Chinese
My 2 regular chinese restaurants in Rathfarnham offer most main courses for a reasonable 5.80 Euro (£4.56),last year it was £4.30.No complaints about that but a certain popular pub in the same area has seen a steep drop in Saturday lunch trade after a number of price rises this year.A few of us used to meet every Saturday lunch hour for a bite to eat and a few drinks but rarely go now,no more than once a month.Judging from last Saturday others have decided the same as the place was dead at 2.30 in the afternoon.Pre Euro main courses were about £7 (dear for pub grub), now they are around $10.50 (£8.26).A pint of lager now costs € 4.25 (£3.34),pre Euro it was £2.85.
Obviously price rises are inevitable but theres no doubt some people have gotten greedy.
One other example...last Friday night at an excellent game of football in Tolka between Rovers and Bray I bought a cup of coffee from the mobile vendor.Pre Euro it was £1,now its €2!!.Judging from how little they were selling the price hike must be surely counter productive.