(WSVN) - Starbucks will temporarily not allow customer seating at its company-owned locations in North America and is taking additional steps to encourage social distancing in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Starting Sunday, company-owned stores in the United States and Canada will begin moving to a “to go” model for at least two weeks, company officials said in a letter.
The letter listed what the “to go” model entails in a series of steps:
- The company is pausing the use of all indoor and outdoor seating.
- Customers can still walk up at the counter, as well as pick up orders through the “order ahead” feature” in the Starbucks app.
- Customers may also use the drive-thru and use delivery services.
- Some company-owned stores in high social gathering locations, such as shopping malls and university campuses, will close temporarily.
- Stores in communities with high clusters of COVID-19 will either close temporarily or reduce hours of operation.
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