McDonald's has unveiled the location of the 15 restaurants it plans to reopen for deliveries next week, after the fast food chain closed all its sites in March at the start of the coronavirus lockdown.
The stores, which are clustered around London and the South East, will offer a limited menu, including some vegetarian options, delivered within their local areas.
Two of the sites are in Chelmsford: Riverside and Westway, while three are in Luton at Leagrave, Chaul End Lane and George Street.
McDonald's replied to a furious Twitter user on Tuesday, May 5, with the reason behind the openings all being in the south of the country.
"These 15 restaurants were chosen for their proximity to our distribution centre as we slowly but safely seek to reopen our restaurants and restart our supply chain," Maccies responded.
The fast food giant then added: "Rest assured we are working hard to reopen more restaurants across the UK and Ireland at the right time."
The stores will be open from Wednesday next week to make deliveries between 11am and 10pm, with staff asked to be extra careful about social distancing measures.
Last Friday, the burger giant revealed that it would reopen 15 unnamed restaurants after spending a week testing its operations behind closed doors.
Before they open, the restaurants will undergo deep-cleaning with floor markings and Perspex screens installed.
The company will work with Just Eat and Uber Eats to deliver food to customers' doors.
The 15 McDonald's restaurants re-opening are:
- Chelmsford Riverside
- Chelmsford Westway
- Ipswich Cardinal Park
- Boreham Interchange
- Luton Leagrave
- Watford Hertfordshire Arms
- Chaul End Lane, Luton
- Beechings Way, Gillingham
- Sittingbourne Retail Park
- Gillingham Bowaters
- Tooting
- Dalston
- Welling
- Harrow
- Luton George Street
