{"id":3910,"date":"2020-03-17T03:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T07:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2020-03-17T03:22:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T07:22:49","slug":"stop-shop-to-host-60-and-over-hours-to-protect-vulnerable-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2020\/03\/stop-shop-to-host-60-and-over-hours-to-protect-vulnerable-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop &#038; Shop to Host &#8217;60 and Over&#8217; Hours to Protect Vulnerable Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16128\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brick.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stop_shop.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16128\" src=\"http:\/\/brick.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stop_shop.jpg\" alt=\"Stop &amp; Shop (Photo: Flickr Creative Commons\/Mike Mozart)\" width=\"768\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stop &amp; Shop (Photo: Flickr Creative Commons\/Mike Mozart)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Stop &amp; Shop supermarket chain will reduce their hours overall due concerns of the spread of the novel coronavirus, but will open early to exclusively accommodate customers over 60-years-old who are at a higher risk of developing serious complications from the sickness.<\/p>\n<p>Stop &amp; Shop adjusted its hours of operation from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. at most stores beginning Monday. But effective Thursday, March 19, stores will open from 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. only for customers over the age of 60 who the CDC and local health officials say are most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stop &amp; Shop is making the decision to allow community members in this age category to shop in a less crowded environment, which better enables social distancing,&#8221; the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The stores will not be requesting ID for entry, but management has requested &#8220;that we all respect the purpose of the early opening \u2013 and do the right thing for our older neighbors<i>.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Stop &amp; Shop will, however, reserve the right to ask customers to leave if they are not a member of the senior age group.<\/p>\n<p>The supermarket chain, with local locations in Brick, Toms River and Point Pleasant Borough, pledges to maintain a clean store and detailed their measures to accomplish as much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re also taking additional measures during this time, which include wiping down checkout areas including the belts and pin pads with disinfectant even more frequently,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2020\/03\/stop-shop-to-host-60-and-over-hours-to-protect-vulnerable-customers\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stop &amp; Shop supermarket chain will reduce their hours overall due concerns of the spread of the novel coronavirus, but will open early to exclusively accommodate customers over 60-years-old who are at a higher risk of developing serious complications from the sickness. 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