The grocery chain Wegmans has announced the hours at their stores will be changing due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The hours are different depending on region, with the majority of Pennsylvania stores set to operate from 6 a.m.-11 p.m. The exception for Pennsylvania are the stores in Erie, which will operate from 6 a.m. until midnight.
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According to the statement on the Wegmans website, the changes are in order to allow for additional time for employees to clean and re-stock the shelves.
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The stores are also limiting the number of certain items that can be purchased per visit. Visitors can only purchase a maximum of four 1 gallon containers of water, three each of hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol, alcohol wipes and prep pads and hydrogen peroxide, two each of Wegmans, Clorox and Lysol disinfecting wipes, Wegmans towlettes and Wegmans 35 and 24 packs of water, and one each of Wegmans bath tissue and soft bath tissue family packs.
Read the full statement below:
Temporary change in hours of operation:We are changing our hours of operation to better serve our customers and communities. This additional time will be used to clean our stores and restock products.Our temporary store hours are:
- All New York State stores (excluding Brooklyn) and Erie, Pennsylvania: 6 am – 12 am
- New England, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania (Excluding Erie), North Carolina stores: 6 am – 11 pm
- Maryland stores: 6 am – 10 pm
- Brooklyn: 7 am – 11 pm
How is Wegmans addressing safety concerns regarding COVID-19?As part of our everyday practices, we follow strict food safety and policies and procedures, above and beyond what is required of us to ensure a safe environment for all. We continue to reinforce employee education regarding viral prevention and encouraging them to stay home when they don’t feel well. Still, we are taking additional measures to help ensure the health and safety of our employees and customers. We:
- Increased the frequency of cleaning and sanitation in our stores, distribution centers, and offices
- Added additional hand sanitizer stations
- Restricted the use of reusable cups to the self-serve coffee bar, only
- Increased signage providing reusable bag cleaning instructions
- Temporarily enhanced our short-term disability leave program to support our people impacted by COVID-19
How are you keeping up with supply and demand?Because this is impacting the retail industry around the world, supply is limited and there are a number of pressures on the supply chain to keep up with demand. This, coupled with the high volume we’re seeing across all departments, is affecting what is available on our shelves. Know that we continue to receive shipments to our stores every day. Although we may not have every variety available, we are working hard to give our customers options in each category.
Will you continue selling self-serve items such as produce, bakery products and prepared food bars?The health and safety of our customers and employees is our top priority. As part of our everyday practices, we follow strict food safety policies and procedures designed to ensure a safe environment for all. For customers who would prefer a packaged product, most self-serve items are also available pre-packaged in other parts of the store.
Are you limiting the purchase of any products?To help ensure the availability of high-demand items for all customers, we are limiting the purchase of the products below. We continue to receive shipments of these products and are sending them out to stores as soon as they arrive.
Limit of 4 each per order
- Wegmans purified, distilled, and spring water, 1 gallon
Limit of 3 each per order
- Hand sanitizer
- Rubbing alcohol
- Alcohol wipes and prep pads
- Hydrogen peroxide
Limit of 2 each per order
- All Wegmans disinfecting wipes, 75 count
- All Clorox disinfecting wipes
- All Lysol disinfecting wipes
- Wegmans towelettes, 40 count
- Wegmans water, 35 and 24 packs
Limit of 1 each per order
- Wegmans bath tissue, family pack
- Wegmans soft bath tissue, family pack