Maria Leaf
WMAL.com
WASHINGTON– In an effort to keep customers safe inside its stores, Walmart has announced it’s implementing new guidelines to promote social distancing.
In a statement on the company’s website, Walmart says the number of customers allowed inside the store will be limited to no more than five per 1,000 square feet. That’s roughly 20 percent of a store’s capacity.
In order to regulate this, associates will be directing customers to stand in line at a single-entry door which in most cases is the grocery entrance. From there, “they will be admitted one-by-one and counted”, the statement says.
Walmart says once the store reaches its capacity, customers will be allowed inside on a “1-out-1-in” basis. Employees will also be reminding customers about social distancing while they’re waiting to enter the store.
In addition, the discount retailer says it’ll be using floor markers and other signs to make sure customers stay 6 ft apart.
Once customers check out, they’ll be directed to exit through a different door than the way they came in. That’s being done in an effort to reduce people passing each other closely.
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