CHICAGO, IL – JANUARY 11: A sign hangs outside Walmart store on January 11, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Walmart announced today it would use savings from the recently revised tax law to increase their starting wage to $11-per-hour, offer some hourly employees a one-time bonus up to $1000, expand maternity and parental leave benefits and will begin to offer adoption assistance. The company also disclosed today that it would be closing 63 of its Sam’s Club stores across the US, costing thousands of workers their jobs. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)As many people rushed to the grocery stores panicking once they heard about COVID-19 possibly shutting everything down. Many of these grocery stores at the end of the day were wiped out clean and I mean SPOTLESS.
Although I’m glad we are getting the necessities we need, let’s not forget our senior citizens who don’t move as fast as we do. A lot of these big name grocery stores have kindly set aside time for their most vulnerable customers to shop.
Walmart has announced that every tuesday starting March 24th through April 26th, customers 60 and older will be able to shop in the hour before the store opens.
Whole Foods have started opening their doors an hour earlier for senior citizens who are 60 and older to shop. This became effective as of Wednesday 3/18/2020
Dollar General designated the first hour of opening to seniors. This became effective Tuesday, March 17th.
Target have started on Wednesday 3/18/2020 have reserved their first hour for their vulnerable guests.
**Most of these retailers although have opened early, they are closing earlier to stock their shelves with food and/or necessities**
