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COVID-19 pandemic coverage on QSRweb

We've gathered all the ongoing coverage across our food service websites here in one story, which will be added to on a daily basis as news breaks.

A smattering of some of the stories on QSRweb's COVID-19-related coverage are listed. (photo: iStock)

May 29, 2020 by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

White Castle Vice President Jamie Richardson summed up the situation around QSRs and the COVID-19 pandemic well, when he said the situation no longer changes daily, but hourly at least. As a result, we'll keep a running tab of stories related to coronavirus coverage on this site under this heading, with the most current coverage first. 

Please also remember that this site is always seeking input about how your brand is dealing with the challenges posed by this continually breaking news event, as well as any innovative answers to those issues that you've developed. Please email editor@qsrweb.com any time with details. 

May features

Meeting QSRs' urgent app-based COVID-19 training needs'

Converting to Curbside and Delivery' webinar is lesson in pandemic-era adaptability

Tackling COVID-19 training on QSRs' front lines, plus menu must-haves for a 'to-go' world
QSR customers dissatisfied with delivery, but still won't dine-in
Subway's take on getting back to dine-in
Survey: Only 1 in 12 would dine in a restaurant today
Latest dine-in data tells story of cautious customers, vanishing workers
How self-service equipment helps define the 'new normal' against COVID-19

'Don't stand so close to me': How fast food can thrive without lines

CORE provides grants to restaurant employees

PepsiCo helping restaurant workers coping with COVID-19

Dunkin' cup change saves 1B foam cups from landfill annually

Wendy's acknowledges 'few restaurants in short supply' on beef

Week of May 4

Meat shortage hits 'fresh, never frozen' Wendy's, but other burger brands OK

A compendium of COVID-19 business coverage across Networld sites

Wendy's Q1 earnings fall short amid COVID-19 impact

Early QSR reopening data shows quick 'bounce-back' potential 

Webinar will explore how restaurant can succeed in uncertain times 

April 28 

McDonald's owner/operator relays lessons learned from a pandemic

Seattle caps restaurant delivery commissions

UK McDonald's serving as health worker testing site

Halo Burger reopens 6 Michigan stores

April 27

Detroit Metro Popeyes Group thanks workers with $5 hourly pay boost

Coronavirus relief checks easing transaction declines 

April 23

Checkers/Rally's CEO predicts post-pandemic fast food resurgence + Lavu CEO on QSRs' digital path forward

April 20

Restaurant transactions drop

April 16

COVID-19 liability protection for restaurateurs + Edible Brands' new QSR

April 15

Pandemic piques interest in 'brick-oven-style' pizza vending machines 

Customers trust restaurants despite pandemic

April 14

Pork shortage looms 

April 13

Have restaurant sales declines out?

McDonald's, Dunkin, Taco Bell step up protective measures

April 9

Frontline QSR workers walk out over COVID-19 concerns

April 8

McDonald's CEO cuts pay in half in response to COVID-19 strife 

April 7

Restaurants to Congress: We need more funding 

April 6

How COVID-19 will forever change the restaurant industry

How the CARES act will help large brands

April 2

Checkers, Rally's CEO on stepping into the C-suite in a firestorm

7 ways the stimulus act could hurt restaurants, according to National Restaurant Association

April 1

Burger King, Popeyes, Tim Hortons parent CEO lays out COVID-19 response

March 31

Building a bridge to the other side of COVID-19 

Yum Brands CEO relinquishes salary to fund employee bonuses, aid

March 30

The COVID-19 action plan for Burger King, Popeyes, Tim Hortons

March 27

Balance Grille CEO on getting out ahead of a pandemic

March 26

Wendy's sees sales plummet last week 

March 25

COVID-19 blindsided restaurateurs right from the start

Stimulus package to provide $350B in small biz loans

March 24

The Big Shift: Transition to 'delivery only' tough, but can be lifesaving

March 20

Is your restaurant speaking the COVID-19-era customer's language? 

March 19

Smashburger, AMC execs weigh in on COVID-19, shrinking kitchens

 

March 18

Sales falling at 70% of US restaurants

 

March 17

Amidst the pandemic's pandemonium, restaurants reach out to help 

KFC halts UK 'finger-licker' campaign

Dunkin' cuts hours, removes seating 

McDonald's, Wendy's CEOs outline brands' pandemic response

 

March 16

White Castle pandemic response shows QSR strains amid dine-in restrictions 

Halo Burger offering to-go only 

Breakfast wars push sales up in runup to coronavirus effects this week 

Chick-fil-A closes dine-in 

March 12

How the restaurant industry is staying the course during pandemic 

February 20

Coronavirus effects on restaurant supply chains 

Feburary 6

US restaurants vs coronavirus: What brands can do now

About S.A. Whitehead

Pizza Marketplace and QSRweb editor Shelly Whitehead is a former newspaper and TV reporter with an affinity for telling stories about the people and innovative thinking behind great brands.

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