McDonald’s will reopen 500 more UK branches for delivery-only next week – after week of long queues and chaos at its newly-reopened drive-thrus
- The chain restaurant has already reopened restaurants three times his week
- 500 more restaurants will see more than 1,000 McDonald’s operating again
- McDonald’s will continue to serve a limited menu with no breakfast or shakes
McDonald’s will be reopening 500 of its restaurants next week for home delivery as lockdown measures continue to be eased.
This follows three days of restaurants being reopened this week by McDonald’s.
With the extra 500 openings the chain restaurants will now have more than 1,000 stores open again to customers.
However, all stores continue to operate only drive-thru or delivery services as customers are still not allowed inside the restaurants.
STOURBRIDGE: Cars queue to be served at a McDonald’s Drive Thru in Stourbridge on June 4
McDonald’s CEO in the UK and Ireland Paul Pomroy said: ‘Next week we will switch McDelivery back on in over 500 restaurants, with the help of our delivery partners Uber Eats and Just Eat.
‘As with our Drive Thru operations, it might take a little longer and we expect demand to once again be high and both of these factors might impact service times.
‘But I know you’ll continue to show the patience we’ve seen all week and I thank you again for your understanding.’
It is not yet known which 500 stores will be the next to open.
HUDDERSFIELD: An aerial shot shows cars circling a McDonald’s in Huddersfield on June 3
WESTON-SUPER-MARE: A complex queuing system was set up at a McDonald’s in Weston-super-Mare on June 2
The fast-food chain started reopening to the public on June 2 when 168 restaurants were opened offering drive-thru services and an extra 22 stores were offering deliveries.
The next day, 497 more drive-thru restaurants opened with 42 of those also offering delivery.
On June 4 McDonald’s reopened another 261 restaurants which took the total number of stores back open to just under 1,000.
McDonald’s are serving a limited menu while they gradually reopen stores with items such as carrot bags, milkshakes and the entire breakfast menu unavailable.
Customers using the drive-thru service can pre-order their meals on the McDonald’s app but are asked to limit their spend to £25
LIVINGSTON: Security walks along a line of cars queuing at a McDonald’s in Livingston, Scotland
Customers have been sitting in tailbacks stretching for miles all week to get their hands on Happy Meals and Big Macs as the chain gradually reopened restaurants with new social distancing measures and a £25 spending cap in place.
But furious onlookers in Wolverhampton slammed drivers who refused to move out of the way for an ambulance with blue flashing lights.
Tia-anne Sterling shared footage of the emergency vehicle battling to get through traffic, writing: ‘I am absolutely appalled to see how selfish people are. No one is letting these ambulances through. I feel sick.
‘Imagine if this was an ambulance for a loved one, or someone close to you! What has the world come to.’
This ambulance battled to get through traffic in Wolverhampton. Tia-anne Sterling shared footage of the emergency vehicle battling to get through traffic, writing: ‘I am absolutely appalled to see how selfish people are. No one is letting these ambulances through. I feel sick’
A spokesman for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said: ‘We can confirm an ambulance on the way to a patient got slightly delayed on Penn Road in Wolverhampton just after 3pm yesterday. However, the crew still arrived on scene within 15 minutes of the call being made. The call was categorised as C3, which carries a target time of 120 minutes, so this had no effect on patient care.’
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