Wetherspoon’s initiative – called Stay Out to Help Out – will reduce the cost of selected menu items from Monday to Wednesday every week from now until November 11.
Tim Martin, chairman and founder of JD Wetherspoon, said Eat Out to Help Out was ‘extremely popular’ and ‘a great boost to the hospitality industry’.
The Government’s policy ran from August 3 to 31 and gave diners 50 per cent off their bills for food and soft drinks, capped at £10 per person, at participating pubs, cafés and restaurants. Venues recouped the discounted money from HMRC. The most recent figures showed 64 million meals had been claimed for nationally.
The chain claims customers will pay less for some of the meals and drinks than they would for similar offerings from McDonald’s and Domino’s Pizza.
Prices vary between Wetherspoon’s branches – but an analysis by The Sun found Stay Out to Help Out would cut prices at the pubs by up to 48 per cent.
Discounted meals include an 11-inch Margherita pizza with a soft drink for £3.99, and a classic six-ounce beef burger with chips and a soft drink for £3.99.
A traditional breakfast – consisting of a fried egg, two rashers of bacon, two hash browns, baked beans, sausage, tomato and toast – will cost £2.99 and a small breakfast £2.49.
Wetherspoon pubs will also be offering three small plates for £7.50 – from a choice of 21 mini dishes including nachos, halloumi fries, chicken wings and nine varieties of eight-inch pizza – as well as desserts at £1.99 and mini desserts for 99p.
Coffee or tea, with free refills, will be available for 99p and all soft drinks will cost 99p. Discounts do not apply to alcoholic drinks.
Here are the Wetherspoon sites in and around the Peak District taking part in Stay Out to Help Out
The Crown, Crown Square, Matlock DE4 3AT
The Wye Bridge House, Fairfield Road, Buxton SK17 7DJ
The Green Dragon, St Edward Street, Leek ST13 5DS
The Rawson Spring, Langsett Road, Sheffield S6 2LN
The Smithy Fold, Howard Town Shopping Park, Glossop SK13 8HS
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1. A member of bar staff wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) in the form of a face mask, serves seated customers drinks inside the Wetherspoon pub, Goldengrove in Stratford in east London on July 4, 2020, as restrictions are further eased during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - Pubs in England reopen on Saturday for the first time since late March, bringing cheer to drinkers and the industry but fears of public disorder and fresh coronavirus cases. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
A member of bar staff wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) in the form of a face mask, serves seated customers drinks inside the Wetherspoon pub. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: TOLGA AKMEN
2. Seated customers eat and drink inside the Wetherspoon pub, Goldengrove in Stratford in east London on July 4, 2020, as restrictions are further eased during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - Pubs in England reopen on Saturday for the first time since late March, bringing cheer to drinkers and the industry but fears of public disorder and fresh coronavirus cases. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Seated customers eat and drink inside the Wetherspoon pub, as restrictions are further eased during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: TOLGA AKMEN
3. A member of bar staff wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) in the form of a face mask, serves food to seated customers inside the Wetherspoon pub, Goldengrove in Stratford in east London on July 4, 2020, as restrictions are further eased during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - Pubs in England reopen on Saturday for the first time since late March, bringing cheer to drinkers and the industry but fears of public disorder and fresh coronavirus cases. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
A member of bar staff wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) in the form of a face mask, serves food to seated customers inside the Wetherspoon pub. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: TOLGA AKMEN