There's a guy works down the chip shop...

[delilah]

says he is paying £18 for a 25kg bag of spuds.
A quick search shows that in 1960 a cwt of King Edwards delivered was 25 shillings, so 75p for 25kg (if my maths is right ? happy to be corrected ) .

So, for those who understand inflation and stuff, were spuds cheaper in 1960 or today ? My instinct would be to say that they must be a lot cheaper today, simply because all food is, but 75p to £18 does seem a fair jump, albeit over 63 years.

 

[Clive]

Did you ask him how much he sells 25kgs of chips for ?

 

[kiwi pom]

I miss proper chips from the chippy, they all use frozen here as far as I can tell
Sorry no help on the price.

 

[JockCroft]

says he is paying £18 for a 25kg bag of spuds.
A quick search shows that in 1960 a cwt of King Edwards delivered was 25 shillings, so 75p for 25kg (if my maths is right ? happy to be corrected ) .

So, for those who understand inflation and stuff, were spuds cheaper in 1960 or today ? My instinct would be to say that they must be a lot cheaper today, simply because all food is, but 75p to £18 does seem a fair jump, albeit over 63 years.

Would it not be 1cwt bag in 1960? 50kg? I remember 1976 selling a few bags 25kg for £7.

 

[andybk]

£1 in 1960 would be worth £19.05 today

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[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

says he is paying £18 for a 25kg bag of spuds.
A quick search shows that in 1960 a cwt of King Edwards delivered was 25 shillings, so 75p for 25kg (if my maths is right ? happy to be corrected ) .

So, for those who understand inflation and stuff, were spuds cheaper in 1960 or today ? My instinct would be to say that they must be a lot cheaper today, simply because all food is, but 75p to £18 does seem a fair jump, albeit over 63 years.

That’s £720 per ton. What is ex farm price ?

 

[Bury the Trash]

I promise I'll resist .


The Harsh Truth is the cost of Fish and chips Takeaway is making it pretty uncompetitive nowadays Fish price wont be helping either.

In comparison (if you hungry ) love it or loath it at a tenner or so for a modest portion of chips and a small piece of Cod verse's Mc Donald's at £12 or so for 2 people and they do a reasonable cappuccino with that .

 

[Luke20]

Someone is making some good £££ selling him spuds for £18 a bag, bet its not the farmer tho!

 

[Kevtherev]

£18 bag say 500g of chips is a fiver?
£250 bag then

 

[Bury the Trash]

or another example Lou's on SM rugby club car park, no brainer if the timing is right ,
not the standard but the Exmoor Beast at £7 will be as filling or more as a good portion ,good protein as well.

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strikes me that they could cut back on the Chips in the average chippy, because for me even a small lot bloats ......

 

[ollie989898]

If you guys want a piece of the action selling spuds for £7000 a tonne I would invite you to get behind the counter and working over those fryers. It is fudging hot and hard work.

 

[Kevtherev]

If you guys want a piece of the action selling spuds for £7000 a tonne I would invite you to get behind the counter and working over those fryers. It is fudging hot and hard work.

Especially when an annoying pisshead comes in Saturday night….

 

[ollie989898]

Especially when an annoying pisshead comes in Saturday night….

No worries, keep a sawn off under the counter.

 

[Bury the Trash]

If you guys want a piece of the action selling spuds for £7000 a tonne I would invite you to get behind the counter and working over those fryers. It is fudging hot and hard work.

especially in (a hot) summer

 

[kiwi pom]

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£18 bag say 500g of chips is a fiver?
£250 bag then

A 25 kg bag of spuds won’t make close to 25 kg of chips.

 

[Kevtherev]

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A 25 kg bag of spuds won’t make close to 25 kg of chips.

He’s still making few quid if it does 20kg

 

[Kevtherev]

No worries, keep a sawn off under the counter.

Incase someone gets battered??

 

[br jones]

He’s still making few quid if it does 20kg

i fear his electric and oil bill wont help much

 

[Hilly]

Staff bill in chip shoos ££££

 

[ollie989898]

Staff bill in chip shoos ££££

You're limited with opening hours as well, who buys fish and chips at 3 or 4pm?