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The fast food giant posted on social media that some restaurants in Germany are handing out the DIY social distance crowns to enforce rules of high safety and hygiene, and remind guests to practice social distancing in a fun and playful way.
Read MoreClients ordering meals at Bij de Tuinman can share a picture of their nicely made board on Facebook or instagram, tagging @At the Gardener in their message with #BordjevanBijdeTuinman. Every week, the best photo wins a bottle of wine. And the restaurant also makes Saturday's pick up dinners special with intimate performances in the vegetable garden.
Read MoreIzu Shaboten zoo in Shizuoka has employed capybara stuffed animals in its restaurant to ensure distancing amid COVID regulations. The plush toys have been strategically placed throughout the restaurant’s tables and chairs, keeping customers company while making sure they maintain the right distance from each other.
Read MoreBrewDog has been one of the first brewery to switch production to hand sanitizer for NHS staff and has now launched its 'manifesto' for the future of its bars, with a reduction of furniture for social distancing, capacity monitoring, cashless service and it own app to order beer from customers' table.
Read MoreMount Laurel native and Hollywood veteran Josh Sugarman partners with restaurateur Stephen Starr to launch an immersive pop-up experience. Philadelphia residents can order a 'Vampire.Pizza' meal for two or four that will be delivered by a Pizza Vamp (who will practice proper social distancing), along with a black box containing an interactive, immersive experience.
Read MoreRather than dumping its kegs of beer, Revolution Brewing teams up with Chicago’s CH Distillery to launch a first: Malort made from beer. The product, which goes on sale on Friday, 22nd May, is a mix between the city’s top-selling craft beer and the city’s most iconic spirit and badge of pride, an intensely bitter liqueur.
Read MoreMr Angilletta, owner of the restaurant, reopened it this week and will use fifteen cardboard customers to fill the space, along with a playlist of background noise simulating ‘guest chatter’ to ‘recreate a busy restaurant atmosphere.’
Read MoreRamo modifies the packaging of its flagship product, chocoramo, and three other products to give a message of hope amid COVID. Its sliced bread is now called 'Unidos', 'Together', and other messages like 'Hugs' or 'Courage' are showcased on its products.
Read MoreVisitors to this traditional Japanese-style pub, Kichiri Shinjuku, are sprayed with a mist of disinfectant before they enter. Customers are greeted by a hostess on a monitor, who tells them to wash their hands and take their temperature with a thermometer.
Read MoreGrab Phillippines will provide delivery services for the DA’s online marketplace project. The market system helps take care of the sale of major agricultural goods at reasonably low prices to consumers in partnership with local government units and the private sector. The DA will buy fresh produce from farmers, ensuring more equitable earnings for their work, while GrabExpress will handle deliveries through its service.
Read MoreAs an example, Mark Tadros, who owns Aziz Farms, where he grows dates, decided to hound local politicians and school districts, formed partnerships with other growers and a Palm Springs restaurateur, and made up his lost business by pivoting to delivery boxes and school lunches.
Read MoreDevourin 'Spark In-room' provides contactless experience for both in room services and dining at hotel restaurants. A single QR code on your phone opens the doors to a variety of services including digital menu, digital ordering, payment, real-time feedback or spa appointments, playing the role of a virtual concierge.
Read MoreFish Tales has unveiled an innovative solution to help consumers respect social distance regulation: inner tubes on wheels. The special tables will be available to customers as soon as the bar will be allowed to reopen.
Read MoreThe Clone Machine tool helps to create a stand-in for remote workers' video calls by helping people capture a video of themselves, so that a convincing double can be created in 30 seconds. With the tool, users can save the video and use it as a Zoom background the next time they need to escape.
Read MoreWhile couples are spending more time together at home, a recent survey, ‘Trojan Survey April 2020’, showed that only 19% of people are having more sex with their partner, while 37% are baking more instead. So just in time for #WorldBakingDay Trojan and 72andSunny New York have created a cookbook called ‘Rising Time’ with 69 pages of sensual baking recipes and surprisingly sexual bread photography.
Read MoreChristophe Gernigon designed the PLEX'EAT concept of suspended, protective, XXL Plexiglas visors that let each person dine or have a drink in total safety during COVID.
Read MoreCafe & Konditorei Rothe in Schwerin, northeast Germany, has asked its customers enjoying a coffee or a cake to wear a hat with swimming noodles attached, to ensure they respect the six feet social distancing rule. The initiative has become viral on social media.
Read MoreThe London brewer has found an innovative way to keep the beer flowing during lockdowns by packing his kegs into a van and pulling pints on people's doorsteps, creating an on-demand pub-on-wheels.
Read MoreThis British initiative brings together local caterers and restaurants to provide daily meals to local NHS hospitals and trusts that require it, covering the cost of every meal. They ask for donations and support to make sure they can continue to offer this service to all NHS Heroes, as long as this crisis lasts.
Read MoreThe restaurant recently launched its 'Serres Séparées' (separate greenhouses) model. Big enough for up to three people to gather around a table with candles, these transparent enclosures show how restaurants could adapt to social distancing rules.
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