{"id":14683,"date":"2021-03-05T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14683"},"modified":"2021-03-05T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:56:20","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/03\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize<\/strong> has launched the first of six distribution centers with integrated self-distribution, for both stores and e-commerce operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Schnuck Markets Inc.<\/strong> has teamed up with DoorDash for delivery of prepared meals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/t-CSG_Sales_Leads.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/email\/Offthechain_Core_ad.png\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u2022 Apple Inc.<\/strong> announced all of its U.S. retail stores are now open in some capacity for the first time since closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0The Disney Store<\/strong> announced it will close at least 60 Disney Stores throughout North America this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Ralph Lauren Corporation<\/strong> is now offering a subscription apparel rental service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Sephora USA<\/strong> is launching buy-online-pickup-in-store service at all freestanding stores by April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> said that it\u2019s dropping the $35 minimum order requirement for its Express delivery service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Alamo Drafthouse<\/strong> has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to complications from COVID-19 and the company will be closing some underperforming locations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Coolgreens<\/strong> has partnered with a new engineering firm to develop flexible store plans that can be adjusted to fit into new spaces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Shake Shack<\/strong> is adding exterior pick-up windows to stores in an effort to drive digital and delivery orders away from third-party companies and towards Shake Shack\u2019s own system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Steak &#8216;n Shake<\/strong> has used the closed dining rooms of OCVID-19 to fully transition restaurants to a quick-service model.\u00a0 The chain will remove table service and all transactions will be initiated at a kiosk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supermarket, Grocery, &amp; C-Store \u2022\u00a0Ahold-Delhaize has launched the first of six distribution centers with integrated self-distribution, for both stores and e-commerce operations. \u2022\u00a0Schnuck Markets Inc. has teamed up with DoorDash for delivery of prepared meals. &nbsp; Retail \u2022 Apple Inc. announced all of its U.S. retail stores are now open in some capacity for the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/03\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-10\/\">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-14683","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\/14683","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=14683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}