Kroger grocery stores will require customers to wear masks starting next week due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced Wednesday.
“With the increase of # COVID-19 Across the country, we are committed to doing our part to help reduce the spread of the virus. Starting July 22, we will require all customers in all locations to wear a mask, joining our associates who continue to wear masks, ”the company tweeted on Wednesday.
With the increase in # COVID19 cases across the country, we are committed to doing our part to help reduce the spread of the virus. Starting July 22, we will require all customers in all locations to wear a mask, joining our associates who continue to wear masks. pic.twitter.com/r9WPD3QNFa
– Kroger News (@KrogerNews) July 15, 2020
In a statement, the company said it is taking an additional step to protect its community, customers and associates.
“We are taking this additional step now because we recognize that additional precautions are needed to protect our country,” Kroger said in a statement, according to CNN. “As an employer, food supplier and community partner, we have a responsibility to help keep our associates, customers and communities safe.”
Walmart also announced Wednesday that it will require shoppers to wear face covers beginning July 20 at all of its stores in the United States.
Many state and local leaders across the country have already established orders requiring facial coatings in public, but there is no federal requirement to do so.
Coronavirus cases continue to rise in the US The virus has infected more than 3.4 million people and killed 136,940 people in the US, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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