Wow, inflation

ESpy

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At Badminton I saw sausage baps were at £8.50 each, churros £9, ice creams £5 - didn't get prices on too much else.
Wood-fired pizzas were popular @ £13+ per for a small pizza - which I confess had me wondering how long I'd last with a pop-up Ooni pizzeria before being chucked off-site :)

(Diesel 144.9 @ CostCo last week, FWIW)
 
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ESpy

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Pizza Express last night, 2 pizzas, two fizzy waters, £36.60.

Having worked in catering in the past (including pizzas), I well know there's significant costs beyond just the food - but that still doesn't stop me looking at that sum and slavering over how much I could buy in ingredients for that. It probably helps that a) I enjoy cooking b) I'm reasonably fast about it and c) ...I'm not the one who has to do the washing up...
 
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Woody girl

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I have decided I'm not buying food at events. I'll take a picnic and a flask.
I just cannot afford those sort of prices.
I like picnics anyway, and being gluten free, I rarely find my needs are catered for. So a couple of wraps filled with salad, humous and crumbled falafel, or grated cheese cheese and pickle, or if im feeling rich, feta and olives. A flask of hot water and some herbal tea bags, (saves having to worry about milk going off, and you can always get a cuppa if you are desperate) plus a few olives, oatcakes and a tube of mushroom pate, an apple, crisps and some other nibbles if thats not enough. Job done!
I have a little backpack, and a couple of insulated lunch bags it all fits in . So it's out of the way, and my hands are free for whatever else I need to do.
 

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Pizza express prices have always seemed too much in my opinion. Its not so much the pizza price as much as the inevitable feeling of starvation I get after eating one...
 

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I don't like pizza.

I'd rather eat almost anything else but pizza, or bagels.
Both are just weird and tasteless bread. The toppings are never worth the effort. Not a fan.
There's a Domino's half a mile down the road next door to M&S, and I saw their price list. I could not believe how much they charge for smeared on toppings on flatbread.
A medium sized cheese pizza, a penny change from £17 o_O :nono: and that's not delivered.

I do like a good salad though, with everything from fruit to nuts and cheese added. I like herbs in mine too. Quite happy to pack a bowl with a clip lid and put that into one of my insulated lunch packs. Flask of tea, and it's sorted :)
I like a mix of dried fruits and nuts too. Mango slices are a favourite just now, and I'm slowly working my way through the last bag of last year's almonds.
 
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Scottieoutdoors

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Oh, to be fair, I don't eat cheese, so pizza to me is like a tomato and toppings bread..
Very tasty from the local Woodfired pizza guy! And it's £10 a pop for v tasty stuff... probably not highest quality toppings, but he makes the bread himself and is a nice guy so happy to support...
 

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