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“Just go to Lidl”: the backlash against public restaurants

Sophie Robinson

Published: 20 Aug 2026

On 7 July 2025, our research project, DISHED, a UKRI-funded initiative to test the piloting of public restaurants in Nottingham and Dundee, was announced. The following day, the Daily Telegraph published a full-length article headlined “WWII-style restaurants to help feed poor families?” By 12 July, readers had left 160 comments. A further article on 11 [...]The post “Just go to Lidl”: the backlash against public restaurants appeared first on Institute of Development Studies.

On 7 July 2025, our research project, DISHED, a UKRI-funded initiative to test the piloting of public restaurants in Nottingham and Dundee, was announced. The following day, the Daily Telegraph published a full-length article headlined “WWII-style restaurants to help feed poor families?” By 12 July, readers had left 160 comments. A further article on 11 [...] The post “Just go to Lidl”: the backlash against public restaurants appeared first on Institute of Development Studies.

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