Burgers & fries prices
Discussion
Sa Calobra said:
Is it just me? Everywhere now seems to charge at least £10 for a burger and a few fries thrown in. Often the fries will be in a small pot of some sort and the burger in my opinion meagre. Even when you get additions the price seems to go north over £15.
Am I being tight?
If they are called fries rather than chips, and have their own pot... If you want cheap, then look for neon and halal signs and polystyrene cartons.. Am I being tight?
£10 is bit much for normal fayre though, you can get gourmet burgers and 'chips' with a backstory, organic fed on diamonds and and everything for that.
A burger with fries you say ..... ?
Are you sure the fries aren't triple cooked chips?
Anything that's cooked three times is bound to put the price up.
Why chips have to be cooked three times I've no idea!
When I was a kid my mum used to cook chips in a chip pan that was full of lard - just the once, and they were fine!
Are you sure the fries aren't triple cooked chips?
Anything that's cooked three times is bound to put the price up.
Why chips have to be cooked three times I've no idea!
When I was a kid my mum used to cook chips in a chip pan that was full of lard - just the once, and they were fine!
Simple, if you think its too expensive don't eat there..
To the restaurant you are a customer coming in to eat a meal, it doesnt really matter what you order from the menu for your meal as you will still cost roughly the same to them to serve you (overheads, cost of food, wages etc.).
So if they sold burgers at a comparatively cheaper cost than other dishes then they would need to sell more burgers to cover the same costs.
They already know how many "covers" approximately they will serve in a day - so why would they make one dish comparatively cheap compared to the others?
If you want cheap burgers - then go to a wholesaler of burgers...Mcdonalds and Burger King
If you want to eat in a restaurant - you will be paying more for whatever you eat because you are in a restaurant
If you want to eat nice, cheap burgers - make your own.
I like burgers.
To the restaurant you are a customer coming in to eat a meal, it doesnt really matter what you order from the menu for your meal as you will still cost roughly the same to them to serve you (overheads, cost of food, wages etc.).
So if they sold burgers at a comparatively cheaper cost than other dishes then they would need to sell more burgers to cover the same costs.
They already know how many "covers" approximately they will serve in a day - so why would they make one dish comparatively cheap compared to the others?
If you want cheap burgers - then go to a wholesaler of burgers...Mcdonalds and Burger King
If you want to eat in a restaurant - you will be paying more for whatever you eat because you are in a restaurant
If you want to eat nice, cheap burgers - make your own.
I like burgers.
Even places like 5 Guys gets away with high prices. It's £15 for a burger, fries and a draught soft drink.
Long queues to get served, a further long stand waiting for the food to be prepared, and then it's served in a brown paper bag to eat at tables that probably haven't been cleaned.
They must be doing enough to keep people happy as they tend to be busy.
Long queues to get served, a further long stand waiting for the food to be prepared, and then it's served in a brown paper bag to eat at tables that probably haven't been cleaned.
They must be doing enough to keep people happy as they tend to be busy.
I was working at the Palladium and we had a quick break for lunch.
There's a 5 Guys next door. I'd heard the hype so walked in.
Long queues and crowded tables full of people munching their takeaway fayre from paper bags. Then I saw the prices!!!??
Walked out and had a Maccy D meal for less than a fiver. Long queues, crowded tables and people eating food out of paper bags.
There's a 5 Guys next door. I'd heard the hype so walked in.
Long queues and crowded tables full of people munching their takeaway fayre from paper bags. Then I saw the prices!!!??
Walked out and had a Maccy D meal for less than a fiver. Long queues, crowded tables and people eating food out of paper bags.
Wetherspoons - £5.something including a soft drink. Burger and chips, on a plate, chips not in a mini shopping trolley. Tasty, didn't die. The rest can f
k off with their tiny £10 burgers served with 3 "fries" because their chef is stuck up his own arse.
Greasy chippies are still doing burgers and fries (those awful skinny things) for about £4.
I'm in SW London btw.
Anyway, I've decided to NOT tip staff who bring me food in idiotic receptacles that annoy me.
k off with their tiny £10 burgers served with 3 "fries" because their chef is stuck up his own arse.Greasy chippies are still doing burgers and fries (those awful skinny things) for about £4.
I'm in SW London btw.
Anyway, I've decided to NOT tip staff who bring me food in idiotic receptacles that annoy me.
Edited by Hoofy on Wednesday 26th April 10:12
Standard Tuesday night for me yesterday. Stay in work till around 7.30 then in to town to pick my boy up at 9.15 from Scouts. In the interim had an hour in the Market Vaults for a pint and one of their burgers. Fair enough, £10 for the burger but worth every penny.
Better that than £6 plus for a whopper or some other crap.
Better that than £6 plus for a whopper or some other crap.
mike74 said:
No you're not being tight.
Anybody paying £10 for a burger and fries (regardless of it's ''back story'') is an idiot with more money than sense.
Wow, how much do you think it should be? We shall assume it is almost a half pound burger, served to you with chips or fries and salad.Anybody paying £10 for a burger and fries (regardless of it's ''back story'') is an idiot with more money than sense.
dazco said:
mike74 said:
No you're not being tight.
Anybody paying £10 for a burger and fries (regardless of it's ''back story'') is an idiot with more money than sense.
Wow, how much do you think it should be? We shall assume it is almost a half pound burger, served to you with chips or fries and salad.Anybody paying £10 for a burger and fries (regardless of it's ''back story'') is an idiot with more money than sense.
£4.50 as it's a child's portion. But I've had to pay upwards of £13 in the past. I have to desperately convince myself that the pub is a really nice environment to be in.
Mate of mine runs a burger restaurant. He uses the very best ingredients, organic etc and by the time he's bought everything, cooked it, paid his staff, paid his rates, paid his bills, and occasionally paid himself, there's very little profit in a £10 burger.
The cost of restaurant/pub food is far greater than the sum of its parts.
The cost of restaurant/pub food is far greater than the sum of its parts.
cbmotorsport said:
Mate of mine runs a burger restaurant. He uses the very best ingredients, organic etc and by the time he's bought everything, cooked it, paid his staff, paid his rates, paid his bills, and occasionally paid himself, there's very little profit in a £10 burger.
The cost of restaurant/pub food is far greater than the sum of its parts.
You say he pays his staff - does he pay them a decent salary? Or is it one of those things where it's topped up by tips but usually kept by the restaurant owner?The cost of restaurant/pub food is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Hoofy said:
cbmotorsport said:
Mate of mine runs a burger restaurant. He uses the very best ingredients, organic etc and by the time he's bought everything, cooked it, paid his staff, paid his rates, paid his bills, and occasionally paid himself, there's very little profit in a £10 burger.
The cost of restaurant/pub food is far greater than the sum of its parts.
You say he pays his staff - does he pay them a decent salary? Or is it one of those things where it's topped up by tips but usually kept by the restaurant owner?The cost of restaurant/pub food is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Rodintee said:
Standard Tuesday night for me yesterday. Stay in work till around 7.30 then in to town to pick my boy up at 9.15 from Scouts. In the interim had an hour in the Market Vaults for a pint and one of their burgers. Fair enough, £10 for the burger but worth every penny.
Better that than £6 plus for a whopper or some other crap.
Where's that? I could do with that while waiting for my son's Beavers group to finishBetter that than £6 plus for a whopper or some other crap.
(Beavers as in Cubs guys).
If everything is fresh and tasty then £10ish is reasonable. What isn't are those offering frozen stuff for the same price. As an example, I worked with a business recently supplying a southern England pub chain with all their burger components. Burger, bun and chips were frozen, total ingredient cost was under £1.50 per burger meal to them including sauces, veg, cheese etc.., cost to the punter was £11.00, so 9.17 ex VAT, a GP of £7.67 per burger...It was also poor, the likes of GBK were far better for the same money. Nice business if you filled your restaurant, they didn't out of season; I suspect due to visits being one offs, rather than repeat locals who, like me, found it expensive for a not great burger.
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