Taco Bell recently announced it is giving away free taco to any individual going to its restaurant for drive-thru orders. This treat to customers is the food chain's contribution to the government in its call for social distance among people to slow down the spread of COVID-19.

Taco Bell offers at least one million "Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos" via the participating locations' drive-thrus. Relatively, in a letter Mark King, the company's Chief Executive Officer wrote, he said that it is the restaurants' commitment to providing food for important workers in this pandemic, particularly the health workers, as well as those working in the transportation and grocery stores.

Doing its Part to Take Care of the Brave People

In his letter, King said, since his letter on March 13, a lot of changes have been taking place every day. Nevertheless, he added, he has noticed that there's only one thing that hasn't changed and that is the coming-together of people to help one another to show how much their care.

The company CEO also identified what he described as "a distinct group of brave individuals," from the health workers to grocery store employees, to teachers-who guarantee that the world continues to run, and there is a need to guarantee that Taco Bell is going its part to take care of these brave people he referred to.

$1-Million Donation

Taco Bell is also donating "$1 million to No Kid Hungry," an organization providing a meal to children without easy access to food. In addition, No Kid Hungry is ardently hoping as well, to reinstate its program known as the Round Up program to allow the customers of driver-thrus "to round up their total, not to mention, give donations to the program. In relation to this, Taco Bell is set to deploy, too, its Taco Bell Taco Trucks for the delivery of food to people who cannot access and go to a drive-thru.

Yum Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, is contributing too, to combat COVID-19. David Gibbs, Yum Brands CEO, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal, is sacrificing his base salary for 2020 to help the employees. Also, on top of the workers of the company, the money will be allotted for the one-time bonuses amounting to $1,000 for the 1,200 general managers of The Habit Grill and Pizza Hut, also owned by Yum Brands.

Other Companies' Commitment to their Employees

Other food companies and businesses are providing their respective employees with a boost as well, in the midst of the pandemic. Some of these companies, according to the Nation's Restaurant News include Walmart, Kroger, and Albertsons.

Meanwhile, according to the same report, Starbucks offered a bump of $3 per hour for employees, effective from March 21 to April 19. Chipotle also announced it would offer a 10-percent increase in pay to its hourly employees temporarily.

Estimates made earlier suggest approximately one million American workers could have turned unemployed in March due to the shutdown which COVID-19 caused. In relation to this, the Labor Department stated that the number of Americans who file applications for unemployment benefits rose to 281,000 as of March 14.