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Is McDonald’s open? Latest drive-thru, delivery locations and menu options
MCDONALD'S is reopening more of its restaurants for drive-thru and home delivery.
But how is the fast food giant adapting to the coronavirus pandemic to best serve its customers? Here's everything we know.
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McDonald’s has undergone several changes while reopening branches in the UK, including reduced opening hours and implementing health and safety measures.
While Maccies lovers are excited to have the fast food chain up and running, there are some changes they need to be aware of.
Here is a breakdown of McDonald's drive-thru, home delivery, walk-in takeaway service and menu options.
What McDonald's drive-thrus are open?
There are now more than 1,000 restaurants open for drive-thru or McDelivery.
McDonald's has capped the spend in its drive-thrus at £25 per car is asking customers to pay by contactless payment methods wherever possible.
On Wednesday, June 24, the fast food chain will reopen another 200 branches, which will also offer a walk-in takeaway service.
Another 50 restaurants, which are already open, will also start to offer the takeaway service.
Walk-in orders are currently only available in 11 service station McDonald's restaurants.
For a full list of the McDonald's branches currently open check.
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What McDonald's branches are doing home delivery?
As of June 19, McDonald's had reopened around 1,000 restaurants for delivery and drive-thru in the UK.
You can only order delivery through Uber Eats, and there will be a delivery fee calculated depending on how far away you are from the branch.
Orders must be a maximum of £25 and delivery delays are to be expected as McDonald's has fewer staff to adhere to social distancing guidelines.
What can I order off the McDonald's menu?
Although the fast food chain is open, it is running a limited menu.
Fortunately, plenty of fan-favourites are still available including the Big Mac and chicken nuggets.
Branches have been operating under temporarily reduced hours of 11am until 10pm.
But McDonald's has revealed that breakfast will be making a comeback in 42 restaurants on June 24.
What items are included on the reduced McDonald's menu?
MCDONALD'S has been running a reduced menu since restaurants reopened on May 13.
This is because the chain has less staff working at one time so they can maintain social distancing measures.
Here's what's being sold:
Main Menu:
- Cheeseburger
- Hamburger
- Double Cheeseburger
- Big Mac
- Quarter Pounder with Cheese
- McChicken Sandwich
- Filet-O-Fish
- Chicken McNuggets
- Chicken Selects
- Vegetable Deluxe
- Veggie Dippes
Sides & Desserts:
- Fries
- Mozzarella Dippers
- Core McFlurry (Oreo, Maltesers, Smarties)
- Fruit Bag
Drinks:
- Coke
- Diet Coke
- Coke Zero
- Fanta
- Sprite
- Oasis
- Black Coffee
- White Coffee
- Latte
- Cappuccino
- Espresso
- Flat White
- Tea
- Orange Juice
- Fruit Shoot
- Water
- Happy Meal Water
Happy Meal Variants:
- Happy Meal - Hamburger
- Happy Meal - Cheeseburger
- Happy Meal - Four Nuggets
- Happy Meal - Veggie Dippers
How is McDonald's maintaing social distancing rules?
To keep workers safe, McDonald's are providing staff with gloves and face masks, and perspex screens have been installed at checkouts.
Staff will also have their temperatures checked before each shift to make sure they're fit to work.
Customers will be asked to pay for their food with card and contactless payments where possible.
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For the restaurants that are offering a walk-in takeaway service, floor markings showing two metre distances, perspex screens and hand sanitising stations will be in place.
Capacity will be restricted and staff will control the flow of people in and out of the restaurants.
McDonald's temporarily closed all 1,350 restaurants on March 23 due to coronavirus.
Before closing all branches, McDonald's was still taking takeaway and drive-thru orders.
The restaurant chain had shut off seating and children's play areas, and it also started using sticky tape to mark out boxes on floors to indicate safe distances.
Since McDonald's reopened some of its drive thru lanes on May 20 with photographs showing long queues of cars waiting to place their order.
The fast food chain warned it may have to close drive thru lanes if queues were too long.
A spokesperson said: “We expect a high demand across all locations. We are working closely with local authorities and we may determine it is necessary to close our drive-thru lane if queues can cause disruption or put our employees or customers at risk.”
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