The difference those 38 years have made to the takeaway's pricing is staggering.
If only our Friday night chicken chow mein still cost that much For decades we Brits have been tucking in to a takeaway over the weekend or to celebrate a special occasion. But throughout the years, the price of your sweet and sour chicken will have gone up. From old supermarket receipts to London Underground tickets, we’ve been looking back with nostalgia at the prices we were paying decades ago while the cost of living crisis continues to bite.
Shun Man Lee, who took over the takeaway in the village of New Ash Green from his parents, explained: ‘We have decided it is time to stop doing the takeaway. We have been here a long time but it is time to call it quits. ‘Ever since Covid, the prices of everything have gone up. We have raised our prices but it is becoming more taxing to the customers. ‘We have been trying to think of solutions such as closing earlier but we have had to think about the long-term.
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