McDonald’s franchise Westlife Development commences operation at 229 restaurants
Live MintNEW DELHI: Westlife Development Ltd, which operates McDonald’s restaurants in western and southern India, has resumed operations in 229 of its 319 outlets, serving consumers through various channels such as takeaways, dine-in and home deliveries as the fast food chain recovers from the covid-19 induced lockdown. The operator of quick service restaurants said a large part of its restaurant business could not be made operational due to lockdown in March and that adversely impacted its revenues for the quarter; especially as dine-in facilities remained suspended. However, it has now resumed dine-in in over 100 restaurants with a strong hygiene and safety check-list in place since India moved to the "unlock" phase easier this month permitting restaurants to open albeit with limited seating capacity. Further, as and when restrictions were relaxed as per various state and city directives, the company could also serve its customers in its drive thru facilities and with its take away facilities," it said in its update.