McDonald’s Peru Operator Shuts Restaurants for Inspection After Employee Deaths

McDonald’s Peru Operator Shuts Restaurants for Inspection After Employee Deaths
A closed McDonald's restaurant, one of all 29 locations that were closed following the deaths of two teenage employees, in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 18, 2019. Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters
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LIMA, Peru—All 29 McDonald’s Peru locations will remain closed until its local operator Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. completes inspections following the deaths of two teenage employees at the weekend, the franchisor said in a statement on Dec. 18.

Arcos Dorados, which owns and operates McDonald’s restaurants throughout Latin America, said it started conducting the safety inspections on Dec. 18 following a two-day mourning period.