{"id":14554,"date":"2021-01-29T11:41:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T16:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14554"},"modified":"2021-01-29T11:41:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T16:41:33","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/01\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0The Kroger Co<\/strong>. has identified Phoenix, AZ, as the location for an upcoming Ocado automated customer fulfillment center. Construction is slated to start this year, and the center is expected to open in two years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/..\/c-69-store-locations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/email\/csg_locations_ad2021.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Belk Inc<\/strong>. said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0CVS Health<\/strong> said it has already administered nearly two million COVID-19 vaccines, and has the capacity to administer 20 to 25 million shots per month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Godiva Chocolatier Inc<\/strong>. will close all of its locations in North America by the end of the first quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0L\u2019Occitane Inc<\/strong>. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. announced it has administered more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. expects to be able to deliver 10 million to 13 million doses of coronavirus vaccine per month at full capacity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>California has lifted restrictions on outdoor dining. Previously, the state only allowed takeout and delivery service for restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Capriotti&#8217;s Sandwich Shop Inc<\/strong>. will be launching a ghost kitchen in Baltimore through their partnership with <strong>REEF\u2019s Neighborhood Kitchen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/strong> is testing a car side pick-up option at select restaurants in California.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0CiCi&#8217;s Pizza<\/strong> has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to complications from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Darden Restaurants Inc<\/strong>. will be offering up to 4 hours of paid time off for employees who wish to get both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The company will not require employees to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Fat Brands, Inc<\/strong>. has launched online ordering for several of their brands including <strong>Fatburger<\/strong> and <strong>Hurricane Grill and Wings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022\u00a0The Kroger Co. has identified Phoenix, AZ, as the location for an upcoming Ocado automated customer fulfillment center. Construction is slated to start this year, and the center is expected to open in two years. &nbsp; Retail \u2022\u00a0Belk Inc. said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. \u2022\u00a0CVS Health said&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/01\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-5\/\">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-14554","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\/14554","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=14554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}