| Comment | Driver here.
Loads of places do this. From the likes of Frankie and Bennies right down to local takeaways.
One of the weirdest ones is Mecca Bingo. They are on the apps listed as Cluxx Chicken and as Harry Ramsdens. From the customers POV it looks like your ordering from Harry Ramsdens, but it actually just Mecca Bingo chucking Harry Ramsdens branded frozen fish in a fryer.
The most outrageous one I know is 'The Vegan Chippy' on UberEats. There is no such actual place. It's actually just The Kent Road Chippy in Anderston/Finnieston pretending to be "The Vegan Chippy". The "vegan" food is getting cooked in the same fryers as the regular food!!!
That last example aside, why would restaurants doing this not be allowed? There is no restriction in UK law when it comes to trading names and none of them need to be registered. Only the parent company needs registered. So, like Torran Restaurants would be the registered entity for tax purposes, but Torran Restaurants could have multiple trading names , all not registered. All the law cares about is that all the income is reported from all the trading names on the parent company's tax returns. |
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