Cost of food has certainly gone up

I remember talking to the owner of a small chain in 2017 and it was already happening. Weakening pound has had an impact on profits for sure.

Posted By: duke of york on October 8th 2019 at 15:20:05

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So many chain restaurants going down the deep pan these days it would seem... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 8, 13:11:45
- Stuffed (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Oct 8, 16:08:07
- It's a lot to do with Brexit uncertainty, never mind ,we'll take back control. (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Oct 8, 15:15:48
  - It was a pizza joke wasn’t it? (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Oct 8, 17:25:00
    - I thought I'd done a funny. :) (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 8, 17:26:44
      - I know mate!...cue several end of the world scenarios later😳 (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Oct 8, 17:28:54
        
        :O) (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 8, 17:37:25
  - Yes all because of Brexit (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Oct 8, 15:38:42
  - Take back control of what?? (n/m) (General Chat) - ghost of hucks, Oct 8, 15:33:30
    - the UK Parliament being supre... oh, wait, hang on... (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 8, 16:51:50
    - the colour of the passports (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 16:21:23
    - You tell me, that's what the Leave Campaign's mantra was. (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Oct 8, 15:56:41
  - Cost of food has certainly gone up (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 8, 15:20:05
    - they've gone down iro 10% since 2014 (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 8, 15:33:00
      - Up and down up and down tombs. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Oct 8, 15:51:52
        
        weather is a big influencer and cost of fuel/transport etc (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 8, 16:00:28
      - Maybe it was specific to whatever they imported, dunno (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 8, 15:49:30
- Ha! (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Oct 8, 14:39:56
- I think Pizza Express will survive (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Oct 8, 14:27:21
- All the chain frozen ready meals ones. Decent local food restaurants thriving (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Oct 8, 13:42:13
- Trouble is dubs there is so many of them. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Oct 8, 13:35:29
  - No, and they are all doing OK. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Oct 8, 14:19:02
  - Are any of them chain restaurants? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 8, 13:43:05
    - No company ever emerges from a private equity deal without a debt mountain (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 8, 13:45:28
      - No need to shout! (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Oct 8, 14:16:38
- s'ok, it's all sunlit uplands ahead. (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Oct 8, 13:31:49
  - It certainly is, and I can't wait for sunlit uplands. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Oct 8, 15:53:06
- I quite like Pizza Express (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Oct 8, 13:20:15
  - Should have read this first! (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 8, 13:46:10
  - Easy to become a millionaire in the restaurant trade, give me two million, within 6 months (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 8, 13:22:51

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