If you could afford £10 for each meal so that your child can eat for a pound.

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On my FB feed it's just listed places that a child can eat for a pound.
A couple of them no adult spend is needed. Well done to these.
Asda don't expect. One of our local chippies don't expect.
Yet most of the places are asking for an adult to also purchase a full meal as well.
Some of the cheapest adult meal start at £10.
In this time of crisis with the cost of living a parent isn't or can't afford to pay £10
for one meal so there children can eat for a pound.

YABU. You should be grateful that a company is helping.
YANBU. I think some of these companies are all about making money of the poorest in society.

My current go to is Morrisons cafe, spend over £5 and kids meal is free 🙌 I get the mini fish, chips and peas which is £5.99, it's still a good size! Also my daughter is only 2 so I get half of her meal too 😅

Fucking hell.

So you would rather kids starve then donate a few pence per meal for them to have a meal

Are those that genuinely struggling to afford to eat actually using the Asda offer? It's a marketing gimmick.

Giraffe is offering this. You can get a main for a tenner. How is that a bad deal? You need to pay something towards their costs as a business in return for the experience.

So you would rather kids starve then donate a few pence per meal for them to have a meal

I mean, that's not really how it works. No parent faced with leaving their dc to starve is paying £12.95 so their dc can eat for £1. As is pointed out in the thread

It's never enough for some is it 🙄Company's trying to help, but not enough.

As others have said, businesses are struggling to even stay in business.

No but the if people stop eating at those restaurants just so they aren’t helping kids eat, the restaurants will stop the offers

No one is paying £10 meals just for the sake of their child a £1 meal. But if you're going out for a family meal with kids anyway,you're more likely to go there than elsewhere if you want to save a bit of money. It's for business. It's not the same as places that do it for free with the intention of providing charity.

It isn’t because of the cost of living and it isn’t to feed hungry kids, it’s just marketing.
Places have always done “free” kids meals or entrance ticket offers with a paying adult. It’s an offer to get people in, particularly in school holidays.

That has never been the trade-off. Kids for £1/Kids Eat Free were aimed at the middle classes 'making memories' out and about during the school holidays. I think some people have confused it with 'Free School Meals During The Holidays' and similar initiatives.

What? So you never eat in a place that does a burger special on a Tuesday? Or a happy hour? Or buy one get one free pizzas? Or 10% off for students? Or locals?

I’m really not a fan - it pays lip service to the idea of kids going hungry in the holidays and needing the equivalent of free school meals, but without actually solving the problem. There is / was a shop with free fruit for kids (Tesco? Am I imagining it?) - that makes a bit more sense to me, if parents are in anyway to buy the basics.

It's not to help with the cost of living crisis though? It's just a marketing technique that many restaurants have been doing for years, especially during half term.
We're going to the cinema tomorrow afternoon then to grab a bite afterwards, if any of the restaurants there have a kids eat free offer then we'll probably choose there, simply because it works out cheaper.

If I was actually struggling to feed my children then I'd be turning to a charity for help, not my local Frankie and Benny's.

No but the if people stop eating at those restaurants just so they aren’t helping kids eat, the restaurants will stop the offers

That has no relation to your comment about kids starving though. No child is going to starve because a restaurant stopped their £1 deal. Once person thinking that way isn't going to have an effect anyway. Most people wouldn't even notice such a deal being on of it didn't apply to them

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You could buy a couple of meals worth of food for £11.

I don't think the meals for £1 is supposed to be charity to feed poor children. It is the business recognising that if they have adult/kids meals priced at £10 / £6, a family may struggle to justify spending £32 (2 adults, 2 kids) or £28 (1 adult, 3 kids) and are more likely to bring their own food or go home to eat, whereas £22 or £13 would seem much more reasonable and will possibly tip the balance in favour of them staying, where they'll also spend money on drinks etc. The cost of the ingredients to the kids (smaller) meal is often minimal so it's a smart business move.

I think they are businesses not charities so the aim is more for people already eating out to make it a bit more manageable. So not really targeting those who are struggling the most but more their normal customers as a goodwill gesture to try and keep them spending as people feel the pinch to keep themselves in business too. Such a complete shit show at the moment......

Of course it is, 🙄 they are businesses not charity, the money will be recouped.

Premier Inn breakfasts are excellent for families, £9.50 and two kids eat free, but the price of feeding the children is included in the 9.50

Of course it is, 🙄 they are businesses not charity, the money will be recouped.

I'm confused - of course what is? What's with the rolly eyes. It sounds like you are agreeing with my post apart from that 🤷🏼‍♀️

We got a lot of value out of the Radisson breakfasts. The DCs were filling their plates with smoked salmon rosettes and other expensive fare every morning! However, I think it was expensive and they still made a healthy profit.

Asda don't expect. One of our local chippies don't expect.

OP i don't understand why you expect these companies to provide this offer? Ot everyone has to. And its not to do with cost of living as such, its to make eating out more affordable for a family during half term if families want to eat out. As others have said these are businesses

This isn't anything new though. There have been promotions like this for years during holidays, its just a way to get families on a day out through the door .

That's obscene. 3 people can get a large amount of food, with drinks, for less than a tenner? I can only imagine the poor quality of the food and the low wages they are paying staff.....

I think these helpful facebook posts are not properly fact checked. They should not have pointed people in the direction of struggling restaurant chains. Last week, I sat near a family of four at a chain restaurant. When they were presented with the bill, they made some groveling apology about not realizing that they would be charged for the kids. It did not sound honest but they were let off the hook. It is not really fair on businesses.