PIZZA EXPRESS

ROMANO MARGHERITA BUFALA PIZZA: £13.15

This pizza was 35cm in diameter. it was a basic margherita — cheese and tomato — but had a generous amount of mozzarella and fresh basil. Cost of ingredients: £3.98 Mark-up: 230 per cent

CLASSIC SLOPPY GIUSEPPE: £11.95

A SPICY pizza with spiced beef, pepper, onion and mozzarella. The beef would cost about 14p. most of the cost is the base. The same pizza bought from a supermarket would cost £4.25. Cost of ingredients: £2.06 Mark-up: 480 per cent

GRAND CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD: £11.65

The lettuce leaves cost next to nothing, but there is 100g of chicken, a whole egg, anchovies and some croutons. Cost of ingredients: £3.03 Mark-up: 284 per cent A SPOKESMAN for Pizza express says: ‘we are proud of the pizzas and other dishes that we serve and that our customers keep coming back.’