Directors Zack Michael and Theo Gavriel outside the newly opened chippy(Image: Joseph Walshe / SWNS)

'Britain's cheapest chippy' is selling entire meals for just 1p in 'bonkers' deal

The Island House, in Shard End, Birmingham, is selling 200 meals, including fish and chips, chicken and kebab meat for a penny as customer queue to get their hands on it

by · The Mirror

A newly-opened chippy is selling meals for the bargain price of a penny as part of a “bonkers” promotion.

The Island House, in Shard End, Birmingham, is offering the deal for four days, with several items on the menu being slashed to a wallet-friendly 1p. Included in the promotion are fish and chips, chicken and chips, kebab meat and chips as well as sausage and chips.

Customers began queuing up from 11am yesterday to get their hands on the cut-price meals which usually cost between £3.25-£6.95. Theo Kyriacou, co-owner of The Island House, said: "We obviously lose money but it's about letting people know we're here and what we're all about.

People queue to get their hands on the meals( Image: Joseph Walshe / SWNS)

"Hopefully they like the food and come back. We've seen places offer similar before on fish and chips - but we're doing it with fish, kebab meat, chicken and sausage and chips. We're selling 50 portions of each at a penny so 200 in total and then it will be £1 for chicken and sausage or £1.50 for meat and fish.

"Again, when chippy's have done this previously it's usually for one day - but we're doing this for four days straight. I'm not sure if we're the first to do anything like this but we may well be the only ones idiotic enough to do so.

Siblings Michelle and Mick Grocott were the first in line( Image: Joseph Walshe / SWNS)

"We're getting geared up and we're ready to welcome our new customers. This is our 10th branch and we're looking at opening four more next year."

Hairdresser Michelle Growcott, 65, of Shard End, was first in line with her brother Mick, 64, and thought the offer was a joke at first. She said: "I had seen it on Facebook but thought there must be some sort of catch.

"I was taking a parcel back to the Post Office and I sent my brother Mick over to see if it was true. I thought it was £1 which would have been cheap enough but I couldn't believe it when the man behind the counter said it was a penny. I thought he was joking.

Inside the newly opened business( Image: Joseph Walshe / SWNS)

"We both had fish and chips and it was really lovely - the fish was fresh and the chips were really crispy. I don't think fish and chips was even a penny when I was a young girl. I'll definitely be back and give it 10/10."

The chip shop will be selling 50 portions of each meal at 1p and then £1 for the rest of the day. The same offer then resets the next day and runs until Saturday (9/11).

Fellow customer Jay Brennan, 22, added: "Fish and chips for a penny is just bonkers. I had to get down here to try it. I thought the quality might suffer because of the price but it was the opposite and a really good standard.

"I've seen these stunts pulled before but they never last longer than a day or until the first 50 are sold or something. But this place is selling 200 portions daily for 1p - for four days. That's got to make them the cheapest chippy in the country surely."