{"id":14602,"date":"2021-02-05T12:35:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14602"},"modified":"2021-02-05T12:35:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:35:06","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/02\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u2022 Albertsons LLC, Hy-Vee Inc.,<\/strong> and Publix Supermarkets Inc. <\/strong>are working with local and federal governments to administer COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n

\u2022The Kroger Co.<\/strong> is closing two locations in Long Beach, CA, because of a law that mandates hazard pay to workers amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022CVS Health <\/strong>said that on Feb. 11 it will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible patients at stores in 11 states, with its initial supply of roughly 250,000 doses coming from the federal government.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tru Kids Brands, Inc.<\/strong> has permanently closed its only two Toys “R” Us stores, just a year after a highly anticipated relaunch, because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.<\/strong> announced vaccinations would begin Feb. 12 for eligible patients at locations in 12 states, as well as Puerto Rico, New York City and Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> announced it has doubled the number of stores offering same-day delivery over the past year to meet pandemic-fueled demand.<\/p>\n

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

<\/a>\u2022 \u00a0Bennigan’s<\/strong> will be opening two virtual kitchens in Iowa under the Bennigan\u2019s On The Fly Brand.<\/p>\n

\u2022 El Pollo Loco Inc. <\/strong>is focusing on expanding their restaurants with two new prototype designs based on responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. One prototype will feature no dining room with dual drive-thrus and patio seating. The other prototype will focus on a smaller dining room that leads into a large outdoor patio along with a dual drive-thru. Both new designs will feature curbside pick-up areas and lockers for to-go orders.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Luby’s Inc.<\/strong> has named John Garilli as interim President and CEO after Chris Pappas resigned. The company is currently liquidating their restaurants after facing financial trouble related to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0McDonald’s Corporation<\/strong> will be giving employees at corporate-owned stores up to four hours of paid time off to receive two dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Shake Shack <\/strong>will be giving its employees up to six hours of paid time off in order for to get two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supermarket, Grocery, & C-Store \u2022 Albertsons LLC, Hy-Vee Inc., and Publix Supermarkets Inc. are working with local and federal governments to administer COVID-19 vaccines. \u2022The Kroger Co. is closing two locations in Long Beach, CA, because of a law that mandates hazard pay to workers amid the pandemic.   Retail \u2022CVS Health said that on… Continue reading 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-14602","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\/14602","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=14602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}