MEAL DEAL
Eat Out To Help Out postcode checker – where are the restaurants near me offering 50% off?
EAT Out to Help Out diners planning to head out on bank holiday Monday today can use a postcode checker to find restaurants offering 50% off their bill.
The government scheme gives diners half-price meals and non-alcoholic drinks, up to £10 a head, in restaurants, cafes and pubs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays throughout August.
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The scheme launched on August 3 and runs until August 31, so today's the last day to bag money off the bill.
Sadly, it doesn't look like Eat Out to Help Out will be extended beyond August 31, although thousands have signed a petition asking it to run in September.
And the Federation of Small Businesses is also campaigning for the government to extend the scheme for another month.
But so far the government has remained steadfast that the scheme will not be continued after August.
A HM Treasury spokesperson told The Sun: "Part of this popularity is precisely because it is a time-limited scheme – this reminds and encourages people to safely return to going out."
Some restaurants have, however, said they'll run their own similar versions of the scheme for some or all of September. This includes Harvester, Pizza Hut, and Toby Carvery.
In the meantime, to make the most of the scheme's official last day, you can use the government postcode checker that shows the pubs and restaurants offering Eat Out to Help Out in your area.
The Eat Out to Help Out restaurant finder is available on the .
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Eat Out to Help Out: Which restaurants, cafes and pubs are taking part?
THE following restaurants, cafes and pubs are taking part in Eat Out to Help Out.
But it won't just be big brands that have signed up.
Thousands of local pubs and independent restaurant chains also offer the scheme - so make sure you check the restaurant finder to see what's available near you.
For now, the following major food brands have confirmed to be offering Eat Out to Help Out.
Check out the full list here.
- All Bar One
- Ask Italian
- Bella Italia
- Benugo
- Bill’s
- Brewdog
- Brown's
- Burger King
- Byron
- Cafe Rouge
- Caffè Nero
- Costa Coffee
- Côte Brasserie
- EAT
- Five Guys
- Franco Manca
- Frankie & Benny's
- Fullers
- Gourmet Burger Kitchen
- Greene King
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Harvester
- Honest Burgers
- Itsu
- Joe & The Juice
- KFC
- Las Iguanas
- Leon
- McDonald's
- Nando's
- Patisserie Valerie
- Pizza Express
- Pizza Hut
- Pret A Manger
- Prezzo
- Starbucks
- Stonegate pubs
- TGI Fridays
- The Real Greek
- Three Cheers Pub company
- Toby Carvery
- Tortilla
- Turtle Bay
- Wagamama
- Wahaca
- Wasabi
- Wetherspoons
- YO Sushi
- Young's
- Zizzi
To find places near you offering the discount, simply enter your postcode and the webpage will bring up local businesses.
Nearly 200 chain restaurants and larger cafes, hotels, and local councils have signed up to the scheme across the UK - and there will be smaller businesses and independent firms signed up too.
Businesses can choose whether or not to sign up, meaning the offer may not be available at your favourite local.
Big name brands offering the discount include Wetherspoons, Nando's and Costa Coffee.
McDonald's, KFC and Starbucks have also signed up.
When The Sun used the online checker today using one London postcode, we found 100 restaurants, cafes and pubs taking part in the local area.
We've got a list of other chains taking part in the deal in the box above.
In addition, you can also use an app to see what Eat Out to Help Out restaurants, pubs and cafes are near you.
This is separate to the postcode checker and isn't run by the government.
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You may also want to check out an interactive map, which shows you which restaurants nearby are taking part.
In some cases, restaurants are offering Eat Out to Help Out on top of already lower prices because of a VAT cut.
VAT was slashed from 20 per cent to just 5 per cent for businesses in the tourism and hospitality industries - but not all places will pass on those savings to customers.
But if your chosen restaurant does choose to slash prices in line with VAT you could get some tasty savings.
For example, you can get a quarter of Peri Peri chicken from Nando's for £1.85 in August thanks to a combination of lower VAT and Eat Out to Help Out.
Meanwhile, Costa Coffee is serving hot drinks from 32p if you're using a reusable cup.
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Eat Out to Help Out was announced on July 8 by chancellor Rishi Sunak as part of his mini-Budget.
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