Eat Out to Help Out Scheme (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

[TopCat]

I'm put off by the eating in requirements. A table outside would work though.

 

[Brainaddict]

I'm put off by the eating in requirements. A table outside would work though.

A lot of pubs are doing it, so if you know a pub with a big garden that could be a good option.

 

[Steel Icarus]

I'm going for lunch at fancy cafe. Mrs SI was reading out the prices; fish & chips £8, burger £6, etc. "So fish & chips will be £4?" asked my boy.

Apparently not. That's the half prices. I'd forgotten how much eating out costs. If I wasn't on holiday I wouldn't be going out at all.

 

[Steel Icarus]

At least we're having an outside table.

 

[killer b]

Fish and Chips is close to £8 takeout in a lot of places now tbf

 

[Steel Icarus]

Fish and Chips is close to £8 takeout in a lot of places now tbf

Blimey. I don't have it often, which is daft really given my proximity to Grimsby, but I had no idea it was that much. I know it's not cheap takeaway food.

 

[killer b]

It's not actually that expensive though is it? I mean, you wouldn't balk at paying 8 quid for a takeaway curry or pizza - it's only really the burger/fried chicken end of the market that's much cheaper IME, or really rough filth.

 

[Steel Icarus]

It's not actually that expensive though is it? I mean, you wouldn't balk at paying 8 quid for a takeaway curry or pizza - it's only really the burger/fried chicken end of the market that's much cheaper IME, or really rough filth.

I guess not. Maybe my gestalt fish and chips are a cheap thing to eat, I had it every Saturday dinner as a kid.

Anyway. Looking forward to eating out. I'm reassured it's very well socially distanced.

 

[killer b]

I think that's the thing - like gig tickets and pints of beer, the price of fish and chips remains forever in our minds the same as it was when we were teenagers, and it's a horrible shock when we discover it isn't...

 

[High Voltage]

Mrs Voltz and I went out for a meal for the first time in . . . we think . . . five months

It's a local, independent Italian restaurant which we've been to many times before. I did check them out a week or so ago to see if they were opening and doing this Government scheme (they hadn't heard about it until I told them about it . . . they are now) and how busy they were

We got there pretty bank on 5 o'clock as they were opening, and we were the first and only people in there for about half an hour or so, then other diners started arriving, but with good social distancing going on it was . . . OK, I guess

Where it did start to fall down was when we were ready to leave, for some reason beyond my reckoning (although Mrs Voltz figures it could be down to us still having unfinished drinks and them not wanting to hurry us) the "popping out for a quick bite" managed to stretch to nearly 2 hours when we were ready to leave after an hour or so

Still the money saved from the government just found its way into a decent sized tip for the lovely waitresses

One thing that was of concern though was the seemingly voluntary enforced "leaving of contact details" . . . once again, a monumental government cock-up

 

[wtfftw]

Mrs Voltz and I went out for a meal for the first time in . . . we think . . . five months

It's a local, independent Italian restaurant which we've been to many times before. I did check them out a week or so ago to see if they were opening and doing this Government scheme (they hadn't heard about it until I told them about it . . . they are now) and how busy they were

We got there pretty bank on 5 o'clock as they were opening, and we were the first and only people in there for about half an hour or so, then other diners started arriving, but with good social distancing going on it was . . . OK, I guess

Where it did start to fall down was when we were ready to leave, for some reason beyond my reckoning (although Mrs Voltz figures it could be down to us still having unfinished drinks and them not wanting to hurry us) the "popping out for a quick bite" managed to stretch to nearly 2 hours when we were ready to leave after an hour or so

Still the money saved from the government just found its way into a decent sized tip for the lovely waitresses

One thing that was of concern though was the seemingly voluntary enforced "leaving of contact details" . . . once again, a monumental government cock-up

Yep. I didn't realise contact details is voluntary. Pubs as well. Surely there could be some no details no service system. Like, what even is the point?

 

[Idaho]

I guess not. Maybe my gestalt fish and chips are a cheap thing to eat, I had it every Saturday dinner as a kid.

How much was fish and chips when you were a kid? I remember it being about £1.80 in the early 80s. At that time a low paid job would pay about that much per hour. £8 now is probably a little more than the lowest paid job - but it's not dramatically far off.

 

[Steel Icarus]

How much was fish and chips when you were a kid? I remember it being about £1.80 in the early 80s. At that time a low paid job would pay about that much per hour. £8 now is probably a little more than the lowest paid job - but it's not dramatically far off.

No idea really, I didn't get them - we had them on Saturdays going home after doing "jobs" in the morning. It's obviously as killer b said just a persistent idea that they're priced as they were. In my head unless I think about it you can still get a Mars and a coke for 50p

 

[strung out]

I remember when a 10p mix-up at the local newsagent would actually contain 10 penny sweets

 

[Steel Icarus]

I remember when a 10p mix-up at the local newsagent would actually contain 10 penny sweets

3 jelly teddies for 1p

 

[Steel Icarus]

somewhere in the depths of a Bolton bedroom, Peter Kay turns over, disturbed in his slumber by a ringing in his ears

 

[cupid_stunt]

I remember when a 10p mix-up at the local newsagent would actually contain 10 penny sweets

I remember four blackjacks or fruit salads for an old penny (1d).

 

[killer b]

How much was fish and chips when you were a kid? I remember it being about £1.80 in the early 80s. At that time a low paid job would pay about that much per hour. £8 now is probably a little more than the lowest paid job - but it's not dramatically far off.

Minimum wage is currently £8.75 per hour

 

[alsoknownas]

I remember four blackjacks or fruit salads for an old penny (1d).

I always said to myself I'd walk in and buy a hundred quids worth of them when I turned into an adult. I sold out to adulthood and never did it. The first of many betrayals I played on my younger self.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I always said to myself I'd walk in and buy a hundred quids worth of them when I turned into an adult. I sold out to adulthood and never did it. The first of many betrayals I played on my younger self.

You can get a 1kg bag of them, on Amazon, for £8, so you could get 12kgs & still have change.

 

[alsoknownas]

You can get a 1kg bag of them, on Amazon, for £8, so you could get 12kgs & still have change.

I think it was probably something not just to do with possession of them, but also the look on the sweet shop bloke's face as I ordered them. Something like that anyway.

 

[spanglechick]

How much was fish and chips when you were a kid? I remember it being about £1.80 in the early 80s. At that time a low paid job would pay about that much per hour. £8 now is probably a little more than the lowest paid job - but it's not dramatically far off.

There were lower paid jobs than that.

 

[Idaho]

There were lower paid jobs than that.

And doubtless there were cheaper chips too.

 

[Steel Icarus]

My first real job was in 1999 and was £3.60 p.h.

 

[19sixtysix]

Ate out twice yesterday with other half as were away from home. Saved £25 over all in day which is just ridiculous for someone earning a decent wage who was out enjoying my self. I have friends I help who could do with a few more quid a week in their benefits and stop them going hungry and keep the lights on.

 

[killer b]

Ate out twice yesterday with other half as were away from home. Saved £25 over all in day which is just ridiculous for someone earning a decent wage who was out enjoying my self. I have friends I help who could do with a few more quid a week in their benefits and stop them going hungry and keep the lights on.

I get this, but the scheme isn't about giving the consumer a break or some extra quids - it's about stimulating the hospitality industry.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yes, the finder tool will be launched soon.

ETA - correction it's already up:

Find a restaurant that’s registered for the scheme - Eat Out to Help Out - GOV.UK

www.tax.service.gov.uk

But, it only lists places within 2 miles of your postcode.

Loads round my way, including within 30 seconds walk. But I won't bother as I don't fancy sitting in a plague-infested environment.

Andy Burnham was right in criticising this as helping the more affluent, and doing absolutely nothing for those struggling to get by.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I remember four blackjacks or fruit salads for an old penny (1d).

1d was before my time, but I remember getting 2 blackjacks or fruit salads for a ha'penny. I think luckybags or whatever they were called were 10p (new pence) and they contained quite a good amount of sweets. Handily our dentist was over the road.

On the dentist - they were in an old Victorian house, with fish tanks and stuff in the waiting room. I clearly remember being fascinated by what seemed to be a bullet hole in the back window.