Overview
- The nationwide event, branded The Big Christmas Shift, provides a free main-course Christmas meal for eligible shift workers on December 1.
- Of the total allocation, 10,000 meals are set aside for Blue Light Card holders who sign up via the Blue Light Card website before the November 17 cutoff, with vouchers emailed on the day.
- Greene King says around 700 pubs will participate across the UK, with local venue lists published, including multiple sites in Nottinghamshire.
- Eligible professions for the reserved allocation include NHS staff, emergency services, social care workers, teachers and the armed forces through Blue Light Card membership.
- The pub company is also giving its 30,000 employees a free Christmas meal and has promoted the initiative with a Bury St Edmunds advert featuring a green-clad Santa, citing research that many shift workers feel under-appreciated on Christmas Day.