Posted on 03/18/2020 5:34:09 PM PDT by buckalfa
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Walmart announces changes to hours of operation and special shopping hours as the COVID-19 pandemic changes the landscape of daily life across the country.
Over the weekend Walmart stores adjusted its operating hours to help make it easier for associates to stock and perform enhanced cleaning and sanitizing. Walmart saw the results of its efforts and will take additional steps beginning Thursday, March 19.
Store Operating Hours Walmart U.S. stores will adjust operating hours to 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Stores that open later than 7 a.m. will continue their regular starting hours.
This will further help associates restock the shelves for customers while continuing to clean and sanitize the store.
While the store hours change for customers, our associates will continue to have access to their regular scheduled shifts and full hours.
Special Shopping Hours: 60 and older We know our older customers could be more vulnerable to the coronavirus and to better support them, Walmart is offering special shopping hours. From March 24 through April 28, Walmart stores will host an hour-long senior shopping event every Tuesday for customers aged 60 and older.
This will start one hour before the store opens. Our Pharmacies and Vision Centers will also be open during this time.
Item Limitations: Walmart says communities are counting on us more than ever and we are determined to serve the broadest number of customers and ensure they have access to the key items they are looking for.
Walmart stores will have limits for customers in certain categories including paper products, milk, eggs, cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, water, diapers, wipes, formula, and baby food.
Essential Services: Walmart associates are working hard to have every part of the store ready to serve customers.
Walmart stores will temporarily shut down our Auto Care Centers to allow those associates to focus on stocking and cleaning in the rest of the store.
Also, Vision Centers will operate on a normal schedule, providing essential services only such as glasses repair and helping customers pick up existing orders. At least one associate will serve the needs of Vision Care customers, while the other associates will help in the rest of the store.
“We are paying very close attention to our stores and communities and will continue making the necessary changes to help make sure our associates are taken care of and that our customers can get what they need. Let’s all take care of each other out there,” Walmart spokesperson says
“There is no evidence anywhere in the world of older people having a higher risk of being infected.”
Then I guess these folks are wrong:
CDC: 80 percent of US coronavirus deaths are people 65 and older
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825866/posts
I figure you bring things home, put on gloves, put your groceries away. I think they have a list somewhere that tells you how long the virus lives on inanimate objects. Wipe down anything plastic with wipes (or Lysol), don’t save the plastic bags just throw them away.
They probably are to Sanitize self checkouts, pharmacy area, bathrooms, price check machines, counters.
I guess you don’t know the difference between infection and death? Lol Public school?
Once again: There is no evidence anywhere in the world of older people having a higher risk of being infected.
The current pandemic has totally scared off the temp workers and large numbers of company employees
Yep. Thank goodness for self check out. Wally world would be sunk without them now. This week I did over hear a Walmart manager complaining about customers asking stocking employees questions and wasting their time. He of course was standing around and not putting product on the shelves.
If anything, this pandemic will hasten the deployment of robots.
“I was at Walmart yesterday and the area with canned beans was completely empty.”
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The person who bought those canned beans was heard yelling at the associates, “I fart in your general direction!”
You have to do it at midnight... or REALLY early in the morning and you might get end of next day.
We dared enter Walmart last Saturday night. I felt SO bad for the stockers. Many of them are probably hires off of the street and people walking up to them... where are canned tomatoes... when will you stock that box...
Deer in the headlights.
60 and older get a special hour on Tuesday. This is a retirement community. It’ll be packed with old, slow people (I’m 64)! Get your stuff and stand in line for two hours. Ugh...
“How ‘bout some more beans, Mr. Taggart?”
No pickup times available at this time. Every slot is taken for the next week and they don’t take reservations before then. Possibly, some new times will be available in the morning.
If anything, this pandemic will hasten the deployment of robots.
Agree. Robots are the future of retail.
Stein Mart is closed here in FL. Probably forever.
I’ve got to hand to Aldi, though. They always run a tight ship but they are really stepping up now. Stopped in today and they had most everything except TP and hand sanitizer. Managers were on the floor breaking down pallets and shelving product. I saw no such sense of urgency at Walmart yesterday.
Another senior perk and I just turned 60...oh, wait...it’s just Walmart
This will give their employess time to get more TP. Seriously I was there today just before 6AM. The guard let an employee out with a cart full of toliet paper, which she took to her car and then returned to the store. Once they let the 6 of us waiting outside in, not one roll was on the shelves. I picked the wrong careeer.
They are only doing current and next day. They are no longer allowing out a week, that is why you don’t see out a week.
They’ve discontinued pick up orders here. Not enough stock.
Double check. They initially cancelled everyone’s orders yesterday. Then they sent a notice out that they are only scheduling out one day. If you don’t hit the online order midnight, early morning, all slots for next day will be taken.
I went out today for my daughter. She has 3 kids at home now that they cancelled school and by the time she makes it to any store the shelves are empty. One of the kids has a cold and she hit 3 drugstores on her side of town and couldn’t find children’s Tylenol. Bare shelves. She couldn’t find milk or toilet paper either. So I went out at 9 this morning to get the kid meds and milk for her. No tp anywhere so I took her one of my stashed 12 packs. It’s ridiculous.
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