Fish and chip shop offers 100 free Christmas meals in Southampton

“It is only a means of us giving again to the group,” says a fish and chip store proprietor, who’s freely giving 100 free meals on Christmas Eve.Raj Khaira, from Southampton, has owned High Catch fish and chips in Shirley for 5 years and says he needs to assist lonely folks within the space.He says he feels fortunate to have a giant household however is aware of for some clients a dialog with a shopkeeper is likely to be the one one they’ve some days.He says the store will give parts of sausage and chips to these in want as a means of “giving again to the individuals who have not bought household round them and typically cannot afford a sizzling meal”.Mr Khaira speaks about working in enterprise all of his life and the way a lot he enjoys assembly “completely different folks every single day, from completely different backgrounds”.”I’ve completed it since I used to be a younger child so it is all I actually know,” he says.He provides that lots of his clients are aged and would not have connections over the festive interval.”Christmas for majority of us might be going to be a joyful and busy day however for some folks it is most likely going to be a quiet day,” he says.After posting in regards to the plans to donate on social media he acquired numerous publicity and Mr Khaira is ready to “most likely do greater than” 100 meals.He says the store has already organised a toy and current drop off to Southampton hospitals this December, with most of the donations coming from clients.He says: “We’re solely the place we’re as a busy store due to our group and our pretty clients that are available and typically you have to give again and I am completely satisfied to do this.”Wanting again on among the detrimental information reported in Shirley earlier this yr with the rise in anti-social behaviour within the space, he admits he had suffered.His store window was smashed in the summertime, however he says: “Christmas time lets us simply attempt to neglect that for a minute and simply attempt to have a very good time, and mirror again on the yr and hopefully subsequent yr goes to be a greater one.”