{"id":14467,"date":"2020-12-31T15:53:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T20:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14467"},"modified":"2020-12-31T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T20:53:04","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/12\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2021"},"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> Albertson&#8217;s <\/strong>and<strong> Walmart<\/strong> have started administering COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers from their pharmacies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Kroger<\/strong> is hiring 1,000 new employees across its pharmacies to facilitate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Wawa<\/strong> has opened their first drive-thru location that will also feature reserved spaces for curbside pick-up.<\/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> <\/strong>A new $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus deal has been passed by Congress. The package includes $284 billion in PPP loans that will reportedly have fewer loopholes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> NIKE Inc<\/strong>. plans to open between 150-200 small format stores in North America next year. The store types are part of the brands focus on a smaller footprint following the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Dickey&#8217;s Barbecue Pit<\/strong> has opened three new ghost kitchens in Illinois, Florida, and California.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span> Punch Bowl Social<\/strong> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. All remaining locations have been closed indefinitely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022 Albertson&#8217;s and Walmart have started administering COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers from their pharmacies. \u2022 Kroger is hiring 1,000 new employees across its pharmacies to facilitate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. \u2022 Wawa has opened their first drive-thru location that will also feature reserved spaces for curbside pick-up. \u00a0 Retail \u2022&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/12\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2021<\/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-14467","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\/14467","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=14467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}