Cheeky Nando’s
Price hikes of 20 per cent are difficult for diners to swallow
Chicken chain Nando’s has hiked its prices by up to 20 per cent – just a year after an eight per cent increase.
The restaurant’s 458 sites have added £1.70 to the cost of a quarter chicken dish despite worldwide profits jumping to more than £1billion last year.
Bosses put the price rises down to an increase in the cost of ingredients and running their restaurants – and warn 2023 could be another volatile year.
In January 2022 diners could order the quarter chicken dish for £ 4.25, or £8.25 with two sides. But those prices have now jumped to £ 4.95 and £9.95 each – increases of 16 per cent and 20 per cent.
Similarly, the half chicken dish was £7.95 a year ago or £12.45 with two sides – but the same meal now costs £ 8.50 on its own or £13.50 with
extras – increases of seven per cent to eight per cent.
Ten chicken wings have gone up a similar amount, from £10.95 to £11.75 on their own or from £15.45 to £16.75 with two sides, whi le the whole chicken dish has risen three per cent, from £14.50 to £14.95.
Delivery prices have also been hiked. A year ago a ful l chicken platter to eat at home cost £ 24.95. But the same dish has soared to £27.75 – 11 per cent more.
Mum- of- two Sheila Thompson, 46, from Buxton, Derbyshire, said: “Nando’s used to be an affordable treat but the way it is going we are going to have to look at dining out elsewhere.”
Financial analyst Susannah Streeter said restaurants had been battered by higher ingredient costs, with chicken prices up 27 per cent in a year.
She added: “Trips to favourite restaurants may have to be fewer and far between as consumers cope with these horrible hikes.”
Nando’s said: “We continue to work hard to absorb costs wherever we can and are committed to delivering the best value possible for customers.”