Is fish and chips too expensive? Birmingham reacts to rising prices

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With the average cost of fish and chips now exceeding £10, we ask Birmingham locals if it has become too expensive for a regular treat. Is this classic meal still worth the price?

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00:00If that's the cost of fish and chips you're thinking about, you know, the

00:04mortgage of a house. I feel, yeah, fish and chips is, it's the go-to always and I

00:13remember when you used to get like bags of scraps for like two pound, like max

00:18one pound, yeah that's ten pounds. I think food is the best treat to have,

00:23like I think the best thing you can do to treat yourself is have nice food. I

00:27don't really eat fish and chips, but I definitely eat other things like donuts

00:30and delicious things like that, so I would see that still as worth it, but

00:35that's more because I would treat myself in that way. Too expensive, definitely.

00:40You've got a family of four. There's now fast food shops, there's chicken shops,

00:45there's shops a bit like that, that are probably a bit more of an affordable

00:50weekly treat. I don't know if it's a sign of the times, but yeah, I think what fish

00:55and chips is, has shifted and the price is a big factor in that.

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