{"id":14933,"date":"2021-04-23T10:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/?p=14933"},"modified":"2021-04-23T10:23:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:23:11","slug":"coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2021\/04\/coronavirus-industry-impact-2021-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Industry Impact 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Retail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/t-CSG_Sales_Leads.aspx?utm_source=newsroom&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=inside_ad&amp;utm_content=Offthechain_Core_ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/email\/Offthechain_Core_ad.png\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>\u2022\u00a0Apple Inc<\/strong>. announced it has temporarily closed all its stores in Michigan due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0CVS Health<\/strong>, <strong>Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc<\/strong>. and <strong>Walmart Stores Inc.<\/strong> are now selling over the counter at home COVID-19 tests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation<\/strong> announced that 20 of its stores in Ontario will begin to provide 24-hour vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Target Corporation<\/strong> is piloting a new sortation center in Minneapolis, MN, that streamlines the process of fulfilling digital orders from stores.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Walmart Stores Inc<\/strong>. announced that it plans to have the majority of its U.S. hourly employee workforce full time by the end of its current fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Restaurant<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Captain D&#8217;s Seafood Kitchen<\/strong> has reopened their Tupelo, MS location after it was destroyed by fire. The rebuilt location will feature the brand\u2019s first double drive-thru in an effort to meet higher off-premises demand from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Dog Haus International LLC<\/strong> has added two new virtual brands, Jailbird and Big Belly Burgers, to their existing stable of three virtual brands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Nathan&#8217;s Famous Inc<\/strong>. will be adding 60 delivery-only locations in the U.S. and 40 in Canada by the end of the year through their partnership with <strong>Walmart <\/strong>and Ghost Kitchen Brands. The new locations will be located within Walmart stores.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Panera Bread<\/strong> has abandoned their in-house delivery option and will now focus exclusively on third-party delivery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Peet&#8217;s Coffee &amp; Tea Inc<\/strong>. is facing worker strikes at a Chicago location after safety measures came under fire when a worker tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0<\/strong>President Joe Biden is offering a tax credit to businesses that offer employees paid time off for vaccinations. Many restaurants began providing time off for vaccination earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u00a0Saladworks Inc<\/strong>. has partnered with <strong>Walmart Canada<\/strong> and Ghost Kitchen Brands to provide delivery from within select Walmart stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2022 Apple Inc<\/strong>. announced it has temporarily closed all its stores in Michigan due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[20,11],"class_list":["post-14933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","tag-covid","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933","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=14933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}