'I'm poor. I do nothing. I drive a s*** car': The café owners whose dreams have become a nightmare
Mirco Perrozzi gives a cynical laugh when asked if he's thought about putting his prices up to cope with rocketing energy costs. "If I did that I might as well close down tomorrow," he says.
"I took over this business to try for a better life, but really it's made it worse," says Mirco, an Italian, who's spent much of the last 30 years working in restaurants around Greater Manchester and the north west. "I'm in debt, I'm behind on the bills. I'm under pressure, I'm anxious all the time. I don't want to get out of bed in the morning."
"There's no middle class any more. There's rich people and poor people and the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.Across the town centre Beth Walling, 49, runs Beth's Cafe on Blackburn Street. A lot of her customers are elderly, and quite a few have told her they won't be coming in any more as even the price of a cup of a tea and bacon butty has become unaffordable.
Beth's electric bill has gone up by about £300 to £527 a month. On top of that she say the cost of raw ingredients and things like toilet rolls and napkins have increased by 30-40%
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