A beloved Crumlin cafe has been hit with "shocking" electricity bills amid the cost of living crisis.
Pip's Cafe and Deli, located on Old County Road in Crumlin, said that for the past few months they have woken up to emails from suppliers saying that their prices had increased, saying that some items have "gone up by well over 50%". This includes stock items such as cups, boxes and cutlery which have all gone "through the roof" in terms of cost.
Speaking to Dublin Live this week, Paul McDonald, owner of Pip's Cafe and Deli, said that they they remain as busy as ever but profits have been hit hard. He said: "We're as busy as we ever were, our profits are less because our mark-up is down just because the cost of living is so high rising we can't pass it all onto the customer. What happens is we absorb a lot of it, and personally I think it's been a little one-sided from suppliers.
