McDonald's has confirmed it will be reopening 30 of its drive-thrus in the UK next week. The news comes days after environment secretary George Eustice said that the fast food chain's drive thrus were 'made' for social distancing.
Asked if fast food outlets could have stayed open during the crisis, Mr Eustice said: "While clearly restaurants and pubs had to close, we were quite keen to keep that capacity to be able to do takeaway food for people." He suggested reduced footfall in town centres, staff anxiety and a sense of what was "socially acceptable" given the stay-at-home message had led to places such as McDonald’s and KFC closing.
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