Restaurants urge families to support local businesses and to turn up for bookings
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People dining out for Christmas have been encouraged to support their local restaurants as Kildare owners have warned that Covid-19 rules have led to a rise in ‘no-shows’ which are damaging business.
Bosses said that customers who don’t turn up have a big financial impact on tills, the kitchen and staffing.
With ‘wet pubs’ closed, families and groups of friends are expected to spend hundreds of thousands of euro on festive socialising over the next ten days.
Some restaurants have been forced to charge small deposits to discourage ‘no-shows’.