KFC pricing rip off

YorkshirePete

Recently purchased a family meal deal from KFC and wondered if anyone else had noticed the price differences. 

To collect the meal was £23 but for delivery it was £30 + £4 delivery and service charge. 

So when I asked what service I was receiving for the additional £7 I was fobbed off with some ridiculous reply which didn’t answer my question. 

Anyone else noticed this rip off ?

Largs

It's mainly pensioner types who comment here so not sure if they will have much experience of KFC.

Emmia

YorkshirePete said:

Recently purchased a family meal deal from KFC and wondered if anyone else had noticed the price differences. 

To collect the meal was £23 but for delivery it was £30 + £4 delivery and service charge. 

So when I asked what service I was receiving for the additional £7 I was fobbed off with some ridiculous reply which didn’t answer my question. 

Anyone else noticed this rip off ?

If you don't want to pay the extra, just go to KFC yourself... It's probably a convenience charge.

oldernonethewiser

Not a rip-off, just expensive.

Have a read of this to see if it helps explain why ordering food for delivery is definitely not moneysaving.

Emmia

Largs said:

It's mainly pensioner types who comment here so not sure if they will have much experience of KFC.

I'm more than a couple of decades from being a pensioner.

QrizB

YorkshirePete said:

Recently purchased a family meal deal from KFC and wondered if anyone else had noticed the price differences. 

To collect the meal was £23 ...

KFC prices have been rising for a while. The £2.99 three-piece meal is a thing of the distant past.

YorkshirePete said:

... but for delivery it was £30 + £4 delivery and service charge.

Lots of chains charge more for delivered meals. Dominos have offered collection-only deals for as long as I remember, typically around half the menu price for pizzas.

You're paying for the convenience.

Largs said:

It's mainly pensioner types who comment here so not sure if they will have much experience of KFC.

Hey, I'm more than a decade from my pension book, sonny.

oldernonethewiser said:

Not a rip-off, just expensive.

Definitely not moneysaving.
£34 would buy you chicken and chips for a family of 4 probably four times over, if you were prepared to cook it yourself.

Brie

The other thing KFC does is offer prices for a single bit of chicken that is less than half that of 2 bits of chicken.  So savvy people order 2 single servings to get the savings.  Savvy pensioners!!!

marcia_

 Tons of restaurants charge more for takeout. Something to do with littering 

sheramber

YorkshirePete said:

Recently purchased a family meal deal from KFC and wondered if anyone else had noticed the price differences. 

To collect the meal was £23 but for delivery it was £30 + £4 delivery and service charge. 

So when I asked what service I was receiving for the additional £7 I was fobbed off with some ridiculous reply which didn’t answer my question. 

Anyone else noticed this rip off ?

You expect somebody working on a zero hours contract for minimum wage to know how the management structure their pricing? 

born_again

YorkshirePete said:

Recently purchased a family meal deal from KFC and wondered if anyone else had noticed the price differences. 

To collect the meal was £23 but for delivery it was £30 + £4 delivery and service charge. 

So when I asked what service I was receiving for the additional £7 I was fobbed off with some ridiculous reply which didn’t answer my question. 

Anyone else noticed this rip off ?

You have to pay the 3rd party company you order from & the driver.. Or do you think that that was free?

TBH. Given the Gov are wanting people to be more healthy (Sugar tax on drinks) I think that they should also impose extra tax on drive throughs & home deliveries of fast foods. 👍

Andy_L

born_again said:

YorkshirePete said:

Recently purchased a family meal deal from KFC and wondered if anyone else had noticed the price differences. 

To collect the meal was £23 but for delivery it was £30 + £4 delivery and service charge. 

So when I asked what service I was receiving for the additional £7 I was fobbed off with some ridiculous reply which didn’t answer my question. 

Anyone else noticed this rip off ?

You have to pay the 3rd party company you order from & the driver.. Or do you think that that was free?

TBH. Given the Gov are wanting people to be more healthy (Sugar tax on drinks) I think that they should also impose extra tax on drive throughs & home deliveries of fast foods. 👍

but shouldn't that be built into the delivery and service charge as a transparent fee, rather than upping the price of the food and adding a delivery and service charge.

ie in the OP's case the food should still be £23 but a £11 delivery and service charge