Interesting difference of veiws but I can assure dublinpilot that the Jepps do have an indication of avalability of food and taxi's (but not the phone numbers) as to the updates some of these will be found in the "chart notam" section before a full revision of the plate happens.
The only direct price comparison is if you look at UK and Ireland coverage with inital price and (year two) Pooleys £61 (£49) AFE £57 (£47) Jeppesen £70 (£50)
The Jepps cost a little more but not by much when the quality is considered, the other thing to be taken into account is soon the VFR Jepps will be avalable on Jeppveiw CD.
This will be a real bonus if you have ever had to lug a european set of Jepps around, Jeppveiw has halved the weight of my (IFR) flight planning kit I look forward to my VFR planning kit being reduced to the weight of a compact disc.