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Deliveroo to terminate contracts of riders not following social distancing measures: report
Complaints regarding riders congregating at food outlets surfaced on social media.
Gourmet Burger Kitchen owner to halt financial support to chain
Famous Brands bought the burger chain in 2016.
Antonio Carluccio Foundation makes up to £500,000 in grants available
Funds will be available in support of emergency feeding and to support initiatives involving or benefitting the sector.
Honest Burgers details support to NHS, staff amidst COVID-19 shutdown
The chain donated their entire store of leftover burgers to local charities and NHS workers.
Crussh launches home delivery service for Londoners
This is done alongside cold press juice donations to NHS workers.
Consumer concern over COVID-19 exposure doubles in two weeks: study
36% of Brits are “extremely concerned” about the outbreak’s impact on their lifestyles.
Hospitality businesses need protection from landlord “retaliation”, UKHospitality claims
The trade body also urged the Government to ask landlords to use time to renegotiate terms with tenants.
Wagamama launches free online cooking lessons
Recipes will be done by their executive chef.
Weekly Global News Wrap: McDonald's adds precautionary measures for US employees; RBI gives cash advances, rebates for franchisees; Starbucks Foundation donates over US$3m to global COVID-19 relief efforts
Here is a summary of the most interesting QSR news stories of the week from around the world.
Social Media Wrap Up: LEON serves thousands of meals to hospitals; Pret A Manger's chocolate chip recipe revealed; Ole & Steen's Bread & Butter pudding recipe
Find out what QSRs have been up to on social media this week.
McDonald's to ask customers to choose which burgers are back on the menu upon reopening
The fast food chain temporarily closed all of its UK outlets due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FSA publishes guidance for food businesses on COVID-19
The agency stressed that people cannot catch the disease from food.
Pub and restaurant sales fall 71% after following gov't orders to close sites: study
Trading in chains sinked by 75%.
Domino's suspends dividends, sees boost in delivery
The firm had since made contactless deliveries due to the pandemic.
Pret A Manger delivers over 750,000 products to NHS, homeless shelters
CEO Pano Christou said the chain’s teams have been working to ensure supplies are not wasted after closing.
Deliveroo to serve 500,000 free meals to NHS workers
300,000 of such meals will be from Pizza Hut.
