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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Zoe Forsey & Rachel Pugh

McDonald's fans are furious with its latest reopening announcement

Yesterday, McDonald's reopened a further 39 of its UK branches to shoppers.

The fast-food chain has now reopened several of its drive-thrus, and huge queues were seen at many of them as people ventured out to get their first taste of Maccies in weeks.

But the lengthy queues aren't the only thing that have rubbed people up the wrong way.

Upon reading the updated list of reopened restaurants, fans of the fast food giant were annoyed to see that, once again, no Northern restaurants had been included in the line-up. Boo.

One frustrated person tweeted: "Why does McDonald's hate the north?"

"You do realise there's people north of Peterborough?" one user added.

A third wrote: "Couldn't have opened one a bit more north east could ya?"

Another added: "Seriously? Still nothing in the north? Are we non-existent?"

A McDonald's spokeswoman told Mirror Online: “We're taking our time to reopen in a way helps everyone stay safe including our suppliers.

"This means the first 44 pilot restaurants are close to one of our distribution centres as we prepare our supply chain for reopening.

"We are working hard to expand our restaurant reopenings to all Drive-Thrus across the UK and Ireland by early June.”

The McDonald's branches currently open are:

Drive-Thru only

  • Ipswich, Ranelagh Road
  • Ipswich, Ravenswood
  • Ipswich, Whitehouse
  • Chelmsford, Regiment Business Park
  • Hounslow, Travellers Friend
  • Sutton, Oldfields Road
  • North Cheam, Worcester Park
  • Strood, Commercial Road
  • Rochester, Medway Valley Park
  • Hertfordshire, Bushey
  • Staines, Two Rivers Retail Park
  • Staines, London Road
  • Peterborough, Bouges Boulevard
  • Peterborough, Boongate
  • Peterborough, Hampton
  • Peterborough, Morrisons,
  • Peterborough, Eye Green
  • Rochester, Medway City Estate
  • Bobbing, Sheppey Way
  • Dunstable, Luton Road
  • Luton Retail Park, Gipsy Lane
  • Watford, Garston

 McDelivery and Drive-Thru:

  • Chelmsford Riverside
  • Chelmsford Westway
  • Ipswich, Cardinal Park
  • Boreham Interchange
  • Luton Leagrave
  • Luton, Chaul End Lane
  • Watford, Hertfordshire Arms
  • Beechings Way
  • Sittingbourne
  • Gillingham, Bowaters

McDelivery only

  • Tooting
  • Dalston
  • Welling
  • Harrow
  • Luton George Street

McDonald's has said that it hopes to have all UK restaurants back up and running by June if it is safe to do so, so watch this space, Northerners!

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