Safe Service
Team Member Care
- Our local restaurant Operators are following guidance from the CDC and state public health officials on how and when to exclude Team Members that are diagnosed, sick or exposed. Operators are monitoring their Team Members for symptoms. Anyone who displays symptoms is asked to stay home and not return based on state and CDC guidance.
- When clocking in for their shift, Team Members are prompted to review a list of symptoms, including those of COVID-19. They know not to clock-in, but to go home if they are experiencing symptoms or have experienced symptoms in the past 24 hours.
- Thermometers are available to our Operators for Team Members to be able to check their temperatures when starting their shift.
- Team Members are wearing approved face coverings, in alignment with the CDC's recommendation to help prevent the spread. It is important to know, as to not limit availability for medical personnel and first responders, Chick-fil-A Inc. is not procuring medical-grade masks or face coverings.
- All Team Members must wash re-wearable masks after their shifts end and prior to reuse.
Hand Washing
All of our procedures are developed in strict adherence to CDC and FDA guidelines. The CDC and Surgeon General have advised hand washing with soap and water as one of the most effective ways to reduce risks of transmitting an infection.
- Team Members have been instructed to wash their hands regularly (and after handling currency).
- In addition to food preparation, we have also issued new guidelines requiring the safe use of gloves by Team Members, including requiring Team Members to wear gloves while assembling meals and wash their hands in between certain tasks, like preparing and serving meals.
- To ensure adequate hand washing, we deployed new outdoor hand washing stations for restaurant Team Members to use when Team Members are outside for more than 5 minutes consistently, interacting with Customers, handling food, and/or handling cash transactions.
Food Safety
We are evaluating every aspect of our business to ensure we take all possible measures to prevent any potential spread of the coronavirus, including the way we prepare and package your meals.
- For the time being, items like our signature Icedream and other menu items will be served in different packaging to limit contact.
- We are implementing contactless meal fulfillment for food served through our drive-thru, carryout and curbside.
- Additionally, we are instituting contactless procedures and other measures with our delivery partners to minimize potential spread. All third-party and Team Member Delivery meals are required to be sealed with delivery stickers to ensure they have not been opened since prepared and packaged.
- For restaurants where dining rooms are open, meals will be served in to-go bags with napkins, condiments and utensils included. Self-service stations for condiments and beverages will not be open, and restaurants will provide each drink refill using a new cups and a new lid. Trays and table markers will not be used.
Social Distancing
Frequent Cleaning
Chick-fil-A restaurants utilize three different cleaners that are on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of disinfectant products effective for use against SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).
Team Members will use these products to clean and disinfect all high-touch equipment every 60 minutes, including:
- Tablets
- Credit card readers
- Point-of-sale systems
- Plexiglass protection
- Door handles
- Cash and delivery bins
- Shelves
Team Members will clean and sanitize (or disinfect based on state or local requirements) tables and booths after every use.
Contactless
As Guests arrive at the restaurant and enter the dining room, it is important to know health and wellbeing is our priority. Below are ways that ways restaurants are working to ensure a safe and healthy experience:
- Hand sanitizer stations available for customer use.
- Front counter plexiglass shields in between registers and customer payment systems to provide an extra layer of protection between Team Members and Guests.
- To further limit person-to-person contact, Guests have the ability to swipe their own credit card and no longer have to provide credit card PIN entry or sign for receipts.
- Team Members will use a plastic bin to collect cash and return change.
- All meal delivery must be contactless by using a plastic bin or tray to deliver meals.
- Condiment stations will remain empty as all condiments will be provided to Guests with meal.
Our team has been innovating new procedures to help restaurants nationwide remain vigilant about social distancing and limit any physical contact with Guests during this time. Here are a few examples of changes we are making in restaurants:
Please know that because each restaurant is independently owned and operated and building design and operations vary restaurant-to-restaurant, these operations may look different at your location.