Eat Out to Help Out.

25Avalon. I got all excited . COOK sounds perfect for us. Have to spend £85+ for free delivery. Seems we're outside the area for free delivery on a £40+ order.
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Had to though. Website told me to change my postcode then I could get the £40 minimum order option. I'd have to leave Cornwall. No thank you.

We don't eat out much but our two favourite pubs are open every day of the week so we will be back there to get the 50% off Much prefer eating out during the week e.g Mondays

I wont go. At the moment I don't really feel safe. And seeing the effort of Rishi Sunak trying to deliver a meal without any PPE I wouldn't touch that. I do hope that this scheme helps out the local restaurants but I'm not sure it goes far enough, but every little bit helps I suppose.

No way. I never eat out.
But for those who do, l hope they take advantage of the discount on offer.
We all need to start (carefully) living again, and that means eating out, for some people.

Grandad1943

Whitewavemark2

grandad do you mean as good as we can expect from this Tory government?

It certainly isn’t as good as it gets.

Well, I would put it this way Whitewavemark2. It is as good as it is going to get from this government, and far more than many on the left such as myself would ever have expected to come from a Conservative government.

After all, we only have to look towards Donald Trumps ultra-right-wing America to witness how the situation could have been in Britain. In that, we have seen long lines of displaced workers with their children queuing up for meagre daily food handouts at roadside charity stalls which closely resemble the soup kitchens of the 1930s

Let's all be thankful that although the situation Britain is in is far from good we have, at least, nothing resembling the situation in America.

If enough of us who can now all pull together and spend some money, we may soon see some light at the end of the tunnel.

For there is nothing else.

The U.K. has been the hardest hit economy in the OECD including the USA

One if the reasons of course is that the economy was already slowing down because of Brexit and lack of confidence in the U.K. government. Covid is a double whammy and we still have a potential no deal and Brexit ahead if us.

That is why Sunak’s budget is too timid and small in scope.

Flakesdayout

I wont go. At the moment I don't really feel safe. And seeing the effort of Rishi Sunak trying to deliver a meal without any PPE I wouldn't touch that. I do hope that this scheme helps out the local restaurants but I'm not sure it goes far enough, but every little bit helps I suppose.

Oh come on, a staged photo opportunity.
Not to be taken seriously!

I would not have a problem with the VAT reduction not being passed on to the customer. After 3 months without any customers and now, fewer than normal, I think the restaurants could probably do with that little bit extra.

Oh yes. Don't forget to tip the waiter/tress too.

Can we all just do our bit and enjoy it for what it is, whilst helping hospitality along the way. They cannot please all the people all the time but gosh they are trying there best. Please leave politics out of this.

No, I won't be eating out, at least not for anything more adventurous than coffee and cake until I've got my new teeth - and goodness knows how long that will be. I'm not holding my breath.

Juicylucy

Can we all just do our bit and enjoy it for what it is, whilst helping hospitality along the way. They cannot please all the people all the time but gosh they are trying there best. Please leave politics out of this.

How can you leave politics out of it when it's using taxpayers' money for a scheme which will not benefit the economy in the long-term? Many people still won't leave home and 3 million are too broke to eat out.

I agree with 25avalon. Cook is wonderful and when the family came to visit recently (outdoors) I ordered a complete meal which was cheaper than if I had to do everything from scratch.
Would not use every day but my freezer has meals for when needed

Can't wait. Pity so many restaurants are closed on mondays!

It’s encouraging to see that at least some on here are intending to support these businesses.

Isn’t it a kind of duty we have now?
We have done our duty over the past few months by staying at home, and now the need is surely for us to do our own little bit to try to prevent possibly millions of job losses.

I am normally the last person to subscribe to the inevitable doom and gloom predictions which have arisen for everything from the dire threats of what voting Leave would do to the country to a similar scenario for us all if the Conservatives won the election!

I am always a glass half full person to use the cliche, but even I am really alarmed at what the future holds if too many of us are too scared to go shopping in town centres, and nervous at the prospect of eating out again.

Yes I have sympathy for those with serious health issues and can understand that they would prefer to play safe and avoid those places, but surely the majority of the population is reasonably fit and healthy enough to get out again?

After all, life is a risk isn’t it?

Even our armchairs are a risk to our health if we sit in them too long scoffing all the cakes which presumably have been baked in their many thousands judging by the empty flour aisles in supermarkets!

No, hubby and I are anticipating another wave by August due to the incompetence of our Government.

Head of HMRC together with the IFS have severely criticised Sunaks budget. Arguing that he is wasting tax payers money on what they term “dead areas” where money if being given to businesses that would survive anyway is being trousered without any discernible gain to the economy.

How do we know the cut in VAT will be passed on to the customer?
The cut in VAT is not for the customer it is to help the business. I wouldn't expect it to mean lower prices. Many businesses are going bankrupt this is to make it a bit easier for them to stay in business which wil help the economy and in turn all of us.
Re the vouchers I can't see me using one. I just don't feel confident enough to eat in a restaurant at the moment and £10 off won't charge that

I do agree with some of the concerns about the obesity crisis. Most of these vouchers will be used in fast food chains, pizza restaurants etc.

It's only for a month but some people just don't heed any health warnings.

Yes, as someone who used lunch out regularly, I will certainly avail myself of this inducement. Only hope it becomes available in some of the venues I like to frequent. I also wonder if some establishments which used to close on Mondays will re-consider that even if only for the period of the incentive.

I don't see the point.

People who are keen to start dining out are going to do it anyway. Nobody needed a discount to get them down to the pub. Those who feel it still isn't safe enough aren't going to be lured out by ten quid off the bill.

Personally, I won't be going to restaurants any time soon. Dinner with a side order of possible death? Yummy. Who could resist?

Sorry about that Woodmouse49. I live in Somerset and can either click and collect from Clifton in Bristol or get delivery from Wells if I order online and provided my order is over £30 I get free delivery. Are there any stockists in Cornwall as the odd supermarket and even a shop connected to a garage up here stock a limited range?

Jane 10 I believe the voucher is only for England and frankly I think it is a publicity stunt. At a time when food banks are experiencing enormous demand, it takes a football player to insist on meal provision for poor children and NHS staff are being asked in England to pay for parking again I think there are better ways of spending money.

Can someone please explain why the hospitality industry needs so much support? First it was the pubs re-opening and now it's restaurants that we're being encouraged to go to. With the bribe of a maximum deduction of £10. So, it's aimed at the masses. No one's going to get a deduction from their bill at a more expensive restaurant, even if they go at lunchtime.

According to Sunak up to 2 million are employed n the hospitality sector. What about the 3 million self employed who have fallen through the net because they weren't in self employment before 5 April 2019? They've got nothing, apart from what they can claim in benefits.

I see the head of HMRC is requiring a ministerial direction before he carries out instructions from Sunak, as he considers the plans outlined by Sunak are a waste of tax payers money.

I guess he’ll be next to leave.

Cummings has him in his sights no doubt.

No one should be going to restaurants or pubs at the moment.

Make a plan based on looking after your own safety, not to help the economy. Is it really worth endangering your life or your future health for a few quid?