Hindsight
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Martial law or something similar eventually. As is almost the case in part of Spain and Italy. And if the government has the balls sometime this week. We can see what has happened in southern europe as a guide.
Just seen on Twitter McDonalds is shutting.
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Martial law or something similar eventually. As is almost the case in part of Spain and Italy. And if the government has the balls sometime this week. We can see what has happened in southern europe as a guide.
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- Bedfordshire
"I want to thank every single one of our 135,000 employees. "
Paul Pomroy
Chief Executive Officer, McDonald’s UK & Ireland
Paul Pomroy
Chief Executive Officer, McDonald’s UK & Ireland
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- North West England
They haven’t called all those soldiers up for nothing
ollie989898
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They must own near billions of pounds worth of commercial property.
Cab-over Pete
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I really hope so. My daughter works for Euro Garages who have numerous McD, Subway and Starbucks franchises.
Last week when govt announced all cafes should close, all the store managers received instructions minutes later that they are to stay open and allow customers to sit in if they want to. Daughter and many other managers defied the sit in refusing to let people sit, but stayed open for fear of losing their jobs.
I told her to self isolate. I don’t give a feck about Starbucks or Euro Garages but I do about my daughter who has asthma.
They are money grabbing barstewards who care not a jot about their staff.
Ive told her we’ll help with money until she can find something else to do. Until then, I hope these tossers have to pay all the staff whilst forced to close.
Good on Mcds for taking a lead.
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Bloody hell. Better get my sushi takeaway sooner rather than later.
Thing is, we all know what's next. They just can't shut us all down on day 1.
Thing is, we all know what's next. They just can't shut us all down on day 1.
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Headless chicken or Ostrich syndrome next possibly will prevail???
gone up the hill
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IN Spain where they have a full on lockdown it has been reported that all fast food/ takeaways have been shut down.
You have to get your food from the supermarket and cook at home.
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Not sure if that's correct or if its the case in other country's that are in lockdown.
Hindsight
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By the end of the week?
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- Sedgefield
On the positive side.... there are the same amount of people in the country and they still have to eat the same amount of food
So..... they will have to either buy supermarket ready meals, burgers or buy raw ingredients and cook at home
The losers here may be the suppliers of beef, salad, chickens, milk, bacon and bread.
So..... they will have to either buy supermarket ready meals, burgers or buy raw ingredients and cook at home
The losers here may be the suppliers of beef, salad, chickens, milk, bacon and bread.
Hindsight
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Tremendous disruption to supply chain. As you point out winners and losers. Shed full of potatoes for chip shop market - there may be no market. But the current route to a supermarket through a packer will not want them - well not yet until the intended packing potatoes run out.
gone up the hill
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Trouble is that in most supermarkets across the UK there is no meat/ eggs/ bread etc to be bought!
Hindsight
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So my local Maccies the breakfast trade will decamp to Subway or Burger King or the burger van on the layby / roadside. They will have field day for a day or so. Then the government must close those down. Corporates taken the lead - probably because behind scenes Johnsons office has had word with the CEO. Smaller one man bands burger vans etc will require law - and enforcement by Police / MIlitary.
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Yup. This time next week it will be squaddies on the street telling you all to go home.
Which will be interesting..
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
Yes, supply chains disrupted and although armchair experts assume easy to switch it takes time to co ordinate those different businesses. At the best of times let alone when you do not know if going to get paid.
Burger King sold out tomorrow then...
Queing up at 6am and Barry an unelmployed bus driver on the new's saying he's been waiting for 2 hours for a Cheeseburger and telling us how his Lexus Ferrari 2 and Leighton Tupac 4 always have a happy meal for tea and he doesnt know what he'll do now.
Queing up at 6am and Barry an unelmployed bus driver on the new's saying he's been waiting for 2 hours for a Cheeseburger and telling us how his Lexus Ferrari 2 and Leighton Tupac 4 always have a happy meal for tea and he doesnt know what he'll do now.
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
Last Sunday evening I spied my sprightly 73 year old neighbour (she is running a marathon in a few weeks - well not now of course) putting away her chickens. I teased her about the 70 year old lockdown floated last weekend. She was quite put out and said no way was she staying in her house for 12 weeks. I teased (with seriousness) that she might have to contend with a soldier with loaded rifle at the end of the village. Fascinating times. I walked several fields of wheat earlier - just hope they leave me alone!!
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There has never been a better opportunity to get people taught how to cook at home. I hope our levy bodies are working on some kind of promotional effort. I
The plus to this is that Mac Ds hamburgers have gotten so thin over the years there is nothing too them, if people can be convinced to make their own at home with a nice thick 1/4lber it might actually increase beef sales. The flip side is people sitting at home not burning any energy, what will they need to eat ?
Other issue I see is all the restaurants who have switched to take away are now no longer offering steaks. Plenty burgers, pizza, pasta type meals but there must be a hell of a sirloin on the hooks this week. ?
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
There has never been a better opportunity to get people taught how to cook at home. I hope our levy bodies are working on some kind of promotional effort. I
The plus to this is that Mac Ds hamburgers have gotten so thin over the years there is nothing too them, if people can be convinced to make their own at home with a nice thick 1/4lber it might actually increase beef sales. The flip side is people sitting at home not burning any energy, what will they need to eat ?
Other issue I see is all the restaurants who have switched to take away are now no longer offering steaks. Plenty burgers, pizza, pasta type meals but there must be a hell of a sirloin on the hooks this week. ?
Your joking surely. That message will get lost in the pandemonium.
Quite a few shops in our local town have announced over the weekend that they are closing for the foreseeable future, this is what Boris wants, as much of a lockdown as possible before he has to actually pull the trigger.
The 80% wage thing has accelerated closures.