Tier Five Purchases – What the New Restrictions Mean for Penneys, Smyths, Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, and More

Level five restrictions will be announced Monday night and will go into effect starting at midnight on Wednesday.

A series of new measures will mean that life will largely return to what the country experienced in April and May.

There will be a few tweaks from the original lockdown, but what will happen to retail seems to be set in stone.

So what does level five mean for purchases? It depends on the type of purchase you are going to make.

Here is a summary.

Non-Essential Retail: Smyths, Penneys, and More

The likes of Smyths and Penneys will not be able to open below Level Five unless the Government makes a significant change to the Living with Covid plan.

However, the Smyths do have a click-and-pickup and delivery service that could continue despite the closures, and online delivery is also possible.

Penneys will likely have to close as well.

All other stores that sell non-essential clothing and similar products will need to close again.

The official guide states: “Essential retailers only. All other personal services and retailers closed.”

Essential services: supermarkets, pharmacies and more

The opening of supermarkets, pharmacies and other services that are considered essential will be allowed.

Therefore, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Dunnes and the like will continue to operate as they have, although security measures could be increased.

Here is a complete list of what is considered essential in the Covid plan.