Generous staff at a pub in Wales will charge just 50p for meals for struggling families to “give something back to a community which has done so much for us”. Landlord at the Ivor Hael Hotel in Llwnypia, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Chris Jones, said he decided to roll out the scheme after hearing heartbreaking stories from regular punters who were struggling to pay their utility bills and see their friends at the local.
Chris said the pub, which he admitted is just about breaking even and is having to fork out more than ever for their own bills, “has always been community before profit”. “Over the last ten years we’ve always done community stuff,” the 32-year-old who has lived in the area all his life explained.
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