Meijer is currently inquiring further steps to defend both its workers and consumers during the continuous COVID-19 outbreak.
The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer, has worked to limit the number of customers who enter its doors through each trip.
Additionally, Meijer also is completing a different method to control the number of consumers in each store, maintaining daily health screenings and warmth checks of team members, and establishing emergency plexiglass shields at all check lanes and drugstores.
Weekly sales ads also will be discontinued beginning April 12, to reduce consumer count inside the store, the organization announced.
Security Is Warranted
Additional measures by Meijer protection will include reusable bags prohibition (except being practiced for its Shop & Scan program), the temporary replacement of Sandy the Pony from the front end of its stores, the setting of decals on the floor six feet apart in sections where clients may meet, and recommending shoppers use the length of their shopping carts to gauge proper way from others.
“We proceed to look for further ways to guarantee the security of our clients and team member in the face of this severe difficulty,” Meijer President and CEO, Rick Keyes stated. “By working together, we can decrease the spread of this virus and help keep our neighborhoods protected.”
Meijer published today it is changing its store hours for the foreseeable future to allow more time for team members to profound clear and restock its stores, as well as restricted hours for senior residents, clients with chronic health conditions, fundamental service mechanics and its team members.
Maijer Innovations
- Meijer markets will close late at 10 p.m. local time, starting Friday, March 20, and will open each morning at 8 a.m. local time.
- Meijer Express service store positions will close overnight at 10 p.m. and open each morning at 8 a.m.; pay-at-the-pump fuel sales will continue free 24 hours a day.
- Meijer repositories and stores will provide dedicated shopping times for senior residents and clients with chronic health diseases on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-8 a.m. local time.
- Meijer shops and drugstores will provide dedicated buying times for basic service workers and Meijer team members on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-8 a.m. local time.
Meijer Customer Success Purpose
“These are modern times that require proper action to guarantee we are helping the neighborhoods where our consumers and team members work and live,” stated Rick Keyes, Meijer President, and Chief Executive Officer. “Our adjusted store hours will guarantee all of our customers have access to the outcomes they need in the most reliable shopping environment potential.”
Essential service workers include all pharmaceutical workers, first responders, and law enforcing. Meijer is asking its clients and the public to please consider the times for these important groups.
“As we proceed to evaluate the store hours that will best help all our customers, it’s more relevant than ever for us to work together for the more comprehensive good of our identities,” Keyes said. “All of us at Meijer is pleased to serve our clients, and we will proceed to work through these challenging times together.”
