ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — In the recent changes to its daily operations in the fight against COVID-19, Wegmans is also limiting capacity in all New York stores.
“We are operating our stores at 15-20% of their maximum occupancy and have good practices in place to ensure we are staying within those limits. This is a company-wide initiative and something we’ve been enacting at the store level as needed,” the store’s website reads.
Additional safety measures include:
- New cashier guidelines for front-end processes and register cleaning and sanitation.
- Visual indicators on all our front end and in the pharmacies to limit exposure while customers wait.
- Plexiglass shields are being installed at our pharmacies and front-end registers.
- Masks provided for employees.
Wegmans has temporarily changed its store hours from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The grocer is also temporarily closing:
- All Market Café seating areas
- All in-store Pubs
- Select Burger Bars
- Amore
- Next Door
Purchasing limits continue for select items at the grocery chain including some cleaning supplies as well as eggs, milk and more. The full list can be found here.
