{"id":9624,"date":"2024-02-05T10:29:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/?p=9624"},"modified":"2024-02-05T10:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:29:17","slug":"we-cant-give-free-food-to-homeless-any-more-says-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/we-cant-give-free-food-to-homeless-any-more-says-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"We can&#8217;t give free food to homeless any more, says restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The rising cost of living in Cardiff this winter has led to many restaurants taking action to cope with higher costs. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malai Thai restaurant stopped serving free food to homeless people this winter. The restaurant opened in 2021 and is located on Caroline Street in the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9706\" style=\"width:771px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/4.png 720w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/4-293x165.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9706\" style=\"width:771px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/4.png 720w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/4-293x165.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Montip Chantahsok, who is the owner of the restaurant, says it&#8217;s quite difficult for them to get through the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221;We used to give the food away for the homeless people. Almost every day for five times a day for homeless. Now we can only say sorry, we can give you no more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221;Because the food prices are go up almost everything 30 percent and gas, electric go up as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1.png 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1-293x165.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1.png 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/1-293x165.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the direct impact of higher costs of living on restaurants, it also affects the spending power of consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Ernesto Asolar is a big fan of the restaurant, but he has cut the number of times he eats out this winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"509\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2.png 906w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2-293x165.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2.png 906w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/2-293x165.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221;It would be difficult to save money. Well, the prices are rising so I used to come here like twice a week now it&#8217;s twice a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221;I am trying to save money for my daughter, I will have a daughter in next summer. I&#8217;m thinking is eating at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Montip also says &#8221; For the past month, the number of customers queue up at noon is much lower than before.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current challenge is how long this crisis will last. Like other restaurant owners, Montip is waiting for spring and cheaper energy prices. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rising cost of living in Cardiff this winter has led to many restaurants taking action to cope with higher costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1098,"featured_media":9802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We can&#039;t give free food to homeless any more, says restaurant - 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