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Nando’s has re-opened the kitchens at six of its UK branches to cook meals for NHS workers and selected charities.

The chicken chain said it will provide 1,500 free meals a day between four sites in London and two in Manchester.

Meals will be dropped off at hospitals every evening between 6pm and 9pm and each branch will obey social distancing and strict health and safety measures, according to a spokesperson.

The company says it donated 20,000 free meals to NHS workers in the run-up to the lockdown.


Nando’s 420-plus branches nationwide have been closed since the lockdown began on March 23 (Picture: Getty Images)

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Restaurants were chosen because of their proximity to and existing relationship with a local hospital or NHS building.



The spokesperson added: ‘If any local NHS teams aren’t being serviced then we would of course love to hear from them and hopefully if this goes well we will be able to open more restaurants to help more people.

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‘The restaurants also already have existing relationships with local charities who will also be receiving food as part of the daily cook-off.’

Spare food left at the end of the day is to be donated to charities through Nando’s anti-waste initiative, which claims to have donated more than 1.5 million meals since 2013.

A branch in Dublin has also reopened its kitchen to provide meals to Irish public health providers.

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