Eat out to help out

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Will the scheme persuade you to go out?

Heard a whisper about the 500 quid, thought we were all sposed to get that ? Rather have money to spend where I like than have to go out to eat and like pps have said a tenner won't pay for half a meal out unless you are going somewhere cheap anyway.

Yes, I will if restaurants local to me participate

@FrugiFan thank you 😀 I hadn't spotted that part. It will be interesting to see who signs up.

No. It’s a bit of an empty gesture

Whereas £500 voucher most certainly would have helped the poorest families. It could have paid for food shopping for weeks for example

We live in the middle of nowhere so I double our local restaurants will participate. We don’t usually eat out on Mondays-Wednesdays anyway either

Can it be used on takeaway from a restaurant?

Definitely! Looking to book a week away in August so will be good for a discounted treat meal out.

@PurpleCalm

Can it be used on takeaway from a restaurant?

Nope.

It’s not just about encouraging people to go out, it’s about giving eateries an incentive to remain open / reopen. Coupled with the vat reduction it aims to boost both consumer and business confidence

Will not impact my decision to go out to eat. But the public are pretty gullible and many will lap it up because they think they are saving money.

I imagine I will take advantage of it at least once

No, I won’t go, because restaurants are among the riskiest places to catch it.

No, definitely not. I'm not going anywhere non-essential at all and won't be for months... (working from home anyway so I can do this).

I've been supporting local take aways and bakeries that have offered deliveries throughout, though, and will continue doing that.

No.

We just missed out on the stamp duty holiday to the tune of £11,500 so probably not

Very rarely go out M-W and it will probably be all the chains that I don't really like anyway so no.

Unfortunately we are back from our caravan holiday by August or we would have definitely used it whilst on holiday, much less likely to use it at home

Yes I will definitely use it if local cafes are using the scheme

Depending on the rate of infection in my area when it kicks in its something we would probably do. We tend to eat out midweek rather than weekends anyway as it's nice to not have to cook after work and places are generally more casual so great when taking kids. It might make us go weekly rather than fortnightly if places we enjoy sign up.

I'd be amazed if restaurants etc pass these savings on to the customer. I would expect them to keep most/all of it towards the lost revenue of the last few months.

Yes, especially the local restaurants with outside space. With that, plus the 15% reduction in VAT, that's quite a saving. We'd eat out anyway, and not fussed which nights. Everywhere is always heaving round here all week.

No because no decent independent restaurant is generally open on those days

This comment made me laugh - where on earth do you live???? As per above, all our local restaurants are open 7 days a week, often with two sittings, so definitely depends where you live.

Crikey yes! Looking forward to taking mum out - she was saying earlier she can't wait to get out to a restaurant with us all.

Sure, with the kids during summer, probably lunch rather than dinner I guess but sure.

Yes, assuming the places I would like to go participate. Keen to see the small print in this, if done right I think it could be a great thing for a lot of the hospitality sector. (Vested interest admittedly due to DH’s business)