Convenience stores are excluded from Deliveroo’s ‘Eat In to Help Out’ offer.

The offer gives custom­ers who purchase from 16,000 partnered restau­rants £5 off orders of more than £20 on Monday to Wednesday throughout September. However, De­liveroo confirmed to RN that convenience stores cannot participate.

It follows the govern­ment’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme, which of­fered discounts of up to £10 per person on meals at restaurants on Monday to Wednesday in August. The discount was reimbursed by the government.

On the government’s scheme, James Brundle, of Spar chain Eat 17, told RN: “We participated in our Bishop’s Stortford branch, where the convenience store had an adjoining dining area. It was useful because customers did vis­it us to get the discount.”