25 drinks and snacks you can get for £1 or less using the Eat Out to Help Out scheme
FROM McDonald’s to KFC, here are all the places selling drinks and snacks for £1 or less as part of Eat Out to Help Out.
The government scheme gives diners 50 per cent off meals and non-alcoholic drinks, up to £10 a head, in restaurants, cafes and pubs throughout August.
Eat Out to Help Out launched last week and runs until August 31, with the discount applying on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
If you’re feeling pretty money-savvy, there are plenty of deals to be had that will cost you £1 or less.
You'll want to keep an eye out for anything that costs £2 or less, as gives you 50 per cent off.
But the government has confirmed you can also stack deals, meaning there are more ways to save.
What is Eat Out to Help Out?
THE government is covering half of the cost of a meal out, up to £10 a head, including children's meals.
The discount means that a meal out for one that costs £20 will be reduced to £10, but a £25 meal for one will be slashed to £15 because of the £10 cap per person.
There is no limit to the number of times you can use the discount, so in theory you can get half price meals on every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in August.
Businesses will need to register with the scheme on Gov.uk before being able to offer the discount, as well as be Food Standards Agency approved.
Instead of issuing discount vouchers - which the government felt increased the risk of fraud - restaurants, cafes and pubs will be able to claim back the cash.
The refund will then been transferred into restaurants, cafes and pubs' bank accounts within five working days.
Customers will only receive the discount if they eat out at a registered business.
For example, found you could get a filter coffee from Pret by combining Eat Out to Help Out with its reusable cup discount, which gives you 50p off your drink.
A filter coffee would usually set you back 87p, thanks to a recent cut in VAT.
Take away the 50p reusable cup discount and your bill comes to 37p, then half this price when Eat Out to Help Out is running and you'll pay 19p.
Or if you're a Burger King fan, you can pick up a Whopper for £1.
The fast food chain is running a deal on its app where a Whopper burger costs £1.99 instead of £4.49.
Redeem this on a day when Eat Out to Help Out is on, and it'll only cost you £1.
Here are some more examples of food and snacks that'll cost you £1 or less.
McDonald's
- McFlurry: 50p (was 99p)
- Large fries: 75p (was £1.49)
- Mozzarella dippers: 95p (was £1.89)
- Medium milkshake: 90p (was £1.79)
- Regular black coffee: 50p (was 99p)
KFC
- Mini fillet burger: 75p (was £1.49)
- Two hot wings: 50p (was 99p)
- Krushem: 99p (was £1.99)
- Regular southern rice: 80p (was £1.59)
- Regular beans: 80p (was £1.59)
Costa Coffee
- Small filter coffee: 32p* (was 88p)
- Millionaire’s shortbread: 86p (was £1.64)
- Salted caramel brownie: 99p (was £2)
- Croissant: 59p (was £1.18)
- Raspberry and almond slice: 98p (was £1.95)
* With additional reusable cup discount of 25p
Burger King
- Whopper: £1* (was £1.99)
- Veggie Burger: £1* (was £1.99)
- Chicken Royale: £1* (was £1.99)
- Six chilli cheese bites: 75p (was £1.49)
- Nine nuggets: 99p (was £1.99)
* With app offer for £1.99 burgers
Pret
- Filter coffee: 19p* (was 87p)
- Regular latte 80p* (was £2.10)
- English breakfast tea: 68p* (was £1.85)
- Chocolate croissant: 79p (was £1.57)
- Double berry muffin: 93p (was £1.85)
* With additional reusable cup discount of 50p
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