A new neighbourhood restaurant in Prestwich is giving one lucky person ‘food for life’ as it celebrates hitting its Crowdfunder target.
The Pearl, a new 24-cover restaurant being opened inside Bury New Road’s old computer shop by an ex-office worker turned restauranteur, has been raising funds through Crowdfunder and has just exceeded its £28,000 target.
Having ‘begged and borrowed from friends, family and banks’ to get to the point of nearly opening, owners Sam Taylor and Melissa Gage managed to get the rest they needed by offering locals the chance to buy a snack or meal in advance of its September opening.
Having hit their target, however, there are still a few great prizes up for grabs that could get them over the £30,000 mark – including two main meals (£40), dinner for two (£100), Sunday dinner for four (£200), and the incredible reward of ‘food for life’ (£5000).
For those after a seat at the bar for life, the reward offers you the chance to get a three-course meal from the a la carte menu once a month for the next decade.
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Described as a “crazy pledge for someone that lives life to the fullest”, the description continues: “Pledger will no doubt become part of the family, a regular face who may one day have a portrait on the wall!”
Prior to launching The Pearl, co-owner Sam launched the successful sandwich delivery service SanSan during the Covid lockdowns.
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Speaking to The Manc, Melissa Gage, co-owner of The Pearl, said: “Two weeks into the campaign with 10.5k in pledges, we thought that was it, we felt like we’d had so much support but that it still wasn’t enough. But the momentum over the past week has been incredible.
“This is everyone’s win as far as we’re concerned, if it wasn’t for our community sharing and coming together to get our message out, we wouldn’t have reached our target.
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“It’s been so wholesome connecting with everyone over this shared experience, our future patrons have been along for the journey. We’re beyond grateful to all of our backers and I can’t wait to thank them in person.”
Having now hit its fundraising target, when the restaurant opens in Prestwich in September it will serve classic European dishes using ingredients that champion the best produce from across the UK.
Tesco is trialling giving away expired food to shoppers for FREE at the end of the day
Emily Sergeant
Tesco has begun trialling giving away food that’s close to expiring away to shoppers for free at the end of the day.
You’ve heard of reduced-price food, but now Tesco is taking things one step further.
Food waste continues to be a growing problem, with the latest Government statistics revealing that the UK throws away approximately 9.52 million tonnes of food every year, which is why Tesco has decided to begin a trail at selected Express stores nationwide where it gives away some already-discounted ‘yellow sticker’ items for free after 9:30pm, reports The Telegraph.
Tesco is one of the UK’s major supermarket chains with a partnership to send surplus food to food poverty charities and foodbanks.
Although the chain is already donating its expired food, bosses say they are taking this next step to try to meet its goal to halve food waste by the end of this year.
Tesco is trialling giving away expired food for free to shoppers at the end of the day / Credit: The Manc Group
During this new trial – which is currently underway at selected stores across the UK – the company said the expiring food would be offered to charities and shop workers first, before customers could take it home for free.
Usually the items would be marketed at a cut-off of a 90% reduction, but under the new system – which is the first of its kind in the UK – food will be free of charge.
“We are constantly looking for innovative new ways to reduce food waste,” a Tesco spokesperson commented on the trail.
“In all our stores we offer unsold surplus food to charities and community groups, donating millions of meals each month.
“This trial, in a small number of our Express stores, will allow customers to take any remaining yellow stickered items for free at the end of the day, after they have first been offered to charities and colleagues.”
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Flash sale launches with two-for-one tickets to some of Manchester’s biggest gigs
Thomas Melia
Two upcoming Manchester gigs are having a flash sale where you can get your hands on some very limited 2 for 1 tickets.
The two biggest arenas in Manchester are hosting exclusive discounts on two of the biggest upcoming Manchester gigs.
If you’re after tickets to Co-op Live’s offering you’ll have to act fast as they have a legend in attendance, quite literally, as John Legend is set to take to the stage on Thursday 29 May.
It’s a very special gig for the singer-songwriter as he celebrates 20 years of ‘Get Lifted’ where Mr. Legend will be playing tracks from his debut album like ‘Ordinary People’, sprinkling in more hits too.
AO Arena are also running a limited 2 for 1 ticket discount and we’re certain it’s about to get ‘Hot In Herre’ as St. Louis MC Nelly brings his UK tour to this very stage along with a troupe of famous stars.
Anyone interested in finding ‘Where The Party At’ doesn’t have to look much further than Saturday 7 June when Nelly brings his tour to Manchester with Eve, St. Lunatics, Jermaine Dupri and Fabolous.
Co-op Live is running a limited 2 for 1 offer on John Legend tickets.AO Arena have a 2 for 1 flash sale on tickets to see Nelly and special guests.Credit:Publicity Picture (via Supplied) / Flickr
‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’ because these tickets are too good to pass on especially when you get the opportunity to see all these rap legends under the same roof for less than three figures at £90.
And we’re giving you the ‘Green Light’ about John Legend and his upcoming ‘Get Lifted – 20th Anniversary Tour’ when we say these 2 for 1 tickets total at £70, It’s ‘Written In The Stars’.
Anyone after 2 for 1 tickets for John Legend and his upcoming ‘Get Lifted – 20th Anniversary Tour’ can find this exclusive running until 28 May HERE.
And there’s no ‘Dilemma’ in sight as you can get 2 for 1 tickets to see Nelly and his music crew on their ‘Where The Party At’ tour HERE.
Georgina Pellant -
9th August 2023 
