McDonald's halts all walk-in takeaways
Walk-in takeaway has been stopped at all McDonald's restaurants across the UK.
It follows the latest Government coronavirus restrictions and affects all 1,300 sites including those across the West Midlands, including Staffordshire and Shropshire.
Paul Pomroy, McDonald’s chief executive for the UK and Ireland, explained: “Following the latest Government announcements, our restaurants will remain open for drive-thru and McDelivery services and click and serve for drive-thru which is available via the My McDonald’s App.
"Our dine-in and walk-in takeaway services will be temporarily unavailable while we take time to review and reassess our safety procedures with an independent health and safety body. This is a temporary change in our operations to allow us to test and validate any additional measures that may further enhance the safety of our takeaway service.
“We will continue to keep customers updated via the My McDonald’s App and our website.”
Customers will no longer be allowed inside stores to place orders, even if they are taking them out.
The announcement was made at 8pm on Wednesday, with walk-in takeaway service finishing for the foreseeable future when restaurants closed three hours later.
The lockdown restrictions brought in by Boris Johnson on Monday night meant the chain would have been allowed to remain open for walk-in takeaways if it wished to do so.
