• Internationally, Bacardi has switched its breweries to make 1.1 million litres of hand sanitiser freely available for doctor’s, chemists, care homes, hospitals and more

Bacardi owns brands Grey Goose, Bombay Saphire, Martini, Tequila Patron, and Dewar's.

• Brewdog has switched its brewery to start producing and distributing free hand sanitiser
• Brewdog is now working with the NHS to improve its sanitiser after it couldn't be used in a clinical environment

• Free coffee, tea, or hot chocolate for NHS workers

Internal documents, which I have seen, show: 

• Dozens of Café Nero branches have donated food and supplies to NHS workers, hospitals, police officers, pharmacists and food banks

• Free hot drinks and 50% off dine-in food for NHS workers
• They're only paying staff 50% of what they've actually earned for the month of March
• Carluccio's have now gone into administration, but most employees will be paid 80% of their salary as part of the Gov's scheme

Costa posted on Twitter on 23 March confirming:

• Free hot drinks for NHS workers
• Delivered canned drinks to NHS workers
• Have plans to deliver 1 million cans of coffee
• Promised to deliver food to NHS workers
• Will be paying their staff in full over the next 8 weeks

In more news:

• A Costa Coffee branch in Cornwall has been set up a drive-through test centre

• Free medium pizza for NHS workers available in some stores. As stores are franchised, the availability of these offers is down to individual owners.

Fullers have:

• Cancelled commercial rents for their tenants
• Suspended a dividend payment to their shareholders

Plus, internal documents which I have seen has confirmed:

• The main board directors have taken a voluntary 25% pay cut
• Despite closing on 21 March, employees will be paid in full up to the 4 April
• All employees will get 80% of their pay, or 80% average of their earnings as part of the Gov scheme.
• If the Gov scheme doesn't cover 80% of employee wages, the company will cover the rest up to 80%

• Gousto have donated the equivalent of three thousand meals to The Trussell Trust foodbank network and to Shelter.
• Created a food finder app to help people find local businesses who can deliver groceries

I've spoken with Greene King directly who have confirmed: 

• Employees will be paid for full month of March, and will be fully paid until the 5 April
• Employees will be paid 80% after that as part of the gov scheme
• Their CEO has taken a 50% pay cut, with all members of the exec board taking a 30% pay cut to help the business
• They've postponed collecting rent along with fees for licensing, insurance, maintenance and services for the foreseeable future

Thanks to the multiple people including Thom, Ben and others, who've written in with their experiences.

Anonymous feedback: "The company have been amazing" "Couldn't ask for any more"

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• All of their workers will be paid throughout the store closures
• NHS staff members were able to get free hot drinks
• They do not use zero-hours contracts
• Most of their workers are furloughed
• Their Chief Exec has taken a 20% pay cut
• Staff who are on furlough have had their wages topped up to 100% until 1 July, dropping to 80% thereafter.

• They have given out 500,000 free doughnuts to key workers across the UK
• Staff in the NHS, Fire and Police services were able to receive a free coffee and doughnuts each day
• NHS workers, policeman and firefighters get 50% discount off everything

Posting on Tuesday 24 March, Leon announced: 

• Over 13,800 meals were served to NHS workers at a 50% discount
• Supporting their workers if they choose to stay at home
• Staying open to serve key workers despite losing money
• If they do make a profit, it'll be spent directly on feeding hospital teams

According to internal documents which I have seen, staff who needed to self isolate or take care of a dependant were only being paid Statutory Sick Pay.

LEON has not responded to a request for comment at this stage.

• Free drinks for NHS workers
• When McDonalds closed, branches donated food to the NHS and foodbanks
• A branch in Leciester has been converted into a drive through COVID-19 test centre

Thank you to the many people who wrote in to say:

• Staff will be paid 80% as part of gov scheme, which also applies to staff on zero-hours contracts
• Staff were also fully paid for the first two weeks of closure*

I've had conflicting reports of franchised branches paying different amounts. Please get in touch if you can verify this.

• 50% off for NHS workers when dining in
• After Nando's closed restaurants on 22 March, a Nando's staff will be paid their full contracted hours until 3 May.
• After this point employees have will be paid 80% of their contracted hours, according to internal documents which I have seen
• Nando's added: they are "committed to doing everything we can to help [our teams] through these unprecedented times"

Thank you to the dozens of people who wrote in to also confirm the above, and to say that: Multiple Nando's resturants have been giving away free food to NHS staff, key workers and food banks.

Anonymous feedback: "The communication from management has been incredible...Truly feels like a big family"

• Free free takeaway coffee or tea for NHS workers

Pret has so far: 

• Given free hot drinks and 50% off food for NHS workers
• Have delivered food and drink to NHS staff
• Donate all their unsold food to hostels and shelters every day
• Pret has reopened 10 of its locations near London Hospitals to serve NHS staff
• The stores will also contain essentials such as bread, milk and tea
• It will deliver and donate 7,000 meals per week to charity
  

• Free drinks for NHS workers
• Launched a $10 million worldwide fund to support staff in hard times
• Donated more than $3 million to global COVID-19 relief efforts
• Donated $1 million to support coffee and tea farming communities

• They're paying staff in full, 100% of their average last 12 weeks pay until the end of May
• Donated food to local charities and hospices
• Donated Antibac wipes to the NHS

• Tim Martin the boss of the Pub chain has said the shut down was 'over the top'
• He allegedly told workers they would not receive any pay from the 22 March until the Government pays the chain first
• He suggested to concerned staff that they should get jobs at Tesco instead. It could be weeks until they are paid
• The chain is now refusing to pay suppliers until the lockdown ends
• Update: they've u-turned, and will be paying staff 80% going forwards
• ‍Tim Martin and his chief exec take said they will take a 50% pay cut, other board members will also cut their salaries.