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[jenniferzz] 23/3/2020 06:43

In Spain

It is by law

1 customer in per household
1 in 1 out
Gloves provided by the store and worn by the customer
Numbers limited
2 m spacing in and outside the store
Gloves, masks and plexiglass (cashiers) for the staff
Sanitiser at the entrance for customers on entering

All the above is compulsory

Everyone complies because the alternative is greater infection and greater number of deaths

the UK just does not get it !!!!!!!!!! This argument just goes round and round and in the meantime more people get sick. Very easily remedied.

We can put a man on the moon, fund and stage a global mega royal wedding for two people who then left the country, Sainsburys and other food retailers can now have Christmas season sales every day and mega takings but we can't do any of the above simple measures. !!!!!!!!!!!

Food retail staff are front line essential workers abandon them at your peril. Simple measures for the benefit of the staff, customers and beating the virus.

The UK just does not get it

[sr2day] 23/3/2020 00:46

supermarkets are bound to be the place where most people are going to be contaminated.the only solution is to have mobile groceries stores with essential items which go to people.not easy but otherwise a lot of people will die of starvation if this carries on for a long time.

[buywell3] 23/3/2020 00:38

IMO it is only a matter of time before crowded supermarkets are seen as a causation factor of transmission of Covid-19

Too many folks touching things

Too many staff doing the same

Lots of folks in a confined space

dyor

[tim 3] 23/3/2020 00:20

Jenniferzz

Masks are hard to get hold of and are ineffective at containing it anyway.

Gloves are available to staff.

Sanitiser is already in incredibly short supply.

They are introducing measures to protect cashiers like markings on the floor where customers are not allowed to stand.

In the mornings there are times when only older customers or NHS workers and social care workers can shop.

They are prioritising older and disabled people with online delivery slots.

They are updating these measures daily and would not surprise me if limiting numbers in the store is a possibility but that brings its own problems.

Not perfect but to say they don't care is harsh.

Its the selfish customers who have stripped the shelves at the beginning of last week before the restrictions came in who really need to have a good look in the mirror.

[rolo7] 22/3/2020 22:31

5. No easter holidays abroad this year in weeks to come! No mass getaway

[jenniferzz] 22/3/2020 22:02

Sainsburys and other retail food staff are the cannon fodder in these unprecedented times. Supermarkets attract the biggest amount of people in a confined space with a medium size store having 60,000 customers pass through the doors on any given day.

Staff sicknesses are mounting up. No barrier equipment on tills (plexglass is a simple solution) no limiting to 1 shopper only (not the entire family or couples) no limiting amounts of customers in the store or operating a 1 in 1 out scheme. No masks or gloves for staff. No plastic gloves and santisers to wash hands and place gloves on for customers entering, the preventative measures are endless and completely ignored.

20000 new temp staff being recruited at Tesco to deal with surge in demand but don't forget about the fallen staff that they will be replacing ! this sadly is inevitable. Current operating process for customers and staff is helping to spread the disease and could be curtailed.

Nobody seems to care (I don't work for Sainsburys I just see this as plain as day)why can't the great minds that run the business or our political leaders see this ??? they must do. So it's cannon fodder then in this war of attrition.

[loganair] 22/3/2020 09:12

I have trying to work out a rough estimate of how much extra spend there will be in the supermarkets because of:

1. People working from home so not having lunch out.
2. Kids not at school so not having school lunches.
3. All the retail and hospitality workers now at home because their places of work have shut so not eating lunch out.
4. People not being able to go out in the evenings and weekends to pubs and restaurants etc.


I reckon about £400mln per week, £1.6bln per month extra is going to be needed to be spent in the supermarkets because of the above.

[spob] 22/3/2020 09:05

people will be buying dog food soon

but not for dogs

ha ha

[poikka] 20/3/2020 14:40

Same at Sainsbury's Hedge End, yesterday. I suppose that sanity will return eventually - or just hide away for a while.

[loganair] 20/3/2020 13:20

Popped in to my local Tesco today as well as there the usual No toilet Paper, UHT milk and pasta there was also NO....

Cereal
Porridge
Eggs

And virtually No frozen foods in the freezers.

[ny boy] 19/3/2020 09:58

Strong bounce off 180p, impressive, most of the rise due to having special elderly shopping hours, free of brats, that got the older investor to hit the buy button! 😉

[spob] 18/3/2020 17:44

sorry if i upset you

no offence intended

[spob] 18/3/2020 13:33

oh dear some people have very thin skin

was not having a go at you QP

[demonboy] 18/3/2020 12:05

From tomorrow, Wednesday 18th March, customers will be able to buy a maximum of three of any grocery product and a maximum of two on the most popular products including toilet paper, soap and UHT milk. We have enough food coming into the system, but are limiting sales so that it stays on shelves for longer and can be bought by a larger numbers of customers.

[mallys83] 18/3/2020 11:29

Got in here at £2.09 just in time before profits double with restaurants and eating out places all closing down.

[tim 3] 18/3/2020 09:45

Good move from them particularly the 3 product maximum across the board on grocery.

Off course you will get some that just buy in separate transactions but it will make it much harder.

Apparently people were coming in first thing and literally stripping the shelves of everything.

Good move for older people too.

These moves will work imo, they should have done it earlier though.

[spob] 18/3/2020 09:40

People supposed to avoid large gatherings of people

government advice


a busy supermarket is a large gathering of people

[spob] 18/3/2020 09:33

Have Sainsbury's put in place any "initiatives" to protect staff from infected customers

I see staff shortages soon

people supposed to stay at home for 14 days if they have a cough

government advice

[spob] 18/3/2020 07:58

it's kind of like Sainsburys are saying

Really ???