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"Facing rising COVID-19 cases in Georgia, Ford Fry announced the immediate closure of his 12 Atlanta-area Rocket Farm restaurants, including takeout and delivery, and said he is having all employees quarantine for 14 days; he also noted there are currently no confirmed COVID-19 cases within the group and expressed hope to reopen as soon as April 13. The group had already placed 1,242 Rocket Farm employees across Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte, and Nashville on protected, unpaid leave last week, bringing the total employees to 1,391. Rocket Farm is filing for unemployment benefits on behalf of furloughed staff, providing full medical benefits to eligible employees, and allowing staff to use paid time off and up to 80 hours of negative paid time off during the closure." - Beth McKibben