![]() Still, Safeway was confident it will gain the upper hand on the barren shelves for certain items for which shoppers hunger, such as antibacterial wipes, toilet paper, canned goods, paper towels, kleenex, water, and rice. “They are sending out single or multiple products in bulk versus trying to have the same variety you might have been used to in the store.” “Our suppliers are working to consolidate the variety of products that they send out,” Street said. The grocery company said its wholesale partners have begun to streamline and trim the variety in the products they ship. “It started in Hawaii, then spread to California.” ![]() “Fourteen days ago this hit us out of the blue,” Street said. Pleasanton-based Safeway conceded the coronavirus panic buying has jolted the grocery giant. “One way to think about this is two shopping carts is about the six-foot mark,” Street said. The supermarket chain will encourage people to adhere to social distancing during special hours for seniors and to use familiar objects to gauge the distance. Therefore, Safeway is betting the hours right after a Bay Area store has opened for the day could offer the best opportunity for seniors and others at-risk to shop.\ “In the morning is our best in-stock position.” “We get shipments overnight,” Street said. That way, store workers who would otherwise be at checkout stands to handle purchases could instead work on stocking shelves and doing a nightly “deep clean” of the stores, Safeway said. on those days if it’s a store that typically opens later.įor the time being, during the virus crisis, Safeway isn’t keeping any Bay Area stores open 24 hours a day for retail sales. or 7 a.m., so the dedicated hours would run from 6 a.m. Safeway stores now typically open at 6 a.m. “We are going to allow our seniors 65 and older, and those at risk, to shop during those hours,” Safeway Northern California Division President Brad Street said. Starting this Thursday, Safeway store managers are asking that shoppers abide by a rule that will be in place until 9 a.m. The new Safeway program is designed to improve the chances for senior citizens and other vulnerable residents, such as people with disabilities, to obtain goods and products they need, officials said Wednesday. I have a very simple message: Hoarding hurts our neighbors.” And the fear sometimes stokes panic buying and hoarding. “We know there is a lot of fear out there. “The supply chain here at Safeway and all of our grocers is very healthy and is vital,” Mayor Liccardo said. Mayor Liccardo believes ample supplies of food and other groceries are in ample supply in the Bay Area, and to underscore his point on Wednesday, he gestured to fresh fruit, vegetables, juices, and other items in and near the produce section of a big Safeway store on Cottle Road in San Jose. So if a Whole Foods store now opens at 9 a.m., people aged 60 years or older can shop exclusively at 8 a.m. Whole Foods has instituted a seniors-only hour during the hour before the store opens to the general public for the day. Zanotto’s Market, a San Jose-based local grocery chain, on Tuesday instituted a seniors-only hour for people 60 years of age or older, every day, from 8 a.m. Target on Wednesday launched a dedicated shopping hour for seniors and others during the first hour every store nationwide is open. “Safeway and all of the food providers and retail providers in our community will continue to ensure that we have ample supplies for our entire community.
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