This is where Brits can get the cheapest takeaway pizza in the country Number-crunching prices around the UK reveals that the best value city to order takeaway pizza in is Leeds.
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2 inch pepperoni pizzas cost around £6.67 in the northern city, nearly £3 less than the national average, which is around £9.15. As expected, pizzas in London cost the most
at £13.83, closely followed by Cambridge (£13.66) and Swansea (£13.09). Other cities that offer the best value pizzas include Preston (£6.75) and Wolverhampton (£6.83). Penny pinchers at NetVoucherCodes.co.uk have
(av. £6.17 per meal) and Preston third (av. £6.25 per meal). Leeds is the cheapest place in the UK to order a 12 inch pepperoni pizza (av. £6.67). Preston and Wolverhampton also offer great value, with hungry locals being able to order the same meal for less than £7. Brits recently voted Chinese as their preferred takeaway. Fans of the Asian cuisine should consider a trip to Sheffield or Norwich to bag the cheapest Chicken Chow Mein, with average prices sitting at around £5.30.
crunched the numbers to reveal the average cost of seven
Aside from Cambridge, where a Chicken Chow Mein
takeaway favourites across the United Kingdom including
costs a whopping £8.23, Birmingham and Brighton are the
pizza, fish and chips, and fried chicken.
second most expensive places, with residents having to
The team used delivery apps to look at the prices of best rated takeaways for each cuisine in 40 cities across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
splash out up to £7.75 per dish. To compare, the national average is £6.43. Hull is the second cheapest place overall to grab a
The data reveals that across all food types, the most
takeaway, with each meal costing an average of £6.17. It is
expensive places to order takeout are London (av. £9.65
also home to the nation’s cheapest fish and chips, where a
per meal), Cambridge (av. £9 per meal) and Aberdeen (av.
portion costs just £5.12.
£8.77 per meal). At the other end of the scale, Wolverhampton offers the best value takeaways across the board, with the average
This means that people in London are paying over double for the same fishy dish (£12.37), with Bristolians coughing up the second most (£10.08).
meal costing just shy of £6 (£5.94). Hull comes close second 43
Fastfood Professional • June and July 2021
June and July 2021 • Fastfood Professional
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