In the craziest news in the Italian food industry since the gender reveal lasagne, the owner of a pizzeria in Stoke Newington is offering 25% off for customers who can prove they’ve asked their MP for a second referendum on Brexit.
Oliver Kenny, the owner of Apollo Pizzeria, is worried about what will happen to his ingredient supplies and workers’ visas if Britain leaves the EU, and so took matters into his own hands with this clever marketing trick.
The deal is valid from Sundays to Thursdays, and isn't valid on takeaway orders.
‘If I’m going to have visa [or] paperwork [problems] I would like to know about that as quickly as possible,’ he told reporters, according to The Independent.
‘I’m not anti-Brexit, but I do want Brexit to go away,’ he continued.
‘I buy a lot of fresh cheese from Italy that can’t stay in a lorry park in Calais. I’d like to know my supply chain [and] ... I’m unable to plan that at the moment.’
It’s currently unclear what will happen to UK imports if Britain decides to leave the EU, but the government has issued a notice reassuring the public that it is preparing for all eventualities.
In the case that we don’t reach a deal by March 2019 (a deadline which is fast approaching!) ‘trade with the EU will be on non-preferential, World Trade Organisation terms,’ according to government information provided for business owners. ‘This means that Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariffs and non-preferential rules of origin would apply to consignments between the UK and EU.’
While it’s also unclear what will happen to people from the EU who work in the UK after Brexit, they will be able to apply for ‘settled status’ if they have been living in the UK for at least five years.
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