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Lidl Ireland has announced plans to stop selling certain “non-essential” products due to concerns about long lines and social distancing regulations.
Coming to Twitter on Saturday morning, Lidl Ireland posted: ‘At Lidl, the safety of our colleagues and clients is our number one priority.
‘We have implemented numerous measures in all our stores in the last two months to ensure that adequate social distancing can be achieved. Due to the exceptional and unprecedented demand for certain items in the past few days, we have seen queues outside our stores prior to opening.
“These queues have made social distancing more challenging externally.”
The supermarket added: ‘For this reason, we have made the decision to cancel the following items to be sold on Monday, May 4: Crivit Outdoor Trampoline; Smoby Garden slide; Gemini Swings and Wooden Kitchen “.
Saturday’s statement concluded by saying: ‘We apologize to all customers who were disappointed by this decision, but we feel that the safety of our team and customers should take priority at this difficult time.
“We will put these items up for sale at a future date.”
Many social media users expressed their approval of Lidl’s decision, with a tweet that said: ‘THANK YOU for this! Last week I was stuck behind four people who were just queuing up to buy garden furniture and other non-essential “special shopping” items ‘
Another client posted: ‘Good calls! I was at his Santry store, Dublin 9 first thing on Thursday morning and it was like the 100 meter hurdles!
“Total butchery”.
The announcement follows reports of people who were seen “pushing and yelling” in Aldi’s queues for garden furniture.
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