Burgers & fries prices

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BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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theplayingmantis said:
BrabusMog said:
theplayingmantis said:
Ive had a EUR 30 burger in Helsinki airport a couple of years back. was very good(think it was beef, although could have been reindeer or elf, i cant recall)...as it was on expenses i didn't care, but i defo wouldn't have paid that for a burger myself though!

edit elk not elf...
Yeah but that's Helsinki lol, very expensive place. I fly from Gothenburg a couple of times a month and it's now over a tenner for a pint of Brooklyn lager and about 8 quid for a Carlsberg Export! Scandinavian countries love charging through the nose.
good point, but i dont find Helsinki too bad really less so than Stockholm, but i try not to drink booze when there as it can lead to things the Finns like when p*ssed...karoake with clients isn't fun.

Oslo is ridiculous price wise though.

i used to fly from Gothenburg a fair bit a few years ago, is the crappy ex military airport that you landed at from stansted still closed?
If you mean Save, then yes, it is. Which is a real pain in the arse as it's 25 mins drive from our place compared to 55 mins getting across town to Landvetter!

captain_cynic

11,873 posts

94 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Given the lack of differences between airport pubs in the world, let alone just within the UK and again, let alone just within the M25... Yes, yes that is a very safe assumption.

Vaud

50,289 posts

154 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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captain_cynic said:
C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Given the lack of differences between airport pubs in the world, let alone just within the UK and again, let alone just within the M25... Yes, yes that is a very safe assumption.
I wonder if they have different structural costs. Will staffing in LCY be more expensive? Much less retail space, maybe the landlord is applying much higher rents versus LHR?

theplayingmantis

3,721 posts

81 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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BrabusMog said:
theplayingmantis said:
BrabusMog said:
theplayingmantis said:
Ive had a EUR 30 burger in Helsinki airport a couple of years back. was very good(think it was beef, although could have been reindeer or elf, i cant recall)...as it was on expenses i didn't care, but i defo wouldn't have paid that for a burger myself though!

edit elk not elf...
Yeah but that's Helsinki lol, very expensive place. I fly from Gothenburg a couple of times a month and it's now over a tenner for a pint of Brooklyn lager and about 8 quid for a Carlsberg Export! Scandinavian countries love charging through the nose.
good point, but i dont find Helsinki too bad really less so than Stockholm, but i try not to drink booze when there as it can lead to things the Finns like when p*ssed...karoake with clients isn't fun.

Oslo is ridiculous price wise though.

i used to fly from Gothenburg a fair bit a few years ago, is the crappy ex military airport that you landed at from stansted still closed?
If you mean Save, then yes, it is. Which is a real pain in the arse as it's 25 mins drive from our place compared to 55 mins getting across town to Landvetter!
cant remember what it was called, the terminal was a big shed and the wifi was awful. i think the runway deteriorated to a level that couldn't safely per CAA levels take commercial aircraft and wasn't cost effective to repair iirc?

matrignano

4,345 posts

209 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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There’s also much less choice at LCY and no lounges*, so you can charge pretty much what you want

  • before the pedants start, yes there is a lounge for BA1 passengers but only pompous gits fly on that

C70R

17,596 posts

103 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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matrignano said:
C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Wow sweetheart, relax!
Are you the bar manager of LCY’s pub?
No. Just bored by the constant 'faux outrage' at the price of things which should be expensive.

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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theplayingmantis said:
BrabusMog said:
theplayingmantis said:
BrabusMog said:
theplayingmantis said:
Ive had a EUR 30 burger in Helsinki airport a couple of years back. was very good(think it was beef, although could have been reindeer or elf, i cant recall)...as it was on expenses i didn't care, but i defo wouldn't have paid that for a burger myself though!

edit elk not elf...
Yeah but that's Helsinki lol, very expensive place. I fly from Gothenburg a couple of times a month and it's now over a tenner for a pint of Brooklyn lager and about 8 quid for a Carlsberg Export! Scandinavian countries love charging through the nose.
good point, but i dont find Helsinki too bad really less so than Stockholm, but i try not to drink booze when there as it can lead to things the Finns like when p*ssed...karoake with clients isn't fun.

Oslo is ridiculous price wise though.

i used to fly from Gothenburg a fair bit a few years ago, is the crappy ex military airport that you landed at from stansted still closed?
If you mean Save, then yes, it is. Which is a real pain in the arse as it's 25 mins drive from our place compared to 55 mins getting across town to Landvetter!
cant remember what it was called, the terminal was a big shed and the wifi was awful. i think the runway deteriorated to a level that couldn't safely per CAA levels take commercial aircraft and wasn't cost effective to repair iirc?
Correct - basically the runway disintegrated and then Ryanair got slots at Landvetter, so I guess there was no point to spend the money repairing the runway as hardly anyone else used it!

On the upside, and taking this slightly back on topic, this means you can get an overpriced burger from Max at Landvetter before your flight now biggrin

kingston12

5,473 posts

156 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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matrignano said:
There’s also much less choice at LCY and no lounges*, so you can charge pretty much what you want

  • before the pedants start, yes there is a lounge for BA1 passengers but only pompous gits fly on that
Indeed, and a much higher proportion of travellers on company expenses, so probably not as price sensitive in the first place.

captain_cynic

11,873 posts

94 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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Vaud said:
captain_cynic said:
C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Given the lack of differences between airport pubs in the world, let alone just within the UK and again, let alone just within the M25... Yes, yes that is a very safe assumption.
I wonder if they have different structural costs. Will staffing in LCY be more expensive? Much less retail space, maybe the landlord is applying much higher rents versus LHR?
Landlords extracting the urine doesn't mean that the urine isn't being extracted.

The point is, these kinds of abuses will continue as long as people meekly pay the inflated prices as opposed to speaking up about it.

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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Luke. said:
red_slr said:
Still, the Big Tasty with bacon is still a pretty good burger if you get one that's been made well.
The sauce is rank.
They certainly don't scrimp on it so if you don't like then its not like you can ignore it. I think they must over order the sauce and need to get rid of it!

theplayingmantis

3,721 posts

81 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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BrabusMog said:
theplayingmantis said:
BrabusMog said:
theplayingmantis said:
BrabusMog said:
theplayingmantis said:
On the upside, and taking this slightly back on topic, this means you can get an overpriced burger from Max at Landvetter before your flight now biggrin
haha. indeed. will be having a max again next time in stockholm. the one near the nobis hotel seemed a fair price though, although i did spend 54 quid in it sampling most of the menu...bit awkward as my expenses only allow EUR 50 per meal otherwise i have to itemize it.

eek

theplayingmantis

3,721 posts

81 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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kingston12 said:
matrignano said:
There’s also much less choice at LCY and no lounges*, so you can charge pretty much what you want

  • before the pedants start, yes there is a lounge for BA1 passengers but only pompous gits fly on that
Indeed, and a much higher proportion of travellers on company expenses, so probably not as price sensitive in the first place.
exactly this

C70R

17,596 posts

103 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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captain_cynic said:
Vaud said:
captain_cynic said:
C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Given the lack of differences between airport pubs in the world, let alone just within the UK and again, let alone just within the M25... Yes, yes that is a very safe assumption.
I wonder if they have different structural costs. Will staffing in LCY be more expensive? Much less retail space, maybe the landlord is applying much higher rents versus LHR?
Landlords extracting the urine doesn't mean that the urine isn't being extracted.

The point is, these kinds of abuses will continue as long as people meekly pay the inflated prices as opposed to speaking up about it.
https://burgerlad.com/chef-and-brewer-game-burger/
If a mediocre chain pub is selling this for £13 without truffle mayo, I don't see anything unreasonable about it being more expensive in a higher-quality establishment in an airport.

The price-sensitivity of the average PHer is outrageous. Everyone wants Wagyu burgers at 5Guys prices...

number2

4,268 posts

186 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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captain_cynic said:
Vaud said:
captain_cynic said:
C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Given the lack of differences between airport pubs in the world, let alone just within the UK and again, let alone just within the M25... Yes, yes that is a very safe assumption.
I wonder if they have different structural costs. Will staffing in LCY be more expensive? Much less retail space, maybe the landlord is applying much higher rents versus LHR?
Landlords extracting the urine doesn't mean that the urine isn't being extracted.

The point is, these kinds of abuses will continue as long as people meekly pay the inflated prices as opposed to speaking up about it.
I thought most airports didn't charge rent but took a slice of revenue?

Anyway, LCY is super-pricey. Glass of wine is something around £15. A bite to eat and a couple of glasses of wine for two is... eeklaugh

captain_cynic

11,873 posts

94 months

Friday 16th November 2018
quotequote all
C70R said:
captain_cynic said:
Vaud said:
captain_cynic said:
C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Given the lack of differences between airport pubs in the world, let alone just within the UK and again, let alone just within the M25... Yes, yes that is a very safe assumption.
I wonder if they have different structural costs. Will staffing in LCY be more expensive? Much less retail space, maybe the landlord is applying much higher rents versus LHR?
Landlords extracting the urine doesn't mean that the urine isn't being extracted.

The point is, these kinds of abuses will continue as long as people meekly pay the inflated prices as opposed to speaking up about it.
https://burgerlad.com/chef-and-brewer-game-burger/
If a mediocre chain pub is selling this for £13 without truffle mayo, I don't see anything unreasonable about it being more expensive in a higher-quality establishment in an airport.

The price-sensitivity of the average PHer is outrageous. Everyone wants Wagyu burgers at 5Guys prices...
How can you be certain the establishment is of higher quality?

That is your assertion, you need to back it up.

The UK needs more price sensitivity. You can easily get Wagyu burgers for £9 (5 Guys prices). You are going out on ever more tenuous limbs to avoid having anyone else say that LCY is overpriced.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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C70R said:
captain_cynic said:
Vaud said:
captain_cynic said:
C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Given the lack of differences between airport pubs in the world, let alone just within the UK and again, let alone just within the M25... Yes, yes that is a very safe assumption.
I wonder if they have different structural costs. Will staffing in LCY be more expensive? Much less retail space, maybe the landlord is applying much higher rents versus LHR?
Landlords extracting the urine doesn't mean that the urine isn't being extracted.

The point is, these kinds of abuses will continue as long as people meekly pay the inflated prices as opposed to speaking up about it.
https://burgerlad.com/chef-and-brewer-game-burger/
If a mediocre chain pub is selling this for £13 without truffle mayo, I don't see anything unreasonable about it being more expensive in a higher-quality establishment in an airport.

The price-sensitivity of the average PHer is outrageous. Everyone wants Wagyu burgers at 5Guys prices...
Nonsense! 5Guys is way expensive. hehe

Countdown

39,690 posts

195 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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captain_cynic said:
Vaud said:
captain_cynic said:
C70R said:
So presumably the Heathrow restaurant is identical in every way to the one in City? And the burger is completely identical to the one in City?
I'm not even going to dignify your price estimate with a reply.
Given the lack of differences between airport pubs in the world, let alone just within the UK and again, let alone just within the M25... Yes, yes that is a very safe assumption.
I wonder if they have different structural costs. Will staffing in LCY be more expensive? Much less retail space, maybe the landlord is applying much higher rents versus LHR?
Landlords extracting the urine doesn't mean that the urine isn't being extracted.

The point is, these kinds of abuses will continue as long as people meekly pay the inflated prices as opposed to speaking up about it.
They could just vote with their feet rather than speaking up about it.

It's generally accepted that food/drink at airports will be more expensive than elsewhere. It's the same at theme parks. In simple terms businesses want to extract the most profit possible from customers. That's the way it's always been and that's the way it always will be. You could always pop into the local maccy's before you get to the airport but then, if you're like my mum, you'll probably complain that you could have made Tuna sandwiches at home instead of paying a fiver each for a filet meal.

Different places will charge different amounts for different reasons. That's the way it is and if people don't like it they have other options.

Burwood

18,709 posts

245 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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Airport rents are many many times higher than the high street. £50 per foot off oxford street. £300 at Gatwick. And it’s turn over linked. Don’t blame the vendors for £6 ropey sandwich. It’s the airport operator.

C70R

17,596 posts

103 months

Monday 19th November 2018
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Burwood said:
Airport rents are many many times higher than the high street. £50 per foot off oxford street. £300 at Gatwick. And it’s turn over linked. Don’t blame the vendors for £6 ropey sandwich. It’s the airport operator.
Don't you come here with facts! People are busy being outraged at paying more than £20 for a burger. laugh

I suppose price-sensitivity should be expected, given that the two most popular threads in a Food subforum are about takeaways and Aldi/Lidl - but a little objectivity would go a long way...

theplayingmantis

3,721 posts

81 months

Monday 19th November 2018
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had a small portion of KFC new fries on Saturday. queued at drive thru just for them...

8/10 would eat again.