Eastbourne enjoyed 142,000 meals for Eat Out to Help Out

4 Seasons staff in Sovereign Harbour were rushed off their feet

That is according to Eastbourne and Willingdon MP Caroline Ansell, who says the public saved £829,000 while dining out at the 189 local establishments taking part in the scheme.

The average discount per meal was £5.86, according to statistics released by the MP.

Mrs Ansell said, “This scheme has been a major success across the country and the local figures show it’s been just as popular with residents and visitors in Eastbourne too.

“I used it several times to help our restaurants and it was good to see people out enjoying the discounts available and learning to live with the ‘new normal’ in increasing confidence.

“It really shows the government has done a tremendous amount to help the economy bounce back strongly here in Eastbourne and across the UK.”

Across the UK, more than 100 million meals were claimed under the scheme, which ran throughout August, with 87,400 establishments signing up.

Eat Out to Help Out gave customers 50 per cent off food and drink in participating businesses, in a bid to kickstart the economy again after months of coronavirus lockdown.

Eastbourne businesses flourish with Eat out to Help Out: ‘It’s the new weekend!’

A message from the Editor, Gary Shipton:

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news, I am asking you to please purchase a copy of our newspapers.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspapers.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis.