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McDonald’s Just Made A Huge Change To Its Dining Room Policy--We’re SO Shocked!

July 8, 2020 by Justine Schwartz
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Anyone who was looking forward to dining at McDonald‘s again amid the coronavirus outbreak will need to wait a little bit longer!

The fast food chain just announced that it will be delaying the reopening of their dining rooms due to the massive surge in coronavirus cases across the U.S. We’re so surprised that it has come to this.

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As the U.S. struggles to keep cases down amid states reopening business and public places, the company revealed that it is pumping the breaks on earlier plans of opening the sit-in dining experience at thousands of locations across the country.

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Joe Erlinger, McDonald's U.S. president and Mark Salebra, head of the National Franchisee Leadership Alliance, stated that, "Our resiliency will be tested again," as "COVID-19 cases are on the rise—with a 65 [percent] increase in infections over the last two weeks. In the last seven days, 32 states saw increasing cases and this number appears to be growing." Yikes!

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This is an unexpected setback considering that the company just announced last week that it would be re-adding menu items that were cut due to coronavirus.

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There is a bright spot, though: reps confirmed that McDonald's will revisit the possibility of re-opening a three week timeline. Stay tuned!

 

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Justine Schwartz is a veteran women's lifestyle editor; she's written extensively about style & beauty tips, health advice and wedding planning. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Huffington Post and New York Weddings. Justine has been with SheFinds since 2010; you can reach her via email at Justine@shefinds.com.

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