This is another newspaper cutting from the 'All Our Yesterdays' paper printed by the Reporter some years ago.
This is what Wikipedia has to say about British Restaurants:
"British Restaurants were communal kitchens created during
the Second World War to ensure communities and people who had run out of
rationing coupons were still able to eat.
They were set up by the Ministry of Food and run by local
committees on a non-profit making basis. Meals were purchased for a set maximum
price of 9d (equivalent to just under 4p, about $2 US or £1 GBP in purchasing
power 2008) or less. No-one could be served with a meal of more than one
serving of meat, game, poultry, fish, eggs, or cheese. Restaurants in the UK
were not subject to rationing but some restrictions were placed on them, for
instance no meal could be more than three courses and the maximum price was
five shillings (equivalent to 25p today, but $10 or £5 in buying power 2008).
Originally called 'Community Feeding Centres', the name
British Restaurants was preferred by Winston Churchill.
By mid-1941 over 200 of these restaurants existed in the
London County Council area, although the Wartime Social Survey conducted in
1942-43 indicated they were more popular in London than in the rest of the
country. In November 1942 there were 1,899 restaurants, in November 1943 there
were 2,145 and in December 1944 there were 1,931. 546 authorities made profits
and 203 made losses, though they were set up to be not-for-profit.
Some smaller places did not qualify for a British Restaurant
but instead had what was termed a Cash and Carry Restaurant with meals being
delivered from a British Restaurant in the area."
