{"id":14514,"date":"2021-01-15T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14514"},"modified":"2021-01-15T10:43:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:43:02","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/01\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-3\/","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>\u00a0Albertsons LLC<\/strong> is piloting an automated, temperature-controlled pickup kiosk outside a Jewel-Osco supermarket in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dollar General Corp. <\/strong>is one of the first retailers to announce it will pay its employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The retailer will give their frontline hourly workers a one-time payment equivalent of four hours of regular pay after receiving a completed vaccination.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> will test a new grocery delivery service option starting this spring. It will provide participating customers with a temperature-controlled smart cooler that\u2019s called a HomeValet. The cooler will be placed outside of their home, allowing for contact-free deliveries at any time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc.<\/strong> saw a strong performance during the pandemic in 2020 and has now received $20 million for growth from their private equity owner Oak Hill Capital Partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/strong> is planning to hire 15,000 new employees due to their growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Denny&#8217;s Corporation<\/strong> has plans to launch two new virtual brands this year as the virtual brand concept has gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two new brands will focus on burgers and melts for their menu offerings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Dickey&#8217;s Barbecue Pit<\/strong> is planning to open a new delivery and carry-out location in Dale City, VA. The smaller store format became more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Taco Bell<\/strong> is bringing back their potato menu items that were initially removed during a menu downsizing caused by COVID-19. The company is also planning a new item in partnership with Beyond Meat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022\u00a0Albertsons LLC is piloting an automated, temperature-controlled pickup kiosk outside a Jewel-Osco supermarket in Chicago. &nbsp; Retail \u2022\u00a0Dollar General Corp. is one of the first retailers to announce it will pay its employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The retailer will give their frontline hourly workers a one-time payment equivalent of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/01\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-3\/\">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-14514","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\/14514","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=14514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}