Scotland's most expensive place to buy a chippy revealed - Daily Record

Edinburgh is officially the most expensive place in Scotland to buy a bag of chips.

A survey of Britain’s late night eating and drinking habits also found that a portion of fries in the capital was the second most expensive in Britain, costing an average of £2.16.

That was 43p dearer per bag than London and 37p more than Glasgow.

Chips in the University town of Cambridge were the dearest in Britain at £2.19 a bag.

The steel city of Sheffield was the cheapest at £1.26 per poke.

The survey by online pharmcist treated.com also found the citizens of Edinburgh paid the most in Britain for a kebab – an average of £7.50.

The cheapest in Britain was Liverpool at £4.26, with a kebab costing Glaswegians an average of £5.46.

However, the capital was good value for a takeaway pizza at £6.43 for a 12in Margherita.

The same pizza in Glasgow cost £6.64 and the most expensive was in London at £10.99 a portion.

Dr Daniel Atkinson of treated.com said: “Our intention was to make people think what they might be spending on a night out, how this might impact on their health and what healthier alternatives might be available to us.

”Buying a takeaway at the end of the night will deepen the hole in our wallets or purses and may even exacerbate that nasty
hangover the next day.

”The majority of these food types represent little or no nutritional benefit.”

The researchers priced the chips, kebabs and pizza from the same city centre restaurants and takeaways.

They also found that Edinburgh was the most expensive place in Britain for a medium glass of red wine at £5.65 before Friday’s closure of pubs and restaurants.

Glasgow was the cheapest at just £4.13 for a 175ml measure.

London was the dearest for a pint at £5.60 and the most expensive for a glass of white wine.