{"id":14025,"date":"2020-08-21T09:25:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T13:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14025"},"modified":"2020-08-21T09:25:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T13:25:49","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2020-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/08\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2020-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/coronavirus-business-impact-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"..\/email\/coronawebbanner2020_datatrac.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Green Zebra Grocery, Inc.<\/strong> is closing two of its four Portland, OR, stores due to stressors from the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0MAPCO Express Inc.<\/strong> partnered with DoorDash to offer on-demand delivery from stores primarily in Tennessee, Alabama, as well as in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Southeastern Grocers<\/strong> announced a partnership with ScriptDrop that will begin offering contactless prescription delivery options to consumers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Gap Inc.<\/strong> is closing stores in California at San Francisco\u2019s Embarcadero Center, Stonestown Galleria, and its flagship store on Market Street.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Recreational Equipment Inc.<\/strong> announced it is closing its new corporate office in Bellevue, WA, and spreading headquarters operations to multiple sites across the Seattle area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Domino&#8217;s Pizza Inc<\/strong> will hire 20,000 new team members to work in their supply chain centers and restaurants amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Greens Restaurant Group LLC<\/strong> has been pushing its digital platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic and it is now testing out a ghost kitchen concept in New York.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Muscle Maker Inc.<\/strong> has partnered with REEF kitchens to open up two delivery only ghost kitchens this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0NPC International Inc.<\/strong> has reached an agreement with <strong>YUM! Brands Inc. <\/strong>to close 300 of their franchised <strong>Pizza Hut<\/strong> locations and sell the majority of their remaining locations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Pizza Inn<\/strong> has partnered with RetailStack to deliver a new point of sale to its restaurants that will improve operation efficiency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Pollo Tropical <\/strong>has upgraded their mobile app to allow for contactless order and pickup.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Potbelly Corporation<\/strong> has taken out a $10 million PPP loan after returning the original loan money they took out in April. The company reasoned that they returned the initial funds over fear that others would not have access to a loan, but they decided to take the loan when they realized that money was left in the fund.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Raising Cane&#8217;s Chicken Fingers<\/strong> has donated over $350,000 and thousands of chicken fingers to local hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Taco Bell<\/strong> is planning to open \u201cTaco Bell Go Mobile,\u201d\u00a0stores early next year. The stores are smaller and will feature two drive-thru lanes. One lane will operate in a traditional manner and the other will focus on mobile ordering and pick-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0US Foods Inc. <\/strong>has launched the US Foods Ghost Kitchens program. The program will help restaurant owners set up their own delivery only ghost kitchen spaces by providing proprietary technology and detailed decision making and marketing support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022\u00a0Green Zebra Grocery, Inc. is closing two of its four Portland, OR, stores due to stressors from the pandemic. \u2022\u00a0MAPCO Express Inc. partnered with DoorDash to offer on-demand delivery from stores primarily in Tennessee, Alabama, as well as in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Kentucky. \u2022\u00a0Southeastern Grocers announced a partnership with ScriptDrop that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/08\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2020-22\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-14025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}