Of course late night pizza is overpriced, its catering to drunks. How about an entry on how drink is overpriced? Or would that be stating the obvious too?
It’s me, regular commenter Sarah! I bought five slices of Ray’s pizza on my way home from an evening out recently. FIVE. Okay, they cost me €15 but they fed two people for two days. A late night curry in Charlies costs around €10 and chips in my local chipper are €2.50. I know which I prefer!
All pizza places are overpriced in Ireland though. I have an Australian friend who says at home pizza is the cheap takeout but for some reason its got a premium price here. To rehash a well worn phrase, I guess its just another example of rip off Ireland – there’s plenty of competition at this stage, so there’s really no excuse.
Actually Claire, I’m sure the reason has to do with the extra wages paid to staff for late night work and extra security for dealing with the drunks coming out of the pubs.
Z I’ll refer you to the answer of Italian Food above…the reason EVERYTHING is more expensive in Ireland is because wages, especially low end jobs are too high, after that Rents and other government taxes and insurance.
Wages and rents are approx twice that of any other OECD country and both account for 40% of the costs of operating any food retail business. Get wages of $5 an hour ( 4 euro ) and Aussie rents and you’ll see cheaper food……you willing to have your salary cut by 35% ?
Friday 23 April, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Of course late night pizza is overpriced, its catering to drunks. How about an entry on how drink is overpriced? Or would that be stating the obvious too?
Sunday 25 April, 2010 at 10:08 pm
hmmmmmm the cost involved in pizza making is a lot more than ingredients, that’s the cheap part…..
wages
rent
rates
refuse
insurance
accountant
tax
vat
packaging
ESB
water rates
GAS
Phone
maintanence of equip
new equipment
plates, knives, forks, pots, pans, glasses
cleaning products
menu printing
there’s more but I can’t remember….
Monday 26 April, 2010 at 10:01 am
It’s me, regular commenter Sarah! I bought five slices of Ray’s pizza on my way home from an evening out recently. FIVE. Okay, they cost me €15 but they fed two people for two days. A late night curry in Charlies costs around €10 and chips in my local chipper are €2.50. I know which I prefer!
Monday 26 April, 2010 at 10:32 am
Eddie Rockets charge an extra 10% after midnight. No rhym or reason for it.
Tuesday 27 April, 2010 at 5:29 pm
All pizza places are overpriced in Ireland though. I have an Australian friend who says at home pizza is the cheap takeout but for some reason its got a premium price here. To rehash a well worn phrase, I guess its just another example of rip off Ireland – there’s plenty of competition at this stage, so there’s really no excuse.
Thursday 17 June, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Actually Claire, I’m sure the reason has to do with the extra wages paid to staff for late night work and extra security for dealing with the drunks coming out of the pubs.
Thursday 17 June, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Z I’ll refer you to the answer of Italian Food above…the reason EVERYTHING is more expensive in Ireland is because wages, especially low end jobs are too high, after that Rents and other government taxes and insurance.
Wages and rents are approx twice that of any other OECD country and both account for 40% of the costs of operating any food retail business. Get wages of $5 an hour ( 4 euro ) and Aussie rents and you’ll see cheaper food……you willing to have your salary cut by 35% ?