Shake Shack Founder to Require Proof of Vaccination , for Customers at Company’s Restaurants.
On the July 29 episode of CNBC's 'Squawk Box,'
Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group.
announced that the company will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for indoor diners and drinkers at its restaurants.
I’m not a scientist, but I know how to read data and what I see is that this is a crisis of people who have not been vaccinated, and I feel strong responsibility, on our part as business leaders, to take care of our team and our guests, and that’s what we’re doing, Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, on 'Squawk Box'.
You cannot eat or drink with a mask on. The one thing you can do is be vaccinated, Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, on 'Squawk Box'.
We’re going to give our employees 45 days to make the choice and hopefully this will be the incentive that really makes them say, ‘You know what, now I’m going to do it.', Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, on 'Squawk Box'.
However, Shake Shack will set its own policy. .
Shake Shack will make the appropriate decision for them at the appropriate time, Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, on 'Squawk Box'.
As for the company's other restaurants,
the policy is set to go into effect Sept. 7. .
If you really want to go unvaccinated, you can dine somewhere else, and you can also go work somewhere else, Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, on 'Squawk Box'
