One of Canada’s fast food chains has started using hockey sticks in an effort to practice social distancing with their customers.
Harvey’s has teamed up with Bauer Hockey and is attaching its point-of-sales machines to the blade of hockey sticks and using them to keep a safer distance between drive-thru customers and restaurant employees.
That’s how we Socially Distance in Canada! The debit machine attached to a hockey stick! ??should we call this a Burger Trick??
— Morgan Ryan?? (@MorganRyanOnAir) April 9, 2020
? Bleurina at the @HarveysCanada on Tecumseh and Drouillard! pic.twitter.com/PRd1V8gOEC
A portion of drive-thru sales proceeds will also be donated to Food Banks Canada.
David Colebrook, the CEO of Harvey’s said, “Only in Canada would we use our iconic hockey sticks to ensure everyone stays safe at a physical distance while buying their Harvey's burgers.”
“It's a creative and fun solution to a challenging issue. And it ensures we can keep feeding Canadians through our restaurants and food banks.”
We're helping fellow Canucks the Canadian way! In support of @foodbankscanada and in partnership with @bauerhockey our payment machines in all drive-thrus will now be attached to a Bauer Hockey stick as an added safety precaution. Does it get any more ?? than this? pic.twitter.com/98XlY2BWJB
— Harvey's (@HarveysCanada) April 9, 2020
Mary-Kay Messier, Bauer Hockey’s Vice President of Global Marketing said, “We're all one team in combating COVID-19 and in helping to keep one another as safe as possible during this pandemic.”
“Until hockey re-starts, we're glad to put our sticks to good use.”
Bauer has also been producing face shields to assist medical professionals in their fight against coronavirus.