6 chains including Starbucks and Krispy Kreme are offering free food and drinks for healthcare workers and other first responders

• Hospitals across the country are being overrun by COVID-19 patients, leading to exhausting days without rest for many healthcare workers.
• At the same time, restaurants have been dealt a catastrophic blow by sweeping closures.
• But there are still at least six major restaurant chains that are now providing healthcare workers on the front lines with free food and drinks.
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As things heat up on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, some restaurants are cooking up free food for healthcare workers.

Hospitals across the country are becoming overrun, leading to stressful, exhausting workdays for many healthcare workers. And meanwhile, the pandemic has dealt a catastrophic blow to many restaurants, with one in five possibly forced to close their doors forever, according to UBS estimates.

But some major chains are still supporting healthcare workers, redirecting their supplies and workforce towards providing them with free food.

Here are six major chains that are doing just that.

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