Hartzog ran a chain of bakeries selling biscuits to Colonel Sanders franchisees nationally. Thomas sold his Colonel Sanders franchises back to that company for $3 million. Hartzog.ĭavis was a real estate developer who built and leased several Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken properties. Robert Davis, his friend and future Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, and L. The franchise company was started in Columbus, Ohio in 1969 as National Fast Food Corp. John Elliott claimed the fish recipe to be the actor's own, brought over from the United Kingdom. In a 1975 interview, New England franchise vice president M. Regardless, he "served as a spokesman for the restaurant chain in its early years, underscoring the British character of its food." He would sometimes visit the restaurants in a red double-decker bus. Treacher refused in interviews to confirm whether he had a financial involvement in the restaurants. At the time the chain was founded, Treacher was best known as the announcer and sidekick on the popular The Merv Griffin Show. The chain's namesake is Arthur Treacher (1894–1975), an English character actor typecast as "the perfect butler" for his performances as Jeeves, as a butler in several Shirley Temple films, and the role of Constable Jones in Walt Disney Productions' Mary Poppins. We then calculated an average for each cuisine type and location to reveal which fast food fans are shelling out the most, and which are getting the best deals.A since-closed Arthur Treacher's co-branded with a Nathan's Famous in Downtown Pittsburgh. “To do this, we used popular delivery apps to look at the best rated takeaways in 40 regions around the UK. “So we thought it’d be interesting to look at which regions are getting the most bang for their buck.
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).Ī spokesperson for .uk: “Over the last year, with so many of our favourite restaurants and leisure facilities closed, Brits have been relying on their local takeaway and delivery services to satisfy their fast food cravings more than ever. It is also home to the nation’s cheapest fish and chips, where a portion costs just £5.12. Hull is the second cheapest place overall to grab a takeaway, with each meal costing an average of £6.17. To compare, the national average is £6.43. Preston and Wolverhampton also offer great value, with hungry locals being able to order the same meal for less than £7.įans of a Chinese should consider a trip to Sheffield or Norwich to bag the cheapest Chicken Chow Mein, with average prices sitting at around £5.30.Īside from Cambridge, where a Chicken Chow Mein costs a whopping £8.23, Birmingham and Brighton are the second most expensive places, with residents having to splash out up to £7.75 per dish. Leeds is the cheapest place in the UK to order a 12 inch pepperoni pizza (av. £8.77 per meal).Īt the other end of the scale, Wolverhampton offers the best value takeaways across the board, with the average meal costing just shy of £6 (£5.94). The data reveals that across all food types, the most expensive places to order takeout are London (av. 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. Hull came out the cheapest for fish and chips with London not surprisingly the most expensive.
The team at .uk have crunched the numbers to reveal the average cost of seven takeaway favourites across the United Kingdom including pizza, fish and chips, and fried chicken.īelow you will see the table of how much a portion of fish & chips is across the UK, albeit with regional variances in portion size. Hull is cheapest for fish and chips, find out where your city ranks (scroll down for prices)
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