Your reflections on takeaway prices and consumption

Are you cutting back on takeaways at the moment and are rising prices a factor in your reduced consumption?

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00:00I did used to love a takeaway. I've cut down drastically on takeaways for health reasons.

00:05I mean, look at me. I need to lose some weight. I do like a takeaway, but I try and make it a

00:10special occasion these days. The cost has gone up, but that's not surprising. Everything has gone up.

00:15The cost of their raw materials, the food and everything has gone up, and their overheads have

00:20rocketed, really, haven't they? Business rates and things like that. I used to take a lot of

00:24take-out, and it used to cost me, like, a pretty good price, but right now it's kind of becoming

00:32more expensive, and, like, I'm thinking, why? Pizza's gone from £4.80 to £7.70, and it's like,

00:42when I'm watching Talk This Morning, people are rather going to meals giving a bottle of olive oil

00:50rather than giving a bottle of wine, because olive oil's nearer than a bottle of wine.

00:55So the cost of living is affecting everybody massively.