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how much salad could you buy for £6.50?????

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Made a sandwich for lunch and unfortunately had to eat it as 2nd breakfast.

So today I was working in Kensington and when work colleagues went into a trendy cafe for lunch, I thought I'll just get something small....

The "small salad" was a selection of 3 salads, and came on a side plate. It didn't seem to be advertised anywhere but the take-away version was £3, the side salad £2.50 and so it seemed by far the cheapest thing in the place.

And yes, it was infact £6.50:eek:

Had a tea too so the grand total was £8 :doh:

I thought you guys might appreciate how angry this made me!!!!
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  • sorry meant to put this on DFW!!!!

    Will try and move it!
  • It could have bought a bit of steak and bag of posh salad leaves (i prefer mine not in the bag though! - thats terrible.
  • That is extortionate!
  • how much salad could you buy for £6.50?????
    depends where you shop but 1-2 carrier bags worth
    The "small salad" was a selection of 3 salads, and came on a side plate.
    they can't even provide a decent portion- did they give you bread on table?
    Had a tea too so the grand total was £8
    cup or pot of tea- if pot of tea not bad because you get 2 cups out of a pot
    I
    thought you guys might appreciate how angry this made me!!!!
    understandable- a complete and utter rip off- irrespective of how trendy the place was. couldn't have you suggested you go somewhere else?
  • Weatherspoons! pint and a burger £3.99!!
    I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something
  • Weatherspoons! pint and a burger £3.99!!

    Don't think there are any wetherspoons in kensington somehow :)
    MFi3 member 105 - MFW date Oct 2023 - 12 years 9 months more
  • comping_cat
    comping_cat Posts: 24,006 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    If you had made your lunch, you couldve put the £6.50 in your mortgage pig!!!!!
  • I found this out when we had breakfast in a trendy kensington place..only did it once..the next 2 mornings we were in the Tesco Express next door for sandwiches!! (the hotel we were in wanted 18.50 EACH for breakfast:eek: I thought it was so outrageous that they offered me it for half price:rolleyes: mmmm:rolleyes: £9.25 each..me and daughter £18.50 for breakfast..I dont think so!
    I have had brain surgery - sorry if I am a little confused sometimes ;)
  • depends where you shop but 1-2 carrier bags worth

    --when I started to protest, they said it was "organic". But this shouldn't mean twice the price!

    they can't even provide a decent portion- did they give you bread on table?

    --nope, no bread.

    cup or pot of tea- if pot of tea not bad because you get 2 cups out of a pot

    --actually the tea was great, and yes got 2 cups out of a pot. £1.50 is probably what I would expect from a posh cafe, so that doesn't annoy me so much.

    understandable- a complete and utter rip off- irrespective of how trendy the place was. couldn't have you suggested you go somewhere else?

    With these colleagues I go for lunch once in a while, but it's nearly always in the east end, so I have maybe a 50p tea and sneak in my sandwich, or beans on toast.

    £6.50 is about a third of my weekly food budget! (when BF is not here....)

    (sorry, never can get the hang of quoting!)
  • pfpf
    pfpf Posts: 5,110 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    alex_w wrote:
    Made a sandwich for lunch and unfortunately had to eat it as 2nd breakfast.

    everyone seems to have missed this vital point. you "had to"? :p

    lol, im just kidding, i cant do packups. as soon as they're packed up they're unpacked and eaten.

    need to gain cash but lose weight, wish it was the other way around :rolleyes:
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