{"id":14237,"date":"2020-10-09T08:56:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T12:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14237"},"modified":"2020-10-09T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T12:56:18","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2020-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/10\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2020-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><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><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> plans to transition six of its facilities to a self-distribution model in the next year, reports Supermarket News. Facility locations are in Assonet, Massachusetts, Jessup, Maryland, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Manchester, Connecticut, and Mauldin, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc.<\/strong> is now offering childhood vaccinations through its pharmacy locations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Publix Super Markets Inc.<\/strong> now allows patients to make an appointment online for a flu shot at its pharmacy locations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Amazon.com Inc.<\/strong> reported that almost 20,000 of its frontline workers, including from subsidiary Whole Foods Market, have been infected with COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0David\u2019s Bridal<\/strong> is providing visitors to its website with access to 3D and AR visualizations of its best-selling dresses.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Gap Inc.<\/strong> announced its holiday hiring is going virtual this year and some seasonal hires will be able to work from home.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> is expanding their same-day shipping capabilities adding apparel items for delivery in as little one hour from its Shipt on-demand delivery service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Bob Evans Restaurant<\/strong> has launched a new mobile ordering app that will facilitate carryout, curbside pickup, and delivery. The app will also allow for contactless payment for dine-in customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dickey&#8217;s Barbecue Pit<\/strong> is launching meal subscription boxes that will deliver proteins, sides, and desserts to customer\u2019s doors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Golden Corral<\/strong> franchise operator 1069 Restaurant Group has filed for bankruptcy due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Ruby Tuesday Inc.<\/strong> has filed for bankruptcy due to complications from COVID-19. The company will be permanently closing 185 stores that had been temporarily closed due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize plans to transition six of its facilities to a self-distribution model in the next year, reports Supermarket News. Facility locations are in Assonet, Massachusetts, Jessup, Maryland, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Manchester, Connecticut, and Mauldin, South Carolina. \u2022\u00a0Hy-Vee Inc. is now offering childhood vaccinations through its pharmacy locations. \u2022\u00a0Publix Super Markets Inc.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/10\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2020-29\/\">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-14237","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\/14237","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=14237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}