Fish-and-chip shops have been battered by the coronavirus

[safeinOhio]

The managing director and owner of Chesterford Group — one of Britain’s biggest fish-and-chip chains, with 40 shops across the south, southeast and southwest of England — was forced to close all of his shops to walk-in customers, leaving Lipscombe in the biggest crisis of his career.
The company, which serves around 50,000 people a week, was burning through £150,000 in cash and, without quick action, would run out of funds in three months and go bust in less than six if it didn’t receive more government support.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fish-chip-shops-have-been-battered-by-coronavirus-but-this-chain-pivoted-to-online-orders-and-its-sales-soared-2020-06-22?mod=mw_latestnews

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[zanana1]

1. That's sad.

When I was in England, I gained five pounds just eating fish and chips!

[chaplain_M]

2. Pun intended?

"battered."

[lagomorph777]

3. I miss Arthur Treacher's

...though I'm a vegetarian now...

[Aristus]

4. I was visiting friends in Liverpool once.

We were getting ready for a night of TV, and I found out that preparation usually includes running down to the local chip shop for a couple of bags of piping-hot salted fries to munch while watching. Boy, were they good!