The price of a portion of fish and chips has risen to £12 in some places thanks to the cost of living crisis. Chip shop owners say they now fear people will stay away thanks to the high cost.
A new report from Saxo Markets today found 40% of people have already given up takeaways because of spiraling costs. Erin Morgan, who runs a chip shop in Ceredigion, told the BBC she was having to shoulder much of the rising cost, as she did not want to put prices up by 50%.
She said: "It's worrying, the price of everything is going up. If we carry on seeing these price rises, we'll have to reassess how we run the business."
She has increased the price of a portion of fish and chips from £7.40 to £7.90 this week. But the BBC says other restaurants have increased prices to £12.
Gareth Morgan who runs a chip shop in Cardigan said: "You'd have a regular visit two or three times a week possibly, you see them now twice a month possibly."
National Federation of Fish Friers president, Andrew Crook, said: "I've seen the price of cooking oils more than double. That's due to the conflict in Ukraine. With fish, we're already seeing post-pandemic inflation. The cost of fuel also affects it.
"And we're expecting tariffs to be applied to Russian whitefish of 35%, which will certainly impact our industry."
He added: "It's going to put a lot of businesses out of business."
