Influencers slammed for asking small business for free meal in exchange for Instagram post [Video]
Two Australian influencers have unexpectedly found themselves in the middle of some backlash after a restaurant owner’s response to their request went viral. Two Australian influencers have unexpectedly found themselves in the middle of some backlash after a restaurant owner’s response to their request went viral. Elle Groves and Annie Knight co-run a food account called Two Teaspooons. the duo record themselves “wining and dining” at various restaurants throughout Melbourne and Brisbane. Groves reached out to a restaurant’s Instagram account and asked if the eatery would be willing to let the girls dine there … Groves reached out to a restaurant’s Instagram account and asked if the eatery would be willing to let the girls dine there … … “in exchange for some stories on [their] personal accounts, and a post and stories on [their] food page account”. “Would you guys be interested in doing this collab?” Groves asked. “If not, we completely understand”. “Apologies for the delay,” the restaurant account wrote back. “I’ve been grappling with how much rage to demonstrate/throw in your direction”. “Reaching out blind to a venue you know nothing about looking for free stuff is s***** enough thing to do at the best of times,” the response says. “but it’s even worse when COVID is still very much a thing, affecting small businesses like us devastatingly for two years now”. Groves and Knight told the Daily Mail Australia that they fully intended for their Two Teaspooons page to “create awareness for small cafes and businesses”
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