{"id":683827,"date":"2026-07-10T07:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/683827\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T07:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:29:08","slug":"fish-and-chip-shop-staff-say-working-in-heatwave-is-horrendous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/683827\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish and chip shop staff say working in heatwave is &#8216;horrendous&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 50-year-old advises staff to drink lots of water and provide drinks for the team with plenty of breaks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Andrew, who owns Skippers in Euxton, Chorley, said he had to cover his manager during the last heatwave as she was struggling too much. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said the soaring temperatures have a &#8220;massive&#8221; impact on business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Andrew said while chippies on the coastline can be &#8220;heaving&#8221; as people rush to the seaside, often sales at shops inland can dip by about 30%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anna Leigh, owner of The Little Chippy in Tyldesley, Wigan, said she &#8220;dreads&#8221; the heatwaves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If I&#8217;m destined for hell, I know what to expect,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It can be impossible to work. It drains you.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 50-year-old advises staff to drink lots of water and provide drinks for the team with plenty of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-683827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}