A majority of the chain's 2,300 stores were closed for takeout; dining room changes include hand sanitizer stations and plexiglass partitions.
Same-store sales trends are improving in April; quick-service brand is logging record redemptions on app promotions as consumers seek value and contactless ordering during pandemic.
Adapted designs will have drive-thru lanes and walk-up windows to ensure social distancing in a post-pandemic world; company increases hourly wages by 10% as it begins to rehire furloughed workers.
Company to have 336 dine-in units open today, compared to 23 Outback units over weekend
The coffee chain is also enabling new app features that allow for easier contactless delivery, pickup, and entryway handoff
‘Play-to-win’ attitude trims same-store sales decline to 46.7% in April from a 61.5% drop-off in March, CEO Kent Taylor says
Yelp adding a curbside pickup filter; Chili’s adapts Yelp’s Waitlist tool to help manage mobile order/pickup orders
Family-dining restaurant brand furloughs 25% of corporate staff, reduces other expenses