Qatar bans minimum F&B spend to protect consumers

The Ministry of Economy and Trade in Qatar has announced that it will ban restaurants, coffee shops and hotels from forcing customers to meet a minimum spend requirement. 

The Ministry said that this practice promotes overspending and overconsumption, which violates article 10 of law No. 8 of 2008 on consumer protection, reported The Peninsula.

The Ministry has given outlets a month to carry out the changes necessary to end minimum charge, such as removing any mention of it from their menus, after which it will carry out inspections.