Interesting observations;
So we decided to go out today and replenish our food supplies today. We got some produce, meats and variuos goodies that had run out over last 3-4 weeks.
We went to tow different stores. Costco and Meijers ( a local chain supermarket)
Costco was an strange experience. A line at the door and a wait for at least 20 mins. Only 50 groups of shopers inthe store at any given time. Seeing that few people at a Costco was weird. The shelves were pretty much fully stocked, including a mountain of toilet paper. Meat cases and produce we full. No sanitizing or similar wipes and no masks. Every other checkout lane was open wiht the now standard plexiglass panel between shopper and customer. There were constant announcements about social distancing and they had an employee making sure everyone stayed spaced during checkout. Every employee had on masks and gloves and I estimate at least 60-70 percent of customers had on masks. I did not notice any increase in pricing.
Meijers was a completly differnt experience . Meijers is a regional chain and is a very nice store. Thye were also well stocked, and as usual many of their items were on sale. They have a great produce department and it was full. As few shortages here and their, mostly paper goods, cleaning suppiles, some milk products and some frozen goods. The biggest difference was the level of safety or rather the lack of it. Most employees did not waer a mask or gloves, but they did have the plexiglass shields. They were, like Costco, cleaning carts for each customer and had hand sanitizer at may locations within the store. Only an estimated 10 to 15% of customers were wearing masks which I was less than happy to see.
All in all an interesting trip and eye opening in many respects. Hated to go out but we are not doing too bad in our county for covid 19 infections. 171 cases and 17 deaths. We took precautions. Masks and eye glasses. Hand sanitizer often. We wiped each food item with santitizing wipes before it entered the house. Our shoes never entered the house, and we washed our hands quite a few times as we cleaned and put away our purchases. We washed out coats and hats, along with the clothes we wore and then took a shower. Maybe overkill but we have nothing but time on our hands so why not. Even the car got a sanitizing wipe down.
