How to Stay Safe When Grocery Shopping During the Corona Virus

In our household, we usually go shopping once a week on Saturdays. We went to our local Aldi and Walmart last Saturday and many of the shelves were wiped out. Most of the products that were out of stock were items like toilet paper, tissues, cold and flu medicine, fresh produce, and candy.

It was a surreal experience for me to see that. I joked with my husband that this felt like we were shopping during the zombie apocalypse.

In one of President Trump’s Corona Virus Administration updates this past weekend, he said that he had spoken to CEOs of several grocery store chains like Costco, Walmart, and Krogers. These retail business leaders asked him to tell the American people to please not panic buy. They wanted everyone to know that they will work diligently to continue to keep the shelves stocked each week. VP Mike Pence said that we should continue with our weekly shopping needs only.

Some stores like Foodtown, which is a 30 store grocery chain in Texas have decided to accommodate their senior citizen population by providing special shopping hours so they can avoid shopping with crowds.

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