When the British government told people they no longer had to stay home, it needed a convincing pitch to get everyone back outside and, crucially, spending money. The answer: half-price food. For the month of August, the government has been paying for a 50 percent discount on all meals eaten in restaurants, pubs or cafes, up to 10 pounds ($13) per person, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It’s a discount that Britons have taken up with relish. “Last Wednesday, my God, was pandemonium,” said David Williams, a co-owner of Baltic Market, which houses about a dozen street food and drinks vendors inside a converted 19th-century brewery in Liverpool.

Source: New York Times August 25, 2020 13:07 UTC