Preston chippy helping kids bellies full - but why owners are sad about the whole thing
A kind-hearted couple behind a Lancashire chippy have spent their summer feeding those struggling to eat. Now, they say the cost of living could cripple businesses like theirs if the situation gets worse.
Read more: Morecambe's Buttery Cafe and Deli shuts down as cost of living crisis cripples local business “I’m always thinking of ways of finding things for the kids, for Christmas and Halloween. I’m not like other businesses, I opened up for Halloween and had all the trick or treating sweets and I did the same at Christmas, putting out mince pies.”
“I’ve still got two years left on my deal… but unless they do something drastic, hopefully, I’m hoping the government at least puts some sort of cap on it, as everybody who operates as a small business, I can’t see how they can carry on operating." “We are still busy - we are still keeping loyal customers, so I can’t complain and they are all wonderful. But it's just that it’s making it more difficult to make the same money as you did 12 months ago. There’s always that risk that if it applies to that one guy, why shouldn’t it apply to every chippy in the country? You could decimate certain industries overnight, so somebody’s got to take action over this cost of living crisis; something drastic has got to be done.
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