| Measuring the economy in Toasties 09:47 - Sep 5 with 6642 views | wkj |
In the age of smashed burgers and hot honey brioche it is hard to keep up, and there I was thinking the rebranding of Toasties to Paninis was bad enough! Either way, times are always changing.
Me and my beloved legal partner were travelling the other day (within England, we're not bougie) and ended up pulling off for a mouthful of grub. Not really looking at the price, as we had no choice, I ordered a cheese and onion toastie while they got the BLT (maybe they are bougie, imagine adding salad to a perfectly good bacon sarnie.) Vanilla as I am, I ordered a tea and they got a coffee (despite an awkwardly long description of "coffee")
Needless to say, a pretty conservative meal which I was mentally thinking about £15 (£20 when you factor in motorway tax). The whole meal came to £35! Two toasties and 2 hot drinks for £35. Thatcher's Britain I tell thee! I should have had a biscuit instead. |  |
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 22:23 - Sep 5 with 1954 views | Cafe_Newman |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 22:12 - Sep 5 by wkj |
I know, can't be dealing with it when it kofte a fortune |
Outrageous prices indeed and for pitaful quality to boot. |  | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 10:10 - Sep 6 with 1611 views | wkj |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 22:23 - Sep 5 by Cafe_Newman |
Outrageous prices indeed and for pitaful quality to boot. |
Kebabsolutely disgraceful | |
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 15:27 - Sep 6 with 1484 views | OldFart71 |
I remember as a teenager a mobile chippie came to the village I lived in. It was a AEC bus converted so you stepped onto the back of it where there was a counter and the frying range ran along the inside of the bus on the right hand side.
You could get a bag of chips and scraps for 6d or 2.5p.
How the heck we have got to where we are can only be down to successive governments allowing all and sundry to plunder our fishing grounds.
Also for what you pay now for a bag of chips you could buy a sack of potatoes only a handful of years ago. |  | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 12:57 - Sep 7 with 998 views | J2BLUE |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 15:27 - Sep 6 by OldFart71 |
I remember as a teenager a mobile chippie came to the village I lived in. It was a AEC bus converted so you stepped onto the back of it where there was a counter and the frying range ran along the inside of the bus on the right hand side.
You could get a bag of chips and scraps for 6d or 2.5p.
How the heck we have got to where we are can only be down to successive governments allowing all and sundry to plunder our fishing grounds.
Also for what you pay now for a bag of chips you could buy a sack of potatoes only a handful of years ago. |
Earnings do not keep up with inflation. The inflation rate they give us is a complete lie. Anyone who has ever entered a supermarket can tell you that.
The company I work for (under 100 employees) is owned a billionaire we got a below inflation pay rise and that's if you go by the complete lie of the official figures. |  |
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 13:27 - Sep 7 with 942 views | Churchman |
Everybody is out to rinse the great British public for what they can get. I was at Heathrow last week quite early and thought a Pret posh cheddar and pickle baguette would do nicely for brekkie and lunch. I used to buy the odd one when going into work some years ago. They were expensive at about £3.50/£4 a go but nice.
Not now. £6.50 for a baguette 2/3ds the size. For a bit of bread, cheese and pickle that’d just about do breakfast? I think not. The WH Smith meal deal was more reasonable and the ham and cheese dried up sandwich tolerable. Still rubbish though. Should have had something in the Fullers pub in terminal 2 to go with the beer.
On the return from Germany I bought a large freshly made Turkey salad roll for under €5. Very nice too. Prices for food in the country in general were noticeably cheaper.
However, some of indigenous stuff like dogs todger sausages (bratwurst), crushed fawn in batter (schnitzel) are pretty awful. Nothing beats Bavarian white sausage if you want something truly appalling though. |  | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 13:36 - Sep 7 with 928 views | Churchman |
Anyone remember Breville Sandwich Toasters?
Coat bread in butter, fill with cheese or whatever, slap down the lid and presto - toasted buttered bread pockets filled with lava. No need to turn the heating on. Just leave a toastie out and the room will be warm for hours. Burns aplenty. A particular point of agony was if the cheese squirted out and landed on the chin. I miss the screaming.
The final insult was remains of the toastie welded to the toaster plates. Forever. | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 13:50 - Sep 7 with 896 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 13:27 - Sep 7 by Churchman |
Everybody is out to rinse the great British public for what they can get. I was at Heathrow last week quite early and thought a Pret posh cheddar and pickle baguette would do nicely for brekkie and lunch. I used to buy the odd one when going into work some years ago. They were expensive at about £3.50/£4 a go but nice.
Not now. £6.50 for a baguette 2/3ds the size. For a bit of bread, cheese and pickle that’d just about do breakfast? I think not. The WH Smith meal deal was more reasonable and the ham and cheese dried up sandwich tolerable. Still rubbish though. Should have had something in the Fullers pub in terminal 2 to go with the beer.
On the return from Germany I bought a large freshly made Turkey salad roll for under €5. Very nice too. Prices for food in the country in general were noticeably cheaper.
However, some of indigenous stuff like dogs todger sausages (bratwurst), crushed fawn in batter (schnitzel) are pretty awful. Nothing beats Bavarian white sausage if you want something truly appalling though. |
It's not just the coast of the bread, cheese and pickle, which has gone up disproportionately to inflation because suppliers are now paying higher wages, fuel costs, utility increases etc. Rents and rates have soared, utility prices for businesses are three times what they were before the Ukraine war. Add on the increased living wage (which is fine. People deserve fair pay) and the big killer of employers NI increase (Thanks Rachel).
No one I know in hospitality is trying to rinse the Brotish public. They are doing their very best to stay in business. |  |
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:04 - Sep 7 with 878 views | Churchman |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 13:50 - Sep 7 by GlasgowBlue |
It's not just the coast of the bread, cheese and pickle, which has gone up disproportionately to inflation because suppliers are now paying higher wages, fuel costs, utility increases etc. Rents and rates have soared, utility prices for businesses are three times what they were before the Ukraine war. Add on the increased living wage (which is fine. People deserve fair pay) and the big killer of employers NI increase (Thanks Rachel).
No one I know in hospitality is trying to rinse the Brotish public. They are doing their very best to stay in business. |
Well the Germans seem to offer reasonable pricing, even in the third largest city and with an obviously higher standard of living. You see policemen and clean streets there too.
Maybe it’s down to political choices that have been and are still being made here. | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:10 - Sep 7 with 869 views | leitrimblue |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 13:36 - Sep 7 by Churchman |
Anyone remember Breville Sandwich Toasters?
Coat bread in butter, fill with cheese or whatever, slap down the lid and presto - toasted buttered bread pockets filled with lava. No need to turn the heating on. Just leave a toastie out and the room will be warm for hours. Burns aplenty. A particular point of agony was if the cheese squirted out and landed on the chin. I miss the screaming.
The final insult was remains of the toastie welded to the toaster plates. Forever. |
The Breville sandwich toaster must be one of the most underrated inventions ever.
Turned a beautiful, but cold cheese sarnie into a cooked dinner  .
It's also widely accepted in the scientific world, that the only thing better then cheddar is melted, bubbly, stringy cheddar |  | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:14 - Sep 7 with 860 views | DJR |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:04 - Sep 7 by Churchman |
Well the Germans seem to offer reasonable pricing, even in the third largest city and with an obviously higher standard of living. You see policemen and clean streets there too.
Maybe it’s down to political choices that have been and are still being made here. |
The same is true of the tourists hotspots in Malaga city, where you still get a decent coffee for little over 1E.
Here's some recent economic analysis from Goldman Sachs about why UK inflation is higher than that in the EU.
https://www.gspublishing.com/content/research/en/reports/2025/05/15/49997ad8-36d [Post edited 7 Sep 14:16]
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:15 - Sep 7 with 857 views | Churchman |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:10 - Sep 7 by leitrimblue |
The Breville sandwich toaster must be one of the most underrated inventions ever.
Turned a beautiful, but cold cheese sarnie into a cooked dinner .
It's also widely accepted in the scientific world, that the only thing better then cheddar is melted, bubbly, stringy cheddar |
Cooked dinner??? It turned a cheese sarnie (a thing of joy in its unadulterated form anyway) nuclear! | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:20 - Sep 7 with 838 views | DJR |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 15:27 - Sep 6 by OldFart71 |
I remember as a teenager a mobile chippie came to the village I lived in. It was a AEC bus converted so you stepped onto the back of it where there was a counter and the frying range ran along the inside of the bus on the right hand side.
You could get a bag of chips and scraps for 6d or 2.5p.
How the heck we have got to where we are can only be down to successive governments allowing all and sundry to plunder our fishing grounds.
Also for what you pay now for a bag of chips you could buy a sack of potatoes only a handful of years ago. |
From recollection, you could buy a half hundred-weight (56 pounds) sack of potatoes for about £2 in the mid-70s.
It would last much of the winter. [Post edited 7 Sep 14:20]
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:22 - Sep 7 with 830 views | leitrimblue |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:15 - Sep 7 by Churchman |
Cooked dinner??? It turned a cheese sarnie (a thing of joy in its unadulterated form anyway) nuclear! |
In the mother's eyes if it was warm it was a cooked dinner ( was that or a Findus crispy pancake..) . And I still have the burn marks around my chin to prove it was warm  | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:27 - Sep 7 with 808 views | MrBeckinsale |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:10 - Sep 7 by leitrimblue |
The Breville sandwich toaster must be one of the most underrated inventions ever.
Turned a beautiful, but cold cheese sarnie into a cooked dinner .
It's also widely accepted in the scientific world, that the only thing better then cheddar is melted, bubbly, stringy cheddar |
If you also chuck a few garlic granules and a bit of crushed chilli in with the cheese before nuking the thing, that elevates it to a la carte status. | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:30 - Sep 7 with 796 views | leitrimblue |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:27 - Sep 7 by MrBeckinsale |
If you also chuck a few garlic granules and a bit of crushed chilli in with the cheese before nuking the thing, that elevates it to a la carte status. |
Thats genuis, thanks for the life changing tip Mr Oliver.
The muda would sometimes smear a bit of ketchup on the bread before adding the cheese and call it pizza.. | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:34 - Sep 7 with 781 views | leitrimblue |
A coffee for a euro in Malaga!
Clearly not including the 100-200% Giri tax.. | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:35 - Sep 7 with 776 views | MrBeckinsale |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:30 - Sep 7 by leitrimblue |
Thats genuis, thanks for the life changing tip Mr Oliver.
The muda would sometimes smear a bit of ketchup on the bread before adding the cheese and call it pizza.. |
Is that the sound I can hear of the breville being dusted down now? | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:44 - Sep 7 with 751 views | leitrimblue |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:35 - Sep 7 by MrBeckinsale |
Is that the sound I can hear of the breville being dusted down now? |
Bet once i find it the feck1n fuse as gone.. | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 15:21 - Sep 7 with 687 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:35 - Sep 7 by MrBeckinsale |
Is that the sound I can hear of the breville being dusted down now? |
Ours has got patches of rust on, which adds a certain something. They do say iron is supposed to be good for you. |  |
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 15:24 - Sep 7 with 681 views | DJR |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:34 - Sep 7 by leitrimblue |
A coffee for a euro in Malaga!
Clearly not including the 100-200% Giri tax.. |
I must blend in so well that I don't get charged! And my manners are immaculate. [Post edited 7 Sep 15:25]
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 16:09 - Sep 7 with 612 views | Churchman |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 14:22 - Sep 7 by leitrimblue |
In the mother's eyes if it was warm it was a cooked dinner ( was that or a Findus crispy pancake..) . And I still have the burn marks around my chin to prove it was warm |
In my mum’s eyes, it wasn’t cooked unless it was cremated. The Christmas dinner would already be on.
Exotic was a Vesta Curry. Beef was the best one though suspect no cows were harmed in the making of it.
Those Findus things were weird. I suspect the artificial colouring added something. Quite liked them.
The other lava product was of course a McDonalds apple pie. The slurry in the middle was always hot enough to have come from the earth’s core. | | | |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 19:41 - Sep 7 with 487 views | wkj |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 16:09 - Sep 7 by Churchman |
In my mum’s eyes, it wasn’t cooked unless it was cremated. The Christmas dinner would already be on.
Exotic was a Vesta Curry. Beef was the best one though suspect no cows were harmed in the making of it.
Those Findus things were weird. I suspect the artificial colouring added something. Quite liked them.
The other lava product was of course a McDonalds apple pie. The slurry in the middle was always hot enough to have come from the earth’s core. |
I love my mum's cooking, except for one thing - veg. Honestly, her veg is one wobble away from making puree of itself. Though if we're now going on to things "I should like, but do"
1. Findus Crispy Pancakes
2. Bernard Manning's Golden Drummers
3. Birdseye potato waffles [Post edited 7 Sep 19:41]
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| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 09:27 - Sep 8 with 218 views | leitrimblue |
| Measuring the economy in Toasties on 16:09 - Sep 7 by Churchman |
In my mum’s eyes, it wasn’t cooked unless it was cremated. The Christmas dinner would already be on.
Exotic was a Vesta Curry. Beef was the best one though suspect no cows were harmed in the making of it.
Those Findus things were weird. I suspect the artificial colouring added something. Quite liked them.
The other lava product was of course a McDonalds apple pie. The slurry in the middle was always hot enough to have come from the earth’s core. |
I'm sure back in the day mother's first thought was to cremate everything in order to eliminate any chance of the food being under cooked.
Findus Thursdays were the highlight of the week. Though Angel delight Wednesday was something pretty special. | | | |
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