Government to offer 50% off discounts on eating out in August - MSE News

Paul_Herring

Blushing said:

Will this work with 2 for 1 deals?

Only while they last; sadly it's looking like 2 for 1 deals will be made illegal as part of the upcoming effort to bully the public reduce obesity...

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Neil49

Paul_Herring said:

Blushing said:

Will this work with 2 for 1 deals?

Only while they last; sadly it's looking like 2 for 1 deals will be made illegal as part of the upcoming effort to bully the public reduce obesity...

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Unfortunately it seems that some people thought they had to eat both of the meals themselves!

Gettin256

The list is now published, unfortunately the government in its wisdom limited the search to within two miles of a postcode...some of us dont even have a shop within two miles never mind a restaurant. Now having to postcode search restaurants to see if they're in 😞🙄

jon81uk

Paul_Herring said:

Blushing said:

Will this work with 2 for 1 deals?

Only while they last; sadly it's looking like 2 for 1 deals will be made illegal as part of the upcoming effort to bully the public reduce obesity...

/s

I think the current government plan is to ban BOGOF offers on unhealthy supermarket food, not on dine-in restaurants.

Takmon

Paul_Herring said:

Blushing said:

Will this work with 2 for 1 deals?

Only while they last; sadly it's looking like 2 for 1 deals will be made illegal as part of the upcoming effort to bully the public reduce obesity...

/s

Well that will probably work out to be a good thing because restaurants/supermarkets will still want to offer deals so instead they can do half price which means it works out better when your in a group with an odd number of people or in a supermarket and only need 1 of the item.

Paul_Herring

jon81uk said:

Paul_Herring said:

Blushing said:

Will this work with 2 for 1 deals?

Only while they last; sadly it's looking like 2 for 1 deals will be made illegal as part of the upcoming effort to bully the public reduce obesity...

/s

I think the current government plan is to ban BOGOF offers on unhealthy supermarket food, not on dine-in restaurants.

Nope. Not "unhealthy foods." HFSS foods. Which include, bacon, eggs, butter and jam. And strawberries and cream.

gt94sss2

qwert10 said:

anyone know when the govt list of places involved will open? 

See https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/eat-out-to-help-out/find-a-restaurant and https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/eat-out-to-help-out/find-a-restaurant/restaurant-chains 

phillw

Newnoel said:

Can this 50% subsidy be augmented with an existing 2 for 1 offer? If so, could you end up eating for free?

I might be miscalculating, but if you half and then half again then it would sound like it would be 25% of the original price.

phillw

X said:

Somehow I've still managed to put on weight though!

I didn't think calories counted in lockdown???

Chomeur

Probably worth getting a tastecard for a month if you're thinking of doing a lot of this.