Rejected petition: Support the traditional Fish & Chip industry! Reduce the VAT on Fish & Chips!
Rejected on
I would like parliament to understand the detrimental hit the industry is having, due to the extreme vat, electric, gas, fish industry, potatoes/farming, rising wages.
Yet we are expected to somehow create more money to pay the VAT BILL!
Because if you don’t, you won’t have any fish and chip shops left.
At-risk within 12 months
~33% (~3,500 shops)
Industry Pressure
Ingredient cost hikes
Sunflower oil: +60%–77%)
Cod & haddock: +75% increase
Potatoes: +30%–300% (
Packaging: +38%–45%
Energy costs
Gas & electricity doubled or worse, operational margins squeezed
Fishing fleets also hit by fuel – fish supply viability threatened ()
Tax & wage inflation
Minimum wage hikes & potential return to 20% VAT
THATS WHY!
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for similar action:
Eliminate VAT on hot takeaway food
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725467We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.