The scene has something to impress. A queue of several kilometers to order at the McDonald's drive from Lieusaint-Moissy to Moissy-Cramayel in Seine-et-Marne. Closed due to confinement, the restaurant, which reopened its take-out service from its vehicle on Monday, was taken by customers.
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Many Internet users have posted videos on Twitter of this endless queue of drivers, taking their troubles patiently. A traffic jam that lasted three hours, according to BFMTV.com. And this, until 9:30 p.m., restaurant closing time.
Despite the episode of the day before, McDonald's reopened its drive well on Tuesday, but adopted the stop & go method, "closing access temporarily as soon as the line of cars reaches the public highway" , explains the a brand that had not anticipated such an affluence, at Le Figaro. Another restaurant was the victim of the same success in Saint-Gratien in the Val-d'Oise, reports Le Parisien.
A protocol tested on around forty restaurants in Ile-de-France
But the shot will be quickly corrected, we assure. The reopening of the drive in this city of Seine-et-Marne is part of a protocol implemented by the American giant in France, in order to prepare for a more general reopening of all restaurants while respecting health safety rules : "Wearing a mask", "teamwork to avoid crossovers" in the kitchens, marking on the floor ...
First tested on "pilot sites" , the protocol, "validated by a scientific committee made up of experts in infectiology and virology" , was then implemented in fifteen establishments before being extended to forty in Ile- de-France including that of Lieusaint-Moissy. And "during this phase, we will again reassess all the processes three times a week," says McDonald's.