{"id":14379,"date":"2020-12-04T13:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T18:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14379"},"modified":"2020-12-04T13:25:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T18:25:57","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2020-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/12\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2020-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Albertsons LLC<\/strong> has implemented a contactless temperature check and health screening solution for associates.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC<\/strong> will hire more than 5,000 people across its stores, distribution centers and e-commerce operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Vallarta Supermarkets<\/strong> has partnered with Instacart to offer same-day delivery.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> announced that it has more than doubled its number of personal shoppers for fulfilling pickup and delivery orders.<\/p>\n

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Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Aldo Group Inc.<\/strong> plans to close all of its Call It Spring store locations over the next few weeks, as it shifts toward a direct-to-consumer online strategy.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Caleres<\/strong> announced it will close 133 Naturalizer stores in the United States and Canada by early 2021.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Rite Aid Corporation<\/strong> is expanding the age range for its COVID-19 testing. The retailer said that its no-charge testing sites will offer testing for symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals 13 years old and older.<\/p>\n

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Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dickey’s Barbecue Pit<\/strong> has opened their first two franchised ghost kitchen locations in San Francisco, CA. The company is planning to open an additional six locations in the area next year.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0El Pollo Loco<\/strong> is planning two new store concepts for 2021 that are designed with COVID-19 in mind. One concept will not feature a dining room and the other will feature a smaller dining area with an expanded outdoor seating space.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Fox Restaurant Concepts<\/strong> will be launching a takeout-only restaurant called Fly Bye in December. The company also plans to launch a takeout-only version of their Flower Child restaurant next year.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Jimmy John’s Franchise LLC <\/strong>is testing a partnership with DoorDash and their Self-Delivery service. The service will allow Jimmy John\u2019s to utilize the DoorDash marketplace while still maintaining their own fleet of delivery vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0la Madeleine Inc.<\/strong> is adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic by adding drive-thru lanes to their restaurants.<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Simply Southern Restaurant Group LLC<\/strong> has opened a remodeled restaurant in Hixson, TN. The new restaurant features a drive-thru and expanded patio seating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022\u00a0Albertsons LLC has implemented a contactless temperature check and health screening solution for associates. \u2022\u00a0The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC will hire more than 5,000 people across its stores, distribution centers and e-commerce operations. \u2022\u00a0Vallarta Supermarkets has partnered with Instacart to offer same-day delivery. \u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc. announced that it… Continue reading 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-14379","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\/14379","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=14379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}