Huge queues of cars form outside McDonald's as it reopens 168 more drive thrus with another 22 restaurants starting deliveries - so is your local branch on the list?
- McDonald's drive thrus reopen across England, Scotland and Ireland today
- Customers have a £25 spending limit as restaurants serve from a reduced menu
- New social distancing measures are in place to protect staff and customers
Hungry McDonald's customers are forming long queues at drive thrus across the country today as 168 drive-thrus reopened.
The fast-food giant is set to reopen nearly 1,000 restaurants for drive-thru and McDelivery customers over the next three days.
In a bid to try and stop the lengthy queues when drive thrus return, McDonald's is announcing its chosen restaurants on the day they open.
Two drive thru lanes are packed with cars at Livingston's McDonald's, which reopened at 11am with new social distancing measures in place
Cars are filling the car park of Gateshead's McDonald's restaurants as hungry customers head for a bite of fast food
Congelton customers in Cheshire have been queueing outside McDonald's since it opened at 11am
Chains in Gateshead and Livingston have already seen long queues, along with restaurants in Glasgow and Congleton.
Staff have been spotted outside trying to manage the sudden influx of traffic after the full list of reopened franchises was announced this morning.
A McDonald's spokesman said: 'This week we will reopen drive-thrus across the UK and Ireland, starting with 168 locations from 11am today. We will also see a further 22 restaurants open for McDelivery today.
'We are glad to be back but it will look a little different and may take a little longer, so please bear with us.'
Restaurants are reopening with protective screens between staff and customers. Workers are also expected to wash their hands every 30 minutes.
McDonald's staff are outside trying to control traffic heading into Glasgow's McDonald's drive thru as it reopened today
Long queues have already formed around a McDonald's in Livingston as more than 160 drive thrus reopened earlier today
Perspex glass has been installed between McDonald's staff and drive-thru customers, including at the Livingston restaurant which reopened on Tuesday
Protective screens have been put in place inside the kitchens and at drive-thrus to lower the risk of contamination.
For customers, the major changes are a reduced menu and a £25 spending cap, which has been introduced as staff get used to working in smaller teams and to reduce waiting times at drive-thru lanes.
What will be included in McDonalds' limited menu?
Main Menu:
Cheeseburger
Hamburger
Double Cheeseburger
Big Mac
Quarter Pounder with Cheese
McChicken Sandwich
Filet-O-Fish
Chicken McNuggets
Chicken Selects
Sides & Desserts:
Fries
Mozzarella Dippers
McFlurry (Oreo, Maltesers, Smarties)
Fruit Bag
Diners are also being asked to pay via contactless cards.
McDelivery drivers will have no direct contact with staff inside the restaurant and handwashing facilities have been set up to prevent any possible spread of Covid-19 germs.
Reduced hours mean there will be no breakfast offering, with restaurants only serving customers between 11am and 10pm.
Milkshakes are among the items missing from the menu, as well as fruit bags.
By Thursday all of McDonald's drive-thrus will be open - meaning 1019 of its restaurants be serving customers in their cars or via McDelivery.
It is only announcing which stores have reopened on the day it happens.
A McDonald's spokesman said: 'On occasion, we have taken the decision to close drive thru lanes where demand has impacted local communities or the safety of our people or customers.
'We will continue to work with local authorities and the police as we extend our reopening plans.
'With smaller teams, we will still be offering a limited menu over reduced hours, and we ask that you make contactless payments and limit your spend to £25.
'We are continuing to review these measures as we reopen, but for now, these restrictions remain in place to help our employees, customers and delivery partner couriers to remain safe.
'To manage the anticipated demand, we will release the locations of the reopening restaurants on the morning of each day.'
In Essex, Southend-on-Sea council has put in place a parking ban on roads near it's McDonald's restaurant, to ease traffic ahead of its predicted reopening on Wednesday morning, according to Echo News.
Videos have already emerged of demand at some of the 44 pilot restaurants which trialled McDonald's social distancing measures.
One member of the public filmed a seemingly endless stretch of traffic waiting to access the McDonalds A41 Watford restaurant, commenting: 'How badly do they want a big mac. That's a two hour wait for some nuggets.'
June is set to be a busy month for fast food chains reopening.
Burger King has plans to reopen 350 restaurants by the end of the month, while Greggs hopes to reopen 800 bakeries in the coming weeks.
KFC has announced 500 its restaurants are set to reopen, while Starbucks has been open for takeaways at 150 coffee shops in recent weeks.
Yesterday Pret a Manger reopened 204 restaurants - the vast majority of which are in London.
Cleaning stations will be set up inside McDonald's restaurants for visiting delivery drivers, who will have no contact with restaurant staff when they arrive to pick up orders
Workers will wear protective gear including gloves in their stores as they prepare food for contact-free delivery, and hand over bags to delivery drivers to take to customers
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