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Old Restaurant Chains Get Second Look by Quarantined America

Chains Bounce Back For Deliveries

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By Leslie Patton

March 23, 2020 at 3:40 PM UTC

Updated on

March 23, 2020 at 6:15 PM UTC

Decades-old pizza and chicken-wing chains are seeing a revival thanks to confined U.S. consumers.

Exhausted parents and bored 20-somethings are turning to older restaurant chains like Papa John’s International Inc. and Wingstop Inc. for delivery and takeout in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that’s forced people to stay at home.