Rip off food and drink prices at Sheffield station

Inflated food and drink prices at Sheffield station compared to the same product available elsewhere including M&S, Starbucks and WHSmith

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00:00I guess I'm used to it, but not in a way that I'm happy with, so, yeah.

00:05What do you think the reason for it might be?

00:08Well, it's a monopoly on all of the prices, because if you want something at the train station,

00:14you can't really even go anywhere else quickly, so.

00:18And how do you feel about that?

00:20I mean, I'm not happy about it, but, like, it's just not good.

00:30What do you think the reason for it might be?

00:35I think the train station prices are quite high, and I feel like they do rip you off,

00:39because they know that they can put the prices up, and they know that they can make it more,

00:43because you've got to buy it.

00:44Because say you're in a rush or something like that, then you're going to want to go there,

00:48because there's nowhere else, really, to go.

00:50What should they do?

00:51I think they should lower the prices. I think it's quite ridiculous, really.

00:54There's a lot of students here, so I feel like to lower that for them,

00:57they already know how bad students are doing with their cost of living crisis as well.

01:01And I feel not just students, but other people, I think they need to lower it.

01:04It's bad, really.

01:05And how do you feel about it?

01:07Quite angry, really, because, you know, if there's not other shops open,

01:10and there's other places that are quite expensive, but less expensive,

01:14and then they're all shut, then you're going to have to go there and spend more money,

01:17and not everyone always has a bit more money.

01:28It's a bit of a joke, really, isn't it?

01:30I mean, I know I'm holding a sandwich from M&S now, but that's more for convenience than anything.

01:35And I think they're cashing in on people like me going for convenience,

01:42rather than having a little bit more time to nip somewhere else.

01:45So, I mean, that was the same price as what a meal deal is in Tesco,

01:50in a Tesco supermarket or whatever.

01:52So, yeah, it's a bit of a joke.

01:54It's a bit of a joke, and it's not particularly with what's going off at the minute

01:58and the cost of everything going up.

02:01I imagine, you know, a lot of people won't generally have that luxury that I've got,

02:06where they can just stop somewhere for convenience and, yeah, basically.

02:13We have quite a lot of overseas students as well,

02:16who probably don't really know any different, you know what I mean?

02:19And I think it will certainly make it out of them a little bit.

02:23So, yeah, it's not right, is it?