McDonald’s have announced plans to reopen the majority of its restaurants for walk-in takeaways in two weeks time if a trial taking place this week is successful.
The fast-food chain has been operating drive-thru and delivery services only service the start of the latest lockdown.
Chief executive of McDonald’s UK and Ireland Paul Pomroy, explained that a small number of restaurants will trial reopening walk-in takeaway this week, with enhanced safety measures.
“This week, a small number of our restaurants will trial reopening walk-in takeaway with these enhancements in place, with the plan to reopen the majority of restaurants for walk-in takeaway across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland from Monday, February 22,” stated Mr Pomroy.
He added that there would be “new safety measures being introduced include visors as well as face coverings for customer facing employees, revised guidance and processes for our couriers to support their safe working and enhanced processes for managing customer and courier flow in restaurants.
“Once again, we would like to thank our franchisees, managers and employees for their ongoing commitment in supporting and implementing all of our updated procedures.
“The wellbeing of our people, as well as our suppliers, couriers and our customers remains our top priority, and we are confident the new processes in place will further enhance our already robust safety measures.”
