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title: "Report: Restaurants Going Smaller to Accommodate Online Orders"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f1e9354b-55b1-4a23-a6cb-ec894d26974a
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/report-restaurants-going-smaller-to-accommodate-online-orders-2708305
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2018-10-29T18:13:29.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:58.985Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/74ae08e3759a14d281b6dc3227e01fde2845.jpg
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# Report: Restaurants Going Smaller to Accommodate Online Orders

**TL;DR:** Restaurants like Firehouse Subs and McDonald's are scaling back their real estate needs to accommodate online orders. Major brands are changing their spaces to adapt to the shift towards delivery and take-out.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/report-restaurants-going-smaller-to-accommodate-online-orders-2708305).*

## Story

More and more people want to either have their food delivered or take it to go, which is prompting restaurants to scale back their real estate needs, according to a Bloomberg report .

Major brands such as Firehouse Subs and McDonald’s are changing up their restaurant spaces to accommodate the changing landscape, according to the article.

"The impact from delivery is the greatest shift we've seen yet," Firehouse CEO Don Fox told Bloomberg. "We're investing in where the business is going, which is off site.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- Firehouse Subs (company)
- Bloomberg (company)
- online orders (topic)
- delivery trend (topic)
- restaurant space (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/report-restaurants-going-smaller-to-accommodate-online-orders-2708305). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f1e9354b-55b1-4a23-a6cb-ec894d26974a).