"I'm poor. I do nothing. I drive a s*** car": The café owners whose dreams have become a nightmare
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMirco Perrozzi gives a cynical laugh when asked if he's thought about putting his prices up to cope with rocketing energy costs. "If I did that I might as well close down tomorrow," he says.
The 55-year-old took over Rosylee, a tiny cafe with space for around a dozen customers, in Radcliffe town centre six months ago.
Incredibly in that short space of time his electric bill has soared from just over £200 a month to more than £700. Read more: Greater Manchester's oldest family run bakery faces staggering quarter-of-a-MILLION pound energy bill "I took over this business to try for a better life, but really it's made it worse," says Mirco, an Italian, who's spent much of the last 30 years working in restaurants around Greater Manchester and the north west. "I'm in debt, I'm behind on the bills.
I'm under pressure, I'm anxious all the time. I don't want to get out of bed in the morning." Mirco says he's having to take part-time restaurant work at night, just to feed his family.
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