McDonald's halts U.S. reopening plans

U.S. customers that want to dine in at McDonald's will have to wait another 3 weeks.

The prolonged shutdown is sure to bring further pain to the fast food chain.

McDonald's saw its sales around the world dip by 30% in the first two months of the current quarter.

A letter seen by Reuters Wednesday (July 1) showed the brand plans to keep its U.S. dining rooms shut for 21 days.

That's as the health crisis has surged to new record highs daily across the country this week.

Stay-at-home restrictions in many states have hit the restaurant industry particularly hard.

They've limited fast food restaurants' operations and seen fewer meals sold.

Now, with case numbers rising again as Americans emerge out of lockdown state governments are being forced to rethink their reopening plans.

And there's no telling when restaurants will be able to return to normal capacity.

Nearly 99% of McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. remain open for drive-through, delivery and take-out options.