Albertsons Cos. is installing Plexiglas in its checkout lanes as a protective barrier between customers and employees. The “sneeze guards” will be installed in the company’s 2,200-plus stores over the next two weeks. Albertsons stores have also taken a number of other safety precautions such as pausing self-service operations, enhancing measures to clean and disinfect all departments, restrooms, and other high-touch points, and reserving special times for seniors and at-risk shoppers to obtain their groceries.
In addition, Albertsons is providing all ecommerce pickers and drivers, store associates, distribution center associates and manufacturing plant associates a $2 per-hour worked increase above and beyond their regular pay. “In ways that we could not even imagine, overnight, our country changed – and as a result it changed the way our teams conduct business,” said Vivek Sankaran, president and CEO, in a statement. “I am so proud to say our teams did not skip a step. In our manufacturing plants, distribution centers and in our stores, our associates are working tirelessly to serve our customers. They work every day to keep our communities fed, their pantries and medicine cabinets stocked, and to ensure one less worry on our customers’ minds as we all face this unprecedented pandemic.”
Related: Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Purchased Coronavirus Supplies; Grocers Make Accommodations as Coronavirus Spreads.
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