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This end of LL main stretch is now overwhelmingly the better end in terms of shops. With the opening of the cinema I can see this stretch overtaking the top end of the lane in the next few years in terms of footfall and choice. It now makes sense that Waitrose were so badly wanting to bid for the former police station.


Louisa.

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote:

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> The Vine Yard for reasonable (taste and price)

> Greek Cypriot grub.


Really, you were drunk tho right?


I spent a ?5 in the new pasta place, got home and put it all toghther. I nearly cried halfway through eating, reminded me of a past Italian girlfriend, God I miss her


Actually I miss her Mother's cooking is what i'm saying here

Nope. I like it


Seabag Wrote:

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> Help-Ma-Boab Wrote:

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> > The Vine Yard for reasonable (taste and price)

> > Greek Cypriot grub.

>

> Really, you were drunk tho right?

>

> I spent a ?5 in the new pasta place, got home and

> put it all toghther. I nearly cried halfway

> through eating, reminded me of a past Italian

> girlfriend, God I miss her

>

> Actually I miss her Mother's cooking is what i'm

> saying here

Fresh pasta, with good quality ingredients in the filling, hand made on site. Bear in mind overheads like rent and so on also. Sainsbury's fancy pasta retails at 1p per gramme http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/dairy-eggs-chilled/CategoryDisplay?langId=44&storeId=10151&catalogId=10122&categoryId=12266&pageSize=30&beginIndex=0&promotionId=&listId=&searchTerm=&hasPreviousOrder=&previousOrderId=&categoryFacetId1=&categoryFacetId2=&bundleId=&parent_category_rn=12157&top_category=12157&orderBy=PRICE_DESC#langId=44&storeId=10151&catalogId=10122&categoryId=12266&parent_category_rn=12157&top_category=12157&pageSize=30&orderBy=PRICE_DESC&searchTerm=&beginIndex=0. The B&S photo looks like the agnolotti cavour http://www.burroesalvia.co.uk/about-2-1/ which they sell for 2.7p per gramme. So yes, nearly 3 times the price of Sainsbury's pasta but the Sainsbury's version seems to have less expensive ingredients, and is made and bought on an industrial scale.


Also, think of this ... if you boiled it for a couple of minutes, drained and shoved it in a pan with a bit of butter and sage, shoved a few rocket leaves on the side and served it on nice crockery, the additional production cost would be very small, but then you could charge ?8+ and that wouldn't be out of line with Scorsi and Morci, or the place down by the station, or anywhere else I can think of.

Actually I was hoping they'd let you reuse them in the shop, they are sturdy cardboard boxes, seems a waste to throw them away, even in recycling. Will ask next time I'm in.


DulwichFox Wrote:

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> And just like Fast Food outlets a substantial box

> that needs to be disposed of...

>

> More packaging..

>

> DulwichFox

Overheads do not have much bearing on the price...


If your overheads are so high that the end product is not viable at a reasonable price

then you have chosen the wrong product or destination..


There is always a ceiling price.. Like the housing market..


If buy a house where say the average asking price is ?250k and spend ?150k doing it up

its not going to be worth ?400k


Likewise Pasta has its price.. and ?6.00 for a few pieces of Ravioli however nice it may be

thrown into a box is not good.


DulwichFox

As with most "premium" products, it's not just about the product. When people buy, they're buying a "social signal" that they're in a certain clique. It's the same for high-end fashion, which is *slightly* better in quality, but not enough to warrant that price tag.


So I say good luck to them. If you can price yourself at that end of the market, and stay in business (longer than the initial first few months of buzz), that's quite an achievement.

I agree that it's not a cheap meal, but given it's pretty much ready to eat (after 3 mins in boiling water & a bit of olive oil/butter), then it's still a cheaper option than a takeaway curry or pizza.


I have a sneaky suspicion that some people professing amazement at the ?6 cost (for what looks like 2 x portions), wouldn't think twice about spending the same amount on a kebab for 1;)

Damn right id spend ?6 on a kebab over a handful of pasta.


1) it's cooked for me and I can eat it straight away.


2) it's full of salt, fat, and carbs (to fill me up) as well as salad for the healthy bit.


3) it tastes bloody lovely as it is, especially after drinking all day.


for me it's a no-brainer. Kebab wins every time.


Louisa.

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