CREDIT CRUNCH CRISIS: ..SKEGGY'S HAD ITS CHIPS.HOLIDAYMAKERS planning trips to British resorts such as Skegness could be hit by a 50 per cent rise in the price of fish and chips fish and chips pl.n. Fried fillets of fish and French-fried potatoes. Noun 1. fish and chips - fried fish and french-fried potatoes dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" - thanks to the soaring cost of diesel. Trawlermen struggling with the hike in boat fuel - from 31p a litre LITRE. A French measure of capacity. It is of the size of a decimetre, or one-tenth part of a cubic metre. It is equal to 61.028 cubic inches. Vide Measure. to 60p in the past year - are passing it on to customers. That means the traditional seaside dish could go from pounds 5 to pounds 7.50. Many trawler firms could go bust, a report by the Sea Fish Industry Authority warned. Scottish Fishermen's Federation chief Bertie Armstrong said: "We are dependent on fuel. No fuel, no fish. Supply will drop if boats can't afford to go out." CAPTION(S): BATTERING Fish and chips |
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