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What a typical fish and chip shop uses and pays across the UK, from published benchmarks.
Figures are estimates from published UK benchmarks priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are not quotes. See how we estimate.
Traditional chippies and seafood takeaways. The frying range is the single biggest energy load in UK hospitality. A Low Carbon Dorset case study recorded one shop's 16 year old range using over 130,000 kWh of gas a year, and its high efficiency replacement was projected to cut that by about 30 per cent. One comparison site's July 2025 analysis reported the heaviest using chip shops paying over £15,000 a year for electricity alone before gas is counted, which is the top of the range rather than the middle. Range on all afternoon and evening, potato prep, chip scuttles and a walk-in freezer for bulk fish. Figures below are estimates at 25p per kWh electricity, 7p per kWh gas and about £365 a year standing charges.
A frying range that has to be up to temperature before the first customer and stays hot all session
Extraction you cannot legally run without while the range is lit, because the gas interlock will shut the burners off
A walk-in freezer holding bulk fish and chips 24 hours a day
Older ranges burning up to a third more fuel than a modern high efficiency model for the same output
Typical equipment loads across hospitality and food venues, with annual kWh and cost bands from published benchmarks.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial deep fryers (x2, electric) | 12,000–26,000 kWh | £3,000–£6,500 |
| Extraction canopy and make-up air | 5,000–14,000 kWh | £1,250–£3,500 |
| Walk-in fridge and freezer | 9,000–19,000 kWh | £2,250–£4,750 |
| Commercial ovens and ranges (gas) | 25,000–90,000 kWh | £1,750–£6,300 |
| Dishwasher and glass washer | 3,500–9,000 kWh | £875–£2,250 |
| Lighting, HVAC and hot water | 8,000–22,000 kWh | £2,000–£5,500 |
Fire the range in stages rather than all pans at once, and drop unused pans to standby between the lunch and evening rush
Keep pan lids on whenever a pan is idle, an uncovered pan loses heat continuously into the canopy
Service and re-calibrate range thermostats yearly, a range running 10 degrees hotter than it needs to burns fuel for nothing
Check the freezer condenser and door seals monthly, ice build up and a tired seal make the unit run far longer than it should
When the range is due for replacement, price the high efficiency models properly, a published Dorset case study projected around 30 per cent less gas for the same frying
Illustrative example
Around 60 covers a day with a full commercial kitchen
Ovens, extraction and walk-in refrigeration run through every service, and cold storage never switches off.
Illustrative example, not a real customer. Figures are estimates based on published UK benchmarks. See how we estimate. See all worked examples.
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