Major changes coming to Maccas: Fast food giant could ban cash payments and introduce contactless restaurant dining amid coronavirus
- McDonald’s introduced contactless options for in-house and drive through
- Staff will put food bags on the counter rather than hand them to customers
- Senior management is meeting daily to discuss responses to coronavirus
- Fast food competitor KFC will suspend in-house dining across Australia
- KFC will be moving to drive-through only, pick up and delivery services
- All staff will be required to use hand sanitiser after every cash transaction
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McDonald’s Australia has introduced contactless options for in-house dining and drive through.
Staff will put food bags on the counter rather than hand them directly to customers.
Senior management for the chain is meeting daily to discuss responses to coronavirus.
Overseas, McDonald’s has started to close dining in store.
KFC will suspend in-house dining across the country in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has infected more than 450 Australians.
The chain announced on Wednesday it is voluntarily moving to only drive-through, pick up and delivery service to support social distancing.
McDonald’s Australia has introduced contactless options for in-house dining and drive through. Staff will put food bags on the counter rather than hand them directly to customers
KFC Australia announced on Wednesday it is voluntarily moving to only drive-through, pick up and delivery service to support social distancing
All staff will undergo compulsory COVID-19 training, hand sanitiser use will be compulsory after every cash transaction and hand washing frequency will be increased to above industry standard.
All staff will be asked if they are well when clocking on for their shift.
Customers will be encouraged to use cashless payments and stores will trial a kerbside service where restaurant staff will deliver click and collect orders to the car park.
McDonald’s Australia has introduced contactless options for in-house dining and drive through, including having staff putting food bags on the counter rather than handing them directly to customers.
Senior management for the chain is meeting daily to discuss responses to coronavirus.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to introduce a ‘European-style’ nationwide lockdown to minimise the threat of COVID-19.
Mr Morrison met with the national cabinet of health officers and state leaders on Tuesday, and is expected to announce the new measures on Wednesday.
Italy, Spain and France have introduced policies forcing citizens to stay indoors to control the respiratory infection as cases soar past 187,000 globally.
On Tuesday, Australians overseas were urged to return home as soon as possible and would-be holidaymakers told to ‘reconsider their need for travelling’.
‘If you’re already overseas and wish to return to Australia, we recommend you do so as soon as possible by commercial means,’ the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.
Many Australians speculated online the measure was a prelude to a complete closure of the borders in preparation for a total lockdown.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt on Sunday said ‘all options are on the table’ for consideration, and Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy agreed.
If the government does announce a nationwide lockdown as parts of Europe have done, Australians will likely be confined to their homes and be banned from social gatherings, travelling, gambling and dining out.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to introduce a ‘European-style’ nationwide lockdown to minimise the threat of COVID-19