The soaring cost of the potatoes is impacting fish and chip shops, owners say.
It is a quintessentially British meal but the "chippy tea" is now becoming more of a luxury than a staple, partly due to the cost of rising potato prices.
"There is a lot more that goes into it; if it be fuel, staffing, all of the little costings," he said.
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