pubs

Nowhere is the smell of battle between the UK Government and its subjects more pungent than in one of the country’s greatest and most enduring institutions, the British pub. Due to a raft of draconian government COVID policies, the country’s hospitality industry is now crumbling (along with tens of thousands of jobs), and with Boris Johnson’s government standing over it – seemingly eager to deliver the final death blow this winter.

U.K. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered restaurants, pubs, and cafes to make their food and drink healthier by cutting sugar content, and to shrink the size of desserts. [1]
It’s all part of Britain’s plan to combat obesity.
Hunt met with more than 100 major food chains, including McDonald’s, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Starbucks, and Pizza Express, and warned them that each restaurant’s performance would be monitored and that a public campaign would name any violators. 
Hunt said:

If you want true food transparency, there’s nothing better than knowing that your food was grown at a farm within 5 miles from your home, or that your favorite wine comes from a winery across the beaten path. Now, France’s National Assembly (upper chamber of Parliament) wants to make local food an imperative with a law that requires 40% of all food served in ‘collective restaurants’ to be sourced locally.