Georgia said restaurants could resume dine-in service in late April, but the Atlanta-based chain said, “We are going to take additional time.”

The chain said “take-out and drive-thru orders” were the only options for consumers, but the lack of delivery could have been a problem as California’s governor ordered residents to stay at home in March.

Delivery and carryout remained open to customers of its 2,600 stores.

A COVID-19 contact person should be appointed for each shift.

Relief funds for industry employees that were laid off, furloughed or had hours reduced, organized by city and state.

“Restaurant Relief America” launched with Guy Fieri and the NRAEF as an employee relief fund to help restaurant workers in need.

The Addison, Texas-based gastropub chain’s lenders were to act as the stalking-horse purchaser during the transaction.

The Inspire Brands, Inc. quick-service burger brand has evolved.

Suspected COVID-19 cases among workers lead to closures and scrubbing efforts in early March; Ecolab offered expert advice.

See which states tightened and loosened restrictions in November.

No timeline was given in April for “Opening Up America,” but sit-down dining was to reopen first, followed by bars; President Donald Trump said about 29 states were close to meeting reopening criteria.

Expert Mandy Sedlak, food safety and public health manager for Ecolab’s Ecosure division, offered health and sanitation steps to consider as restrictions lift.

The troubled Pizza Hut division closed 1,000 express units in March but was still looking to hire 30,000 workers.

Here’s where restaurants were able to begin dine-in service in early May.

The delivery-only chicken-focused menu was created with DoorDash and produced in 1,000 of Brinker’s brick-and-mortar locations.

The casual-dining chain furloughed restaurant workers and cut pay for the remaining corporate staff to sustain business in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’re truly in extraordinary times right now,” CEO Chris Kempczinski told CNBC in March.

The coalition encouraged consumers to order delivery or pickup on March 24 to help the industry.

FoodFirst Global CEO Steve Layt was about to launch a bullish turnaround for each brand then the “rug got pulled” with the coronavirus outbreak, he told NRN.

The coffee chain confirmed the news from an internal memo as President-elect Joe Biden vowed to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Domino’s offered contactless delivery where orders could be placed anywhere a customer watned for safe and healthy pickup.

Shake Shack, Starbucks and Chuck E. Cheese also sent letters about how the companies were planning to respond to COVID-19.

Recommendations included sanitizing tabletops between seatings, discarding single-use items like paper menus and installing sneeze guards along buffet bars.

Four items, including Beefy Fritos Burrito, came from the value menu; the July trimming came less than a year after the chain removed nine items in a decluttering effort; the company said it was making room for plant-based items.