Cars were seen in Tyneside this afternoon, but what will they choose? Fillet o fish or chicken selects
In Byker in Newcastle queues were around the street for people trying to order their last treat.
In one branch in Cambridgeshire, customers were not respecting social distancing guidelines and the police had to be called to ‘ask them to leave’.
Cambridgeshire Live reported that drive through traffic was backing up in Barnwell this afternoon because of the amount of people wanting to eat.
In the Wirral, queues for the drive-thru service went beyond the car park at the Upton restaurant with customers ‘literally queuing out the door’, Twitter user @stubeanhead said.
Would you like any sauce with that? McDonald’s employees in Tyneside would have been been rushed off their feet this afternoon
As the death toll continues to rise in the UK people lined up to get served this afternoon in Tyneside
He added: ‘The queue for the drive through starts at the roundabout off the junction. How desperate are these people to have a burger? Are they willing to risk other people lives? ‘
There were long tail-backs at Gidea Park’s restaurant in Romford, while there were similar scenes in Sleaford in Lincolnshire and Birmingham.
In Mansfield, staff from Various stores were forced to manage the masses of traffic.
As well as McDonald’s, Costa Coffee, Subway and Nando’s also announced the temporary closure of all their UK sites.
In a statement regarding its closure Paul Pomroy, Chief Executive Officer of McDonald’s in the UK & Ireland said: ‘Over the last hours, it has become clear that maintaining safe social distancing whilst operating busy takeaway and drive thru restaurants is signific difficult and therefore we have taken the decision to close every restaurant in the UK and Ireland by 7pm on Monday 24 rd Mar ch at the latest. ‘
The decision comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for pubs, clubs and restaurants to shut on Friday, although he stressed they could continue with a takeaway service.
One man was seen walking out with a carton of drinks as well as his food order this afternoon as other people went in
Cars were seen outside one McDonald’s in Kent this afternoon as many got their last fast-food fix
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