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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

‘We’re totally pay as you can’: the UK restaurant prioritising people and planet

A row of long tables with vases of flowers in front of a serving hatch
In the past year, The Long Table has fed about 20,000 people at below-cost price. Photograph: The Long Table

A Gloucestershire restaurant is rethinking relationships with customers, suppliers and the entire food economy to fuel an ambitious “pay as you can” model that feeds allcomers, regardless of ability to pay.

In the past year, The Long Table has fed about 20,000 people at below-cost price – many for no charge at all, no questions asked – while rescuing 3.4 tonnes of food destined for the bin and paying local suppliers fair prices for the rest.

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