9 worst grocery stores to shop now

Shopping in a clean supermarket has never been so critical.


Grocery races have evolved considerably of a pleasant experience of purchases to a person who is sown with peril at each turn. Coronavirus Pandemic not only has a visit to a grocery storeVery stressful experience, but the close interaction it requires considerably increase the chances of a contractor Covid-19 contagion.

National grocery chains arereact in real time The burden they associate, the insertion of new guidelines designed to maintain coronavirus buyers and security personnel. Most channels have also instituted aseniors only Shopping time at the beginning of the day, when each store is at its own clean and empty, which decreases the risk of older buyers who are most vulnerable to potentially potentiallymortal virus.

In fact, keeping a clean supermarket is paramount in buyers' safety. So, what makes the following channels the worst places to shop during the pandemic? They were classified as the least clean byConsumer reports ranking. The following channels have obtained a mediocre or fair note for cleanliness by the estimated purchasing guide, but we have also selected the lowest rankings of the reader.

It is fair to emphasize that all the following channels have put in place prescriptive cleanliness standards for buyers and staff from the report. But it is prudent to assume that if you were judged impure in the past, your cleanliness standards may not be optimal to move forward. In addition, many of these channels have the same parent company and, as a result, the same policies, but are managed independently by region and / or the target market. Here is the countdown of worst grocery stores.

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OSCO jewel

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The chain belonging to the Albertson has obtained a fair rating on cleanliness but only by raising 72 on the CR reader notes. They take steps to protect their customers, who can be found in aa message CEOVivek Sankaran:

Execution of own shops and pharmacies. We intensified the frequency we clean and disinfect all the departments, toilets and other affected points of the store, such as control stands and service counters. Basket wipes and hand disinfecting stations were also installed in key locations in stores for your convenience. As always, we encourage customers to wash their fresh and packaged products before consuming at home.

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Stop & Shop

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Stop & Shop also got a fair rating on cleanliness but only by raising 72 on CR reader notes. But the chain based in Boston institutesnew standards which includes the addition of a "third cleaning service to our already extended cleaning procedures to touch the key areas more frequently".

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SAFEWAY

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As Jewell-Osco, Safeway also belongs to Albertson and has obtained a fair rating on cleanliness but only by raising 72 on CR reader notes. And they take the same steps to protect their customers:

Execution of own shops and pharmacies. We intensified the frequency we clean and disinfect all the departments, toilets and other affected points of the store, such as control stands and service counters. Basket wipes and hand disinfecting stations were also installed in key locations in stores for your convenience. As always, we encourage customers to wash their fresh and packaged products before consuming at home.

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Acme

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Another chain belonging to Albertson, who got the same note of cleanliness cleanliness, but a worse note of 70 of 70 on CR reader notes. And they take the same steps to protect their customers:

Execution of own shops and pharmacies.We intensified the frequency we clean and disinfect all the departments, toilets and other affected points of the store, such as control stands and service counters. Basket wipes and hand disinfecting stations were also installed in key locations in stores for your convenience. As always, we encourage customers to wash their fresh and packaged products before consuming at home.

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Shaw's

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The last of the Albertson-owned chain on this list, which has obtained a fair rating on the cleanliness and a note barely from 70 on CR reader notes. And they take the same steps to protect their customers:

Execution of own shops and pharmacies.We intensified the frequency we clean and disinfect all the departments, toilets and other affected points of the store, such as control stands and service counters. Basket wipes and hand disinfecting stations were also installed in key locations in stores for your convenience. As always, we encourage customers to wash their fresh and packaged products before consuming at home.

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Marc

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While the Ohio chain receives a 77 drive note, which is better than others, it is the first of the list of getting poor quality of cleanliness ofConsumer reports.They treat problems of cleanliness during the pandemic coronavirus, that they have listed on theirwebsite:

Marc seriously takes the health and safety of our employees and our customers; We have increased our protocols in disinfectant surfaces, including purchasing basket handles, merchandise shelves, front straps and registers.

· All stores haveIncreased store cleaning and disinfection practices.

· All hard contact surfaces are wiped and disinfected throughout the day.

· Toilet cleaning times have been increased.

· Employees are encouraged to wash your hands frequently all day long.

· All employees have been invited to stay at home if they feel sick or have any kind of cold or flu symptoms, including fever.

· All employees have been invited to monitor their body temperature daily, as a result of the Governor of Ohio's request and guidelines, before coming to work.

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Walmart SuperCenter

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Walmart is the largest retailer in the world, good, almost everything. And in theConsumer reportsRankings, their cleanliness capacity is mediocre, associated with the 70-year-old reader ranking, is not added to excellent shopping experience. Walmart suffered a tragedy, with associates succumbing to Covid-19, and they are the first chain to face acontinuation of unjustified death following. But they have also been on the foot of the coronavirus guidelines to protect buyers and guidelines.

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Tops

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The North Atlantic-based chain also got a 70 from 70 toConsumer reportsReader and quality "mediocre" quality ratings for cleanliness. They havePosted the following To alert the buyers of how they treat coronavirus sanitation:

When you visit our tops stores, you will see hand disinfection stations at the entrances, throughout the store and custometers. In addition, dedicated associates regularly clean up purchase baskets, handles, hand baskets, kiosks, restoration counters and other frequently affected areas in the store. In addition, we continually sanitize payment areas, including conveying belts, pin cushions, as well as all surfaces of our self-scan registers.

We temporarily closed our fresh service areas, bulk bins and interrupted the sale of non-packaged products or bulk products in our bakeries. Most of these articles, however, are now available prepackaged.

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Keys

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The keychain is unique in the sense that it is a grocery store cooperative belonging to independently using Sten Island. They are also connected with the lowest score of 69 inConsumer reportsReader and "poor" evaluations in terms of cleanliness. The announcement of the keychain on how they deal with coronavirus? Unfortunately,He does not include Something on an increase in cleanliness standards:

Finally, we want to remind our customers to take care of yourself and be aware of their safety and the safety of other buyers and our employees of our store. We are asking buyers to comply with the social distancing guidelines we have all known. We also continue to follow all conditioning protocols mandated by the state to ensure a clean and safe environment for our customers.

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