The bar owner offers really hearty food to only 1 user in the midst of a tense war to keep their position open to Level 3 blockade.
Andy MacDonald, who runs Ships and Giggles in Preston, donates dishes of loose nuggets and chips so he can stay open when lancashire pubs are requested to close, unless they function as a restaurant last week.
But when it was ready to open on Tuesday, October 20, he reported through the town hall that food should be purchased through consumers under the new guidelines.
The provocative owner went to social media the next day to tell his gamblers that for this reason, food would charge a penny.
Andy, 36, said the government had “lost the plot” and could simply charge him and his livelihoods.
“When we put the meals loose, many other people told us how grateful they were because other people are suffering from this pandemic,” he said.
“Many others have expressed their gratitude and we are pleased to do so because we understand, we are also looking.
“But when we were told we couldn’t do this, it was a breaking point for me.
“I’m offering a loose meal to other people who don’t eat much, and they told us we couldn’t do it. It’s an absolute disgrace. “
“We’ve done a lot to make sure we can work with Covid, and now they tell us we have to close again. That’s ridiculous.
“We fight to stay alive, we fight for our consumers and for our workers, who all deserve better. “
Pubs and bars in level 3 enclosed spaces have been informed that they can remain open to sell alcohol if purchased with a ‘substantial’ meal, leading many institutions without a food menu to offer new tactics to feed their bettors.
Andy said he felt “disgusted” and “discouraged” after being told to avoid serving loose food in the pub.
He claims that the confusing indications were “miraculously” altered on the day he was informed that food would be purchased through the customer.
On Wednesday, he posted on social media: “Bang at 5pm yesterday, when I was about to open my doors, I won a phone call from a specific user of the council’s environmental conditioning team.
“The first thing he said”loose food is provided so that other people can buy alcohol. “
“I asked him to repeat it and explained how he was.
“I had to tell him several times what he dared to see to tell me what I do when I’m not, then wait until 5 p. m. when I’m about to open the doors to call and communicate when I have a meal. place and bar to open through scaring me and my staff.
“Today, miraculously, Preston Council published this, in particular, indicating that a meal should be purchased through the customer.
He said they had no disorders the week they had loose food and implemented security measures to make sure other people were socially distant.
The Preston City Council’s online page states that food must be purchased through the visitor on the site and, when purchasing the food, the visitor can also purchase alcohol.
To avoid the fine print, Andy now has to sell his food at a low price.
“In the future, food now constitutes a penny. However, you can ” pay whatever you want “if it’s more than a penny,” Andy explained.
“If you’ve been financially affected, pay a penny, if you haven’t, pay a little more. “
Andy, who is from Scotland, said: “I’m doing everything I can to keep my business afloat and as safe as possible. “
“What we do at Ships and Giggles is try to get rid of those periods of intellectual and monetary obscurity.
“I, like many others, suffered mentally, but this week I was satisfied with an enormous sense of good fortune and satisfaction.
“I’m not looking to offend anyone and I don’t do anything for the reasons.
“In recent years, I have had a fair date with the board and licenses, and I hope you will paint with me to help me stay open, remain my entire team in paintings and help the public enjoy socializing as safely as possible. »
In a message posted on social media, a council spokesman said: “As you may know on the media, we have actively defended Preston’s business based on Covid’s security efforts and adaptations.
However, company restrictions have been implemented, related to pubs, bars and restaurants, such as: “alcohol can only be served as a component of a main meal”, “food will have to be purchased through the customer”.
“We make sure that a new restriction is not implemented if the rate does not drop.
“While our preference will be to paint with you to meet mandatory standards, there is increased tension and the board is expected to take enforcement action anywhere that corporations fail to meet Covid requirements. “