseburgers but still had room for more, I was also too hungry to stop and think about a photo.

It looks like a cheap pizza with mcdonalds thrown on it! But still, would demolish...