ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – On Monday, Walmart began requiring customers to wear a mask when checking in and shopping at its stores.
The requirement comes months after Costco, one of the first major retailers, announced that it will require facial coatings for customers at all of its stores. The policy went into effect in early May.
Early Monday morning, Channel 2 posted on social media asking Alaskans how they felt about the requirement.
Walmart said 65% of its stores are already located in areas where there is a government facial mask mandate.
Walmart will have a dedicated employee to enforce company requirements at store entrances.
“The ambassadors, identifiable by their black polo shirts, will work with customers who show up at a store without covering their faces to try to find a solution,” the company said. “We are currently considering different solutions for clients when this requirement takes effect on July 20.”
Walmart is not the only store that requires masks for shoppers.
Target, Kroger, Apple Store, Best Buy, and Starbucks are just a few of the companies that have announced that customers should wear face covers while in business.
Here is the timeline for when some major retailers and companies will start requiring customers to wear face masks:
- Walmart / Sam’s Club: July 20
- CVS: July 20
- Kroger (owns Fred Meyer): July 22
- Goal: August 1
- Starbucks: the requirement is already in force
- Best Buy: the requirement is already in force
- Costco Wholesale Club: requirement already in force
- Apple: the requirement is already in force
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