Sorry to break it to you but your favourite takeaways are closing on Monday

Here is the list so far

2 years ago | UPDATED 2 years ago

Ahead of the Queen’s funeral on Monday 19th September, chain takeaways and restaurants have announced they will be closed out of respect. King Charles III granted a one-off bank holiday for the Queen’s funeral and many shops and businesses across the country have announced all their stores will be closed. Following the confirmation of the bank holiday, the Government said the decision to close businesses on the day of the funeral was down to the discretion of the employers. So if you were planning on watching the event on Monday with a takeaway then we have some bad news, here are all the takeaways and restaurants that will be closing for the Queen’s funeral:

McDonald’s

Fast-food chain McDonald’s have announced all of their UK restaurants will be closed on Monday until 5pm “to allow everyone at McDonald’s to pay their respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.”

All of our UK restaurants will be closed on Monday until 5pm, to allow everyone at McDonald’s to pay their respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Operating hours and services may vary after 5pm, so please check our app before travelling. pic.twitter.com/OOws3q8hnb

— McDonald's UK (@McDonaldsUK) September 14, 2022

Greggs

Another one of the popular takeaways that has announced it will be closing for the Queen’s funeral is Greggs. To allow for its colleagues to “pay their respect to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II”, Greggs shops will be closed for her funeral. Some shops, operated by its franchise partners, may still remain open.

To give our colleagues the opportunity to pay their respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Greggs shops will be closed on Monday 19th September.

A small number of our shops, operated by our franchise partners, may remain open.

Thanks for your understanding.

— Greggs (@GreggsOfficial) September 14, 2022

Costa Coffee

Costa Coffee has announced all their stores will be closed on Monday 19th September. Some stores which are operated by its partners may remain open and all Costa Express machines will remain on in retailers that stay open.

As a mark of respect to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, all wholly owned Costa Coffee stores will close on Monday 19th September. Some stores, operated by our partners, may remain open. All Costa Express machines will be switched on in those retailers that remain open.

— Costa Coffee (@CostaCoffee) September 13, 2022

Starbucks

To allow for its employees to pay their respects to the late monarch, Starbucks has announced it will be closing “all company owned” Starbucks stores in the UK from 11am to 2pm for the Queen’s funeral.

To support our partners (employees) and ensure they are able to pay their respects to HM Queen Elizabeth II, we will be closing all company owned Starbucks stores in the UK between 11am and 2pm on Monday 19th September. pic.twitter.com/90qAxgVnKs

— Starbucks UK (@StarbucksUK) September 14, 2022

Domino’s Pizza

Domino’s has confirmed its stores will be closed on Monday morning. However, from 12pm all Domino’s stores will reopen after the ceremony has finished.

Pizza Hut

Another Pizza chain that has announced a change in opening times in Pizza Hut. In response to a question on Twitter, Pizza Hut confirmed its restaurants will be opening later than usual at 2pm on Monday 19th September. The later opening time is to allow for Pizza Hut teams to “join the nation in honouring Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her funeral”.

Hi David. We will be opening later than usual at 2 pm on Monday 19th, this is so our team can join the nation in honouring Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her funeral

— Pizza Hut Restaurants (@pizzahutuk) September 16, 2022

Wetherspoons

Wetherspoons has confirmed select venues will be open on Monday 19th September. Some Wetherspoons pubs in London will be open at 8pm and close at midnight on Monday and pubs outside London will open after the Queen’s funeral at 1pm.

Frankie & Benny’s

Italian-American restaurant chain Frankie & Benny’s has confirmed its decision to close all restaurants on Monday 19th September until 4pm. This is in order to allow its teams “to pay their respects to Her Majesty The Queen”.

We expect more food chains will follow suit in its closures for the Queen’s funeral. We will regularly update this story when we have more information on other takeaways and restaurants.