McDonald’s Will Close Dining Rooms in its U.S. Restaurants

Fast food giant McDonald’s announced this week that the company would be closing the dining rooms of its U.S. company owned restaurants and is asking that its U.S. franchisees do the same.

McDonald’s only owns about 5% of its roughly 14,000 U.S. restaurants.

Moving forward, customers will be able to order their food and drinks for takeout or delivery or via the drive-thru.
“Franchisee leadership completely supports the decision to adhere to social distancing guidelines and ensure that large groups of customers are not gathered together inside our restaurants,” stated Mark Salebra, chair of McDonald’s National Franchisee Leadership Alliance.

Other companies like Starbucks and Chick-Fil-A made similar moves recently.

Governors across the U.S. have been placing restrictions on restaurants and bars in order to help slow down the spread of the coronavirus.

Los Angeles County, announced the closure of dine-in restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and other entertainment venues.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has also announced that all bars and restaurants are required to shut down by March 17 at 9 a.m., with the exceptions for takeout and delivery. Illinois, Ohio, and Massachusetts have issued a lockdown of non-essential businesses over the last two days for their state as well.

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