Walgreens, Publix to Require Face Covers
July 16 2020 - 4:08PM
Dow Jones News
By Michael Dabaie
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. said Thursday it is expanding
requirements for customers to wear face covers while in stores
across all Walgreens locations chainwide.
The retailer said face covers have already been mandatory at
thousands of Walgreens in states and jurisdictions where they are
required. Walgreens said it is now is asking customers at all
stores nationwide to wear face covers when entering the store.
There will be new and additional signage on exterior doors with
this information, and stores will also be increasing the frequency
of reminders to customers via the stores' intercom system. The
change will take effect Monday.
Publix, which currently operates 1,252 stores in Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and
Virginia, also said Thursday that effective July 21 it will require
customers to wear face coverings while shopping in its stores.
Target Corp. and CVS Health Corp. also said they will require
customers to wear masks or face coverings. Target will start
implementing the policy Aug. 1, and CVS on July 20, the companies
said Thursday.
Walmart Inc. said Wednesday that it will require all shoppers to
wear a face covering starting July 20, while Kroger Co. said that
starting July 22, it will require all customers in all locations to
wear a mask.
-- Dave Sebastian contributed to this article.
Write to Michael Dabaie at michael.dabaie@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 16, 2020 15:53 ET (19:53 GMT)
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