Britain | Turning the tables

The worst is yet to come for Britain’s food-and-drink industry

“Eat out to help out” was a huge success. But restaurants and pubs still face a difficult autumn

DECADES FROM now when the grandchildren of the covid generation ask, wide-eyed, “What did you do during the great pandemic of 2020?” the wizened elders will pause to reflect on hardships past and they will answer: “I did my bit for the country. I ate a lot of steak-frites.”

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