Walmart began limiting the number of customers who can be in its stores at once because of the coronavirus pandemic
New York Walmart on Saturday began limiting the number of customers who can be in its stores at once because of the coronavirus pandemic.
"We have been concerned to still see some behaviors in our stores that put undue risk on our people," Walmart's executive vice president and chief operating officer Dacona Smith wrote in a Friday blog post."We want to encourage customers to bring the fewest number of people per family necessary to shop."No more than five customers are allowed per 1,000 square feet in the store at any given time, the retail giant announced in the blog post.
"We know that in ordinary times a store is a gathering place for members of a community to connect and socialize. We look forward to the time when that is again the case," Smith wrote.Read MoreWalmart previously announced measures to deal with the pandemic, including expanded paid leave ad closing stores overnight to clean and restock. It also began making gloves, masks available to employees.Other retailers have made similar changes.
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