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TIME TO LIMIT

CHIP PORTIONS?

What weight is the chip portion your shop serves, and how much does it cost you to produce it? If you don’t know, you’re not alone – as Triple F Chips managing director David Linton is finding out. For he maintains that an operator can buy ready-made chips as cheap as it costs to make them in-house… but most chip shop owners he speaks to haven’t a clue how much this costs them to produce, or what size of portion they serve.

Says David, “Regardless of whether a particular shop is considering ready-made fresh chips or not, my experience is that this is an area where most businesses could be making savings, by operating portion control. Many shops consistently serve 20-30% more chips than the customer expects or wants.”

Aggi will never forget

when range caught fire

Fear of fire is never far from a prudent fryer’s thoughts … your entire livelihood dependent on that uneasy alliance between flame and highly inflammable oil.

Veteran Leicestershire fryer Aggi Paphitis will never forget the day that fear became reality. Fortunately he was there as the flames took hold, roaring through the ventilation system, so damage was perhaps not as bad as it could have been. So not surprisingly, one of his top priorities now is to ensure his ducting is kept thoroughly clean.

Join the McWhinney’s Revolution

This magazine is proud to have been part of the McWhinney’s quality sausage revolution, as the small Northern Ireland producer won the hearts of UK chippy customers through flavour and value for money. If you’re not part of the revolution, you can get on board by claiming your free sample

UK’s Top 30 chippies revealed

For the last three years the final accolade has been lifted by a Scottish shop – can the Scots make it four in a row?

September star property

As fast food property specialists Kings launch FishFriers, a new dedicated specialist arm to market fish and chip shops only, we spotlight a gem of a South Wales freehold restaurant/takeaway, with owner’s accommodation included, for a cool half a million.

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