Never had a Christmas Dinner that wasnt home cooked by someone, I’m myself this year, think I’ll do beef.
Perfect storm of Covid, Brexit and cost of living crisis.
There’s no way this gets better without massive government intervention.
That will solve the lack of staff issue – high 5 Tories!
Train strikes will be the killing shit for them.
Had 3 customer events and 1 Christmas party already cancelled because of them.
Maybe restaurants are jealous of all the business hotels are currently getting.
Good, hopefully the staff get to spend some time over the festive period with their families
Can we get Serco to fill some seats with Asylum Seekers?
Cost of living, train strikes, and oddly enough the world cup.
I was talking to someone in hospitality. Basically by adding the world in winter you reduce how much trade they will do in summer – but you dont get the same increase on this end because of the overlap with Christmas.
Instead spending gets split. The World Cup Final is 18th December. That’s the last Sunday before Christmas and many venues will usually be hosting their Christmas dinner around then. .
So so tough right now.
Never understood why people want to actually go out on Christmas day.
I’d rather stay home with a bowl of cereals than go out to eat on Christmas
The cost of even a simple plate if pasta is way too high. If you charged a fair price people would come but in some places a fair price is closer to half the price being charged.
In no universe should a simple bruschetta cost £6/7. A small bowl of chips £3 or a basic pizza £10. It is crazy.
Oh and a pie is not a pie if all it has is a sad pastry hat. A pie is fully enclosed in pastry. Make fake pie illegal.
I don’t blame restaurants for higher prices but supermarkets are killing trade. Energy crisis another nail in coffin.
Sorry, restaurants, but times are tough, inflation is 12% and my salary certainly didn’t go up that much. So we’re cutting back on unnecessary spending. We’re shopping at Lidl, not Sainsburys. We’re snugging up under a blanket rather than put the heating on. We’re cycling in to work to save the bus fare, because the rent just went up another £50 a month. We’re explaining to the kids that they’re not getting a console for Christmas because apparently we owe the energy company £1100.
Maybe ask the rich to go out more. I hear Jacob Rees-Mog made out pretty well betting that the pound would fall, so he can afford to take a some mates out. Every night, in fact. After all they won’t be seeing many of the rest of us ordinary people, which will make it more fun for them.
– Britain.
What did they think was going to happen when they put they prices up too high?
People that go out for Christmas lunch are an extreme minority. But more people will likely be having family gatherings after the last few years.
Because for the shit microwaved meal they serve I could stay at home and save huge amounts of cash, they are always overpriced just because its Christmas
Restraunt owners having a moan that they can’t fill staff. They can – they don’t want to pay for the staff and now they’re whining because they don’t have access to cheap european labour.
Being basically forced out with work… £45 for a Christmas dinner at a restaurant 😭
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Never had a Christmas Dinner that wasnt home cooked by someone, I’m myself this year, think I’ll do beef.
Perfect storm of Covid, Brexit and cost of living crisis.
There’s no way this gets better without massive government intervention.
That will solve the lack of staff issue – high 5 Tories!
Train strikes will be the killing shit for them.
Had 3 customer events and 1 Christmas party already cancelled because of them.
Maybe restaurants are jealous of all the business hotels are currently getting.
Good, hopefully the staff get to spend some time over the festive period with their families
Can we get Serco to fill some seats with Asylum Seekers?
Cost of living, train strikes, and oddly enough the world cup.
I was talking to someone in hospitality. Basically by adding the world in winter you reduce how much trade they will do in summer – but you dont get the same increase on this end because of the overlap with Christmas.
Instead spending gets split. The World Cup Final is 18th December. That’s the last Sunday before Christmas and many venues will usually be hosting their Christmas dinner around then. .
So so tough right now.
Never understood why people want to actually go out on Christmas day.
I’d rather stay home with a bowl of cereals than go out to eat on Christmas
The cost of even a simple plate if pasta is way too high. If you charged a fair price people would come but in some places a fair price is closer to half the price being charged.
In no universe should a simple bruschetta cost £6/7. A small bowl of chips £3 or a basic pizza £10. It is crazy.
Oh and a pie is not a pie if all it has is a sad pastry hat. A pie is fully enclosed in pastry. Make fake pie illegal.
I don’t blame restaurants for higher prices but supermarkets are killing trade. Energy crisis another nail in coffin.
Sorry, restaurants, but times are tough, inflation is 12% and my salary certainly didn’t go up that much. So we’re cutting back on unnecessary spending. We’re shopping at Lidl, not Sainsburys. We’re snugging up under a blanket rather than put the heating on. We’re cycling in to work to save the bus fare, because the rent just went up another £50 a month. We’re explaining to the kids that they’re not getting a console for Christmas because apparently we owe the energy company £1100.
Maybe ask the rich to go out more. I hear Jacob Rees-Mog made out pretty well betting that the pound would fall, so he can afford to take a some mates out. Every night, in fact. After all they won’t be seeing many of the rest of us ordinary people, which will make it more fun for them.
– Britain.
What did they think was going to happen when they put they prices up too high?
People that go out for Christmas lunch are an extreme minority. But more people will likely be having family gatherings after the last few years.
Because for the shit microwaved meal they serve I could stay at home and save huge amounts of cash, they are always overpriced just because its Christmas
Restraunt owners having a moan that they can’t fill staff. They can – they don’t want to pay for the staff and now they’re whining because they don’t have access to cheap european labour.
Being basically forced out with work… £45 for a Christmas dinner at a restaurant 😭