The coronavirus pandemic has made buying groceries one of the few essential activities that lets us leave our homes.
To keep shoppers and employees safe, major national and Bay Area grocery store chains have rolled out various health and sanitizing measures, as well as restrictions. But it can be hard to keep track of all the policies, which change regularly.
Six Bay Area counties — Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara and San Mateo — have banned reusable bags for as long as shelter-in-place orders are in effect. The counties also require stores to post social distancing notices visible to customers. Residents must wear masks when running errands, including going to the grocery store.
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Shopping feels safer at Cleanse Apothecary in Seminole Heights
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Walk up to the door of Cleanse Apothecary in Seminole Heights and you're immediately greeted by a sign on the door.
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The shop remained open during the shutdown — they were allowed to because they sell soap and hand sanitizer — but owners Greg Curtis and Terry Bellamy devised a stringent new business model.
Now that certain businesses have been allowed to reopen, Curtis and Bellamy have eased things up a bit, allowing 4 to 5 people in the store and giving a little wiggle room on browsing time. But they will lock the door as needed to keep capacity down and require customers to wear a mask. They wear masks, and sell fabric and paper ones.
Some San Diego Shopping Complexes Opening Up – NBC 7 San Diego
County officials and Governor Newsom announced that many businesses are allowed to open provided they fill out the county's safe reopening plan form.
Many shopping complexes said that a lot of their businesses were already open because they were either deemed essential business or they were food establishments that had been allowed to do pick up or delivery services.
At the Grossmont Center in La Mesa, 48 of their 115 businesses were either food places or essential service businesses. Another 40 businesses qualified to reopen as part of phase two, but so far, only four additional businesses have opened since Friday when officials said that certain retailers like clothing stores, bookstores, and sporting good stores could reopen for curbside pickup and delivery.
TV Shopping Avoids Media's and Retailers' Woes - WSJ
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Americans Keep Clicking to Buy, Minting New Online Shopping Winners - The New York Times
Online sales in the United States have surged in recent weeks, after shelter-in-place measures enacted in March shuttered brick-and-mortar stores throughout the country.
While the shutdowns immediately altered how people spent their money , the patterns have continued to shift as the weeks have gone on, new data shows, shaped by waves of panic buying and even payouts of government aid. The latest bump in online spending came after the government sent out stimulus payments to tens of millions of American households beginning on April 11 .
Will Shopping Ever Be the Same? - The New York Times
When department stores reopen their doors, a familiar whoosh will still greet customers at the entrance: the sudden gust of air-conditioning, the gleam of polished marble floors, the sensation of not really knowing where to start.
But beyond the doors, new and unfamiliar sights await: hand-sanitizer dispensers scattered on every surface, employees smizing through their face masks, signs displaying checklists of "what we're doing to keep you safe." When Saks Fifth Avenue reopened in Houston, the store stamped a trail of warnings on its white tile floors, in blocky black text, asking shoppers to "please maintain social distancing of at least six feet from others."
Ballard Farmers Market launches online shopping tool – My Ballard
You can now shop online for your weekly farmers market produce: the Ballard Farmers Market has launched their online marketplace to make it easier for customers to shop, contact-free.
The drive-through and walk-up options are still available, but the Ballard Farmers Marketplace allows vendors who are not yet able to sell at the market (body product vendors, for example) to sell their goods for Sunday pick-up. Online shopping is available on weekdays, with final orders required by noon on Fridays.
Shoppers shift from stockpiling to penny pinching at the grocery store
U.S. shoppers are making more trips to the dollar store. They're stocking up with items from stores' private-label brands more than usual and cutting back on snacks and sodas at convenience stores.
Those emerging data points, captured by market research firm IRI in recent weeks, may preview the next wave of grocery shopping during the coronavirus pandemic. They all have something in common: They are the buying patterns that herald an economic downturn.
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