Do you feed traders working in your home

Provide never ending tea, coffee, biscuits.

Always offer lunch, but they usually have their own.

I willingly ply tradespeople with hot drinks and maybe a biscuit but I don’t provide lunch or other food. It’s up to them to either bring their own lunch or usually, I find that they like to pop into the local bakers for their lunch.

They'd probably eat very different food to me anyway....given my diet is wholefood/no meat/and I do my best to find new foods I've not tried yet (as far as I can in a small town).

I offer drinks at regular intervals and leave it at that.

I give them Coffee/ tea etc and the best chocolate biscuits ( as an unashamed bribe!)
Once I’d just baked scones, not for the workmen and one said how kind of me to do that for them! They enjoyed them 😂

If I feel comfortable with someone then yes I will always make a bacon butty, there are often homemade cakes too.

Our old roofer once came with an apprentice we hadn’t met, when I offered them a bacon butty the apprentice said “ these must be the nice people you were telling me about”.

Apart from a misogynistic decorator and a very dodgy roofer we have always been really lucky with everyone that has come into our various homes to work.

Just a tea or coffe and a Kit Kat or similar. Slice of homemade cake goes down a treat also

No food …coffee tea and biscuits
No one has ever fed me at work nor would I expect them to 🤣

Hot/cold drinks - whatever they want, always Kit-Kats.
I’ve done bacon or sausage sandwiches too.

Just tea and coffee. Although DD reports that a box of chocolate biscuits goes down a treat and keeps the tradesmen sweet (sorry - sort of)

I leave out a tray with biscuits, cups, kettle, coffee, sugar and cafetière, point at the fridge for the milk and leave them to it.

I always offer tea or coffee when they arrive and then when I’m making one for me. Biscuits alongside of course!

We don’t use sugar so I have found the sachets collected from coffees out very useful for visitors.

I haven’t offered a snack/meal ever, though ice creams were appreciates by the bricklayers when it was very hot. I set up a gazebo with table and chairs so they could have a break in the shade too.

Thanks everyone. Normally I don't do hot food but I felt so sorry for them. Two were working on the roof for a while putting venting in. It was down to 3 degrees temp and we'd had snow so they were very grateful for the hot food. They will be back another time to do other work so I just don't want them to think it's a given that I will provide food. As suggested, I'll get some nice chocolate biscuits / cake tomorrow. I'll be glad to get some warmth again as the electric heater I was falling back on decided to die just when needed. Typical lol

I always have home made soup available and make sandwiches to go with it.A happy/fed worker will work better

I offer tea coffee biscuits on tap.

No.
No tea, coffee or food.
I’m paying them to do a job, not eat & drink

I always offer tea or coffee and biscuits

Coffee, tea, biscuits. There have been occasions when I've done some toast/toasted cheese sandwich. Cold drinks if it's very hot. If they're on there own, we're both out I show them where it all is and tell them to help themselves.

their own not there

I always do sandwiches for them, lunchtime and tea and biscuits, on tap ….

We know most of the tradesmen used, so yes, bacon butty is the only cooked food, wrapped chocolate biscuits, provide tea, coffee etc and let them help themselves.

Just a cup of tea or coffee but most refuse. They usually bring their own.

Tea, coffee and lots of biscuits.

I did make toast when one mentioned the toast I'd made for myself looked good and he'd missed breakfast.
They sat in their van for their lunch.

I do hot drinks in the cold but don't normally offer food other than biscuits.

BUT if a loaf or some bread rolls come out of the oven you can guarantee the smell will be commented on and they will enjoy a "trial" slice or two with butter and jam/honey/marmite!

Just the usual tea and biccies. They can go out at lunchtime and buy a pie. They should NOT expect a client to run a free canteen.