A bit council Vol 2
Discussion
Shakermaker said:
Rawwr said:
I know that when I can't be bothered to make my own under-cooked, over-seasoned chicken and want to pay ten times the price for it, Nandos is definitely my first call.
Find any restaurant that doesn't do this?In fact, I'd be pretty certain the cost of the ingredients is probably inflated by 20x to what you pay for it. But then staff, rent and profit do not come for free.
I don't mind Nandos or the fact that it is council. I guess this makes me a "council apologist" though.
And shock horror a restaurant wants to make some money, and anyway you most certainly wont pay 10 times the price over what you can buy, prepare and cook at home yourself.
Edited by HTP99 on Monday 27th March 12:33
can't remember said:
alorotom said:
Giving your children crap names is council. Reading The Sun if far worse.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4352570/An...
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HTP99 said:
Nando's is fine, it isn't expensive, the food is ok and most certainly isn't undercooked otherwise you would hear of people becoming ill.
And shock horror a restaurant wants to make some money, and anyway you most certainly wont pay 10 times the price over what you can buy, prepare and cook at home yourself.
I can't speak for Nandos but its certainly the case at one of its big rivals, Pizza Express. The cost to them of the ingredients for a pizza is in the 50p-£1 range and they are selling them at £8-£14 (before the reduction from any vouchers etc) so that is... 14-20x the cost of the ingredients. And shock horror a restaurant wants to make some money, and anyway you most certainly wont pay 10 times the price over what you can buy, prepare and cook at home yourself.
Edited by HTP99 on Monday 27th March 12:33
Still doesn't stop me going in and eating them, that's for sure. I don't have a catering supply of pizza dough and cheese in my fridge that I can buy at their prices!
Johnnytheboy said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4352570/An...
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"I pay their wages" comment - checkAngry dad - check
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Johnnytheboy said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4352570/An...
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"Criminalised for something that everybody does". Angry dad - check
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Anyone else steal flowers that are meant to be on public display?
Shakermaker said:
HTP99 said:
Nando's is fine, it isn't expensive, the food is ok and most certainly isn't undercooked otherwise you would hear of people becoming ill.
And shock horror a restaurant wants to make some money, and anyway you most certainly wont pay 10 times the price over what you can buy, prepare and cook at home yourself.
I can't speak for Nandos but its certainly the case at one of its big rivals, Pizza Express. The cost to them of the ingredients for a pizza is in the 50p-£1 range and they are selling them at £8-£14 (before the reduction from any vouchers etc) so that is... 14-20x the cost of the ingredients. And shock horror a restaurant wants to make some money, and anyway you most certainly wont pay 10 times the price over what you can buy, prepare and cook at home yourself.
Edited by HTP99 on Monday 27th March 12:33
Still doesn't stop me going in and eating them, that's for sure. I don't have a catering supply of pizza dough and cheese in my fridge that I can buy at their prices!
My daughters boyfriend is a chef, last year he was telling us about the cost of ingredients to make a childrens margarita pizza which was selling for around the £8 mark, it was 34p.
HTP99 said:
Yes sure a big restaurant chain will have massive mark ups as they have massive buying power so will pay next to nothing for their raw ingredients compared to us going to Sainsburys and buying the bits ourselves; which is what I was comparing it to.
My daughters boyfriend is a chef, last year he was telling us about the cost of ingredients to make a childrens margarita pizza which was selling for around the £8 mark, it was 34p.
Sounds about right. My daughters boyfriend is a chef, last year he was telling us about the cost of ingredients to make a childrens margarita pizza which was selling for around the £8 mark, it was 34p.
A bit like that joke about the £10,000 bill for hitting something with a hammer.
"Cost of ingredients: £0.34
Knowing how to cook and prepare the ingredients to satisfy your child: £7.66"
Baz Tench said:
alorotom said:
The mother's a bit of alright though.granny views a huge cock on a phone lent to her whilst hers gets fixed, now demands an upgrade
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3165842/shocked-gran...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3165842/shocked-gran...
andymc said:
granny views a huge cock on a phone lent to her whilst hers gets fixed, now demands an upgrade
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3165842/shocked-gran...
So traumatised by it that she had to show her friends. Get out, you malingering old witch.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3165842/shocked-gran...
andymc said:
granny views a huge cock on a phone lent to her whilst hers gets fixed, now demands an upgrade
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3165842/shocked-gran...
So shocked about the lurid incident she then says "I’ve shown some of my friends and they can’t believe it either."https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3165842/shocked-gran...
Rawwr said:
So traumatised by it that she had to show her friends. Get out, you malingering old witch.
"ooh no Maureen I've never seen anything like that! They weren't that size in my day... well apart from that American fellow who came over in the war and treated me to some nylons...."My daughters boyfriend is a chef, last year he was telling us about the cost of ingredients to make a childrens margarita pizza which was selling for around the £8 mark, it was 34p.
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However, re: pizza, of any other food of course you then "knead" to add in cost of:
wages of staff to collect ingredients
power to keep goods fresh
wages to make pizza, seat customers, take orders
power to cook food
depreciating asset of plates, cutlery, linen, chairs, fridges, cookers and so on
tills, credit card machines, banking facilities
rent/business rates
income tax and so on.
anyway, just been on our estates. watching a mum leave a house- after having turned the thumping rave music off to get her children. In her dressing gown and slippers.
driving a chavved up Audi A3. (what else)
To return to house, with two young ones. thumping rave music back on.
As I said to my colleague- this is why we work hard for a living, so we don't live anywhere remotely like this.
Lance Catamaran said:
Johnnytheboy said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4352570/An...
Angry dad - check
Videoing police doing their job - check
Picking daffodils off council land - check checkity check
"I pay their wages" comment - checkAngry dad - check
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andymc said:
granny views a huge cock on a phone lent to her whilst hers gets fixed, now demands an upgrade
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3165842/shocked-gran...
"I've shown some of my friends"https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3165842/shocked-gran...
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