McDonald’s announced that due to developments and updated guidance from the governments and health authorities’s, its restaurants will remain open but with changes to operations.
In a statement released today (17 March) by the popular food chain, they said they will ‘remain open for as long as it is safe to do so’ but the developments in the last 24 hours has made it clear that temporary changes are needed to ensure the wellbeing of our employees and customers.
Therefore, consistent with the governments’ guidance on social distancing, from 5am tomorrow morning (18th March), all restaurants will close seating areas and temporarily move to being takeaway, Drive Thru and McDelivery only.
- No restaurants will offer dine-in or table service, but My McDonald’s App will continue to offer the opportunity to order and pay ahead for collection and Drive Thru;
- Toilets and handwashing facilities will remain open wherever possible but seating areas and children’s play areas will close;
- We will continue to implement our strengthened, detailed cleaning procedures both in our restaurants and with our McDelivery partners to ensure we maintain the highest standards of cleanliness and food safety
- With immediate effect, all of our Drive Thrus and all McDelivery orders via Uber Eats and Just Eat, will be contact-free, with no physical contact between customers, employees and couriers wherever possible.
A spokesperson for McDonald’s said: “The wellbeing of our employees, customers and suppliers remains of the greatest importance to us and these changes are designed with you all in mind. We have not taken this decision lightly and will continue to review this over the coming days.”
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