Frome's McDonalds restaurant will be re-opening, as a drive thru, by early June.

In the latest press statement the company announced that 30 sites will re open for drive through service only on May 20. But it has not decided which those will be .

If Frome is not included in that first wave the company says ALL of its restaurants will re-open for drive thru service only by early June.

Eight weeks ago McDonalds closed its entire restaurant list.

In a company statement just released today (May 12) it said: " Over the last two months we have worked tirelessly to overhaul our operational procedures to enable our teams to return to work safely.

" From 11am tomorrow, 15 pilot restaurants in the South East of England will offer delivery only ...as we adjust to smaller teams and social distancing in our kitchens."

The company's CEO then added what they called : The next stage in our reopening :

"There has been an incredible response to news of our reopening and we know many of you are eager for us to extend our reopening plans at a faster pace. The wellbeing of our employees, suppliers and delivery partners' couriers is my top priority and we will only extend our plans at a pace that enables us to create a safe working environment for our teams.

"In the last few days, updated government guidance has been shared in both the UK and Ireland, which makes it clear that takeaways and deliveries can operate. In line with government guidance, next week we will begin the next phase of reopening a further 30 pilot restaurants in the UK and Ireland, offering service through the Drive-Thru lane from Wednesday 20th May. Moving in step with government guidelines, we plan to reopen all our Drive-Thrus by early June. "