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okay i have to ask this. it has been driving me mad for so long now.

why is pizza in the UK so ridiculously expensive?

"pepperoni feast" at pizza hut UK (pickup): £20.99 (~A$42.50)
"pepperoni" at dominos australia (pickup): A$8 (~£4)

what could possibly cause this?? if you bought a pizza from dominos AU and shipped it internationally it'd probably cost about the same!

somebody will, of course, reply to tell me "ah, but there's coupons, you can get it for half price if you blah blah". sure. i accept that. however. that also exists in australia!! "you could get it for only £12" but you could get the aus one for only $4! (not factorial)

what is happening??? are the italians imposing a 300% pizza tariff on the UK as punishment for putting corn on pizza? is it thatcher's fault? is this why detective halligan has a pitzer tab? help

pizza hut UK pricing. a medium pizza is £20.99; small is £17.99; large is £22.99. they do, however, dull the pain a little by putting an adorable little loop in the base of the pound character
dominos australia pepperoni pizza for $8
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Lynnesbian
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i will be tagging this and all future posts on the topic as #YUK (as in "why, UK?")

speaking of: why is it a moderate challenge to find normal sized packets of crisps (TL note: potato chips) as opposed to bundles of six mini-packs

i have thus far received two explanations:

  • "the big packets are a meal deal thing. [STORE] doesn't do meal deals so they don't stock them." counterpoint: meal deals do not exist in australia and they still sell the normal sizes
  • "it's so they don't have to say it's unhealthy. they can say the serving size is ⅙ so the kilocalories/salt/fats are lower." counterpoint: you could just say "this packet of crisps contains six servings". also who cares if you have to say your thing is unhealthy
#yuk
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Lynnesbian
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i will, however, concede that "crisps" is the better term. australia really dropped the ball there.

here's what various dialects call the hot fried potato rectangles and the cold crunchy potato slices, respectively:

  • USA: fries, chips
  • UK: chips, crisps
  • AU: chips, chips

also: "sps" is a very fun consonant cluster

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MarjorieR
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of course American 'fries' (whether 'French' or 'Freedom') are not really proper chips, they are way too thin: just hot cheese straws without the cheese.
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Kara Goldfinch
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When I was little I couldn't say crisps. It came out as Chris.
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🇵🇸Murray O'Caht🇵🇸
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while I absolutely agree with the logic, I like how we Oceanians call them both chips for aesthetic reasons - the aesthetics being how it makes the rest of the English speaking work pack a sad about it
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Owashii 🐾
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spspsps is such a good consonant cluster that it can summon cats
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cyberia
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I mean those are the reasons why 🤷. Yeah it's dumb but you asked
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Beancattee
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This is why halligan called them pitzas. it was to avoid the pizza tax

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beeps
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I dunno but this is a thing mostly confined to the big chains like Domino’s and Pizza Hut. Independent places are typically a lot cheaper.

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