13/02/2023

“I was getting messages from influencers requesting that we send free stuff so they could post it on their profile. I was like, fucking hell, this is such a piss take,” he said.

“Literally in 10 minutes, I was getting messages from influencers requesting that we send free stuff so they could post it on their profile. I was like, fucking hell, this is such a piss take,” he said.
That day, Campbell remembers getting “five or six” requests from influencers for free food by the time he’d finished working in the early hours of the morning.
He responded to each of the individual requests, but also took to Instagram to address them collectively. He posted an image on his restaurant’s Instagram profile that started: “Dear Influencer”.
“PLEASE STOP FOR A SECOND AND THINK, Think about the Restauranters, food producers that have had ZERO income for a month, the possibility of 50% drop in revenue for the next few months. Think about the PEOPLE whom you are asking for stuff for free from, to boost your own profile.