April 2, 2020 Costco hopes to resume sample giveaways 'soon,' but stops work with contractors who distributed them: report In early March, Costco had stopped distributing samples of food to customers amid rising concerns of the growing coronavirus outbreak. The workers in charge of that task — who were employed by a contracting company called Club Demonstration Services (CDS) — were reassigned to cleaning roles within the warehouses.
April 2, 2020 McDonald's launches coronavirus checks for employees, plans to take workers' temperatures McDonald’s is playing it safe during the coronavirus pandemic, with the launch of new precautionary health safety checks for employees across the U.S.
April 2, 2020 Starbucks extends catastrophe pay to employees until May 3, says lobbies will remain closed through then Employees who are sick, taking care of loved ones, or simply feel more comfortable self-isolating at home are now eligible to apply for catastrophe pay through May 3.
April 2, 2020 Dog delivers winery's booze during coronavirus outbreak The pup has become something of a local legend.
April 2, 2020 Chinese city bans eating dogs and cats in response to coronavirus A city in southeastern China is banning the consumption of dogs and cats as well as wild animals due to the coronavirus pandemic.
April 1, 2020 Coronavirus lockdown: People are buying tons of alcohol Coronavirus is reportedly driving up alcohol sales but will it remain that way?
April 1, 2020 Out-of-work chef donates gourmet meal to busy hospital staff during coronavirus outbreak Omar Karasu is a teacher during the week and a private chef on the weekends – and doubly out of work due to closures meant to slow the spread of COVID-19.
April 1, 2020 Ina Garten shares cocktail recipe video during a.m. hours, says it's 'always cocktail hour in a crisis' “You never know who’s going to stop by… wait a minute, nobody’s stopping by.”
April 1, 2020 Operation BBQ Relief serves nearly 10K meals to medical workers, first responders The Kansas City-area charity feeds COVID-19 first responders and the local homeless as well as employing restaurant workers suddenly left jobless.
April 1, 2020 KFC giving 1 million pieces of chicken to franchisees, encouraging them to distribute to communities KFC is aiming to spread some joy during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — with fried chicken, of course.
