When you pay £8 for fish and chips, where does the money go? That’s the question one restaurant has been busy answering after a customer left a two-star review on Facebook.
It wasn’t that there was anything wrong with the food – in fact it was ‘lovely’ and the staff were ‘amazing’. But Debbie Davies still felt the need to complain to Oxton Bar and Kitchen over the price for the meal – £8.
Happily, staff at the restaurant were happy to provide clarity:
‘Ok Debbie. Where do I begin?
Out of that £8, our nasty government is charging you 20% vat which we collect by law on their behalf, so we’re left with £6.66.
Out of this, we need to buy the fresh ingredients; 1 haddock fillet, get a chef to make everything from scratch; a delicious beer batter, homemade tartare sauce, mushy peas and chunky chips (the whole cost of ingredients for this plate comes to roughly £2.
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