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06 Jan 17
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/06/jamie-oliver-close-restaurants-brexit-jamies-italian-barbecoa
Are you not terribly ashamed that you voted to leave the wonderful Common Market. Now look what has happened.
Are you not terribly ashamed that you voted to leave the wonderful Common Market. Now look what has happened.
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Jamie said vote UKIP
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Jamie Oliver didn't say this, the CEO of his restaurant group did.
Which was pretty f*cking low anyway. He went on "Blagden said a combination of high costs on ingredients, staff training and lower footfall had forced the restaurant closures." Which translates to "not enough people were prepared to pay £14 for a unspectacular burger + fries outside of the more affluent metropolitan areas. |
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someone on twitter has made serious allegations
true or they might need a good lawyer |
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xmaseveevil on twitter
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Getting very fed up with companies who aren't doing so well saying Brexit is to blame.
Yesterday it was Next (the BBC of course loved that), yet strangely John Lewis was doing better. How does that work? Did Brexit not affect them in the same way? Why surely it must have. The effect is the same, the better companies will survive. Today it's oliver. Are other restaurants not affected by Brexit. For example the one closing in Scotland is in Aberdeen, which is in the middle of a downturn due to the oil price collapse. Was brexit to blame for that? It's most proabably been struggling for ages and brexit is nothing to do with it. I've eaten in a Jamie Oliver restaurant a few times and I thought it was overpriced for small portions and if I remember correctly there was no draught beer just overpriced little bottles. Total disappointment. I wouldn't chose to go there myself. |
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Brexit... its the "Get out of Jail Free" card for any poorly run business.
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my poor picks today caused by brexit
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Brand 'Jamie Oliver' is past it's sell by date in the UK.
He knows it. Italian produce has increased but if he was THAT good his brand would be able to shoulder it. |
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Saw that xmoneyx.....
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he's created so many new jobs and paid so much tax to the country whilst improving diets for school kids and relentless campaigning against sugar, yet he still gets so much hate, some people
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Totally agree scandy , he has done very well for himself.
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Cost of ingredients. Jesus. Food cost must come in at around 15%.
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I don't "hate" him but I think his restaurants are overpriced and not very good and are trading entirely on his fame.
But what I'm annoyed at is DISHONESTY and taking us for MUGS. As Jack indicates, what % of his costs are food ingredients? I'm guessing not that much, his portions are small but he likes plush expensive locations. And what costs are affected by Brexit? The pound dropped against the dollar but hasn't changed that much against the Euro (presuming he's buying some ingredients from say italy). Pound - Euro is approx what it was 2013-2014, that's all. So how is Brexit to blame? For making a percentage of a percentage of his costs revert to the same as they were 2 years ago? His competitors will have the same. No, we don't like liars, and this bandwagon of blaming everything on Brexit. At least he's not blaming Trump.... |
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In fact I just looked at the commodity price of Wheat which is the main ingredient of pasta dishes and thus I presume Jamie Oliver dishes.
It keeps coming down. $425 today, 500 2016, 575 2015, 750 in 2014, 900 mid 2013. http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/wheat.aspx?timeframe=5y It's like an inverse Wheatxit, he should be raking it in. Brexit my ars*. |
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pound is down 15% v euro since referendum
but i agree its just him falling from fashion better off buying at waitrose or marks and spencer and eating at home he doesnt do himself any favours alienating the alt right, they can go for a decent british curry and get better service |
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But it's just back to what is was 2-3 years ago, and the traded price of his principle ingredient, wheat, has basically halved since 2013.
I'm pretty sure his little lukewarm dishes are from what I remember are mostly italian style pasta. He probably bulk buys it from LIDL. |
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Wise words donny, i can only imagine those with a few spare squid would accept a hollow belly whilst waltzing home.
I would image they are oblivious to the plight of the Brexiteers. |
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Interesting post JC
It seems that JO is not thinking outside the box on this one. |
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he has a restaurant in newcastle but why would you go when
newcastle already has so many good italian restaurants and jamie doesnt even cook the food,..... that might be an attraction charity shops are full of his books, ..... |
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I love italian food, yes, go to a good independent, it'll probably be cheaper and better. It's all in the name.
But then, we live in a world where people will pay £1000s for the name stuck on a handbag... |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrjHz5hrupA
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Maybe if he didn't try to charge £20 for a £10 meal he may get more business.
Sticks his name to the restaurant and thinks he can double the prices of the food. |
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Is that David Ike's twitter account?
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Cant stand the competiton
Caroluchis is a better BET  |
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Brexit makes a great scapegoat for anyone with a struggling business.
"Cannot possibly be my fault, it must be Brexit" |
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I was at Lords when he was selling a steak sandwich for £20. He sold 5. He seems to think his name alone will
entice people to pay double the going rate. |
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It's a fantastic catch all excuse isn't it
"Sorry love, this has never happened before. You could normally swing a small monkey off the thing when I'm aroused but .. it's just not going to happen tonight. No! It's not that I can't get it up, it's just .. this whole brexit thing, y'know?" |
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I agree with Tim Martin of Wetherspoons?
This has nothing to do with Brexit, it's because his food is no better than ours but four times the price! |
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epic chocolate brownie £5.75
a scoop of icecream an walnuts  https://www.jamieoliver.com/italian/restaurants/edinburgh/menu/ |
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Did he not have restaurants go Tits up in Oz ?
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The Lasagne shocked me. A bit of stwed oxtail, pasta and cheese. £14 farkin quid! Id rather have chicken madras, pilau rice, bombay potato, keema nan and poppadums for that thank you very much.
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Spot on Treb ,Decent indian would pish all over that Jank
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Another thing to watch out for is a fair sized tip is AFAIK included in the bill which isn't the usual in my experience, so you might accidentally tip double. I'm not sure if it's always added, so check the bill in case. Not saying not to tip, just be aware of it. Last time I went to one the best part was the waiter was really good.
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his meals are 5 x true cost
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"Juicy lamb chops cooked under a brick" for a score sounds fair enough, bricks are getting expensive.
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Oliver is not being honest to my mind,many businesses are going to find it harder this year,particularly catering as they will have to increase the minimum wage AND contribute to workplace pensions for all their staff. It is sad they should try to pin that on brexit instead of being honest.
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I don't mind him, I assume his heart is in the tv stuff, and some business man runs the rest. You can't do everything yerself.
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It is amazing the number of celebrity chefs who get themselves in trouble when they try opening their
own restaurants or restaurant chains. Also if I went to a Jamie Olivier restaurant, I would expect him to be there. I agree with treetop as well. |