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No major retail chains will be open on Easter Sunday, April 4. In some places, the working hours before and after these holidays will also be reduced.
As previously announced, Maxima stores will be closed on Sundays and will be open as usual on Monday, the second day of Easter.
“During Easter, like most of Lithuania, we will rest and spend time with our relatives as much as the quarantine conditions allow. We invite customers to take this into account and plan for Christmas shopping as soon as possible, ”the report quotes Maxima CEO Jolanta Bivainytė.
At the same time, we remind you that for some time the opening hours of some Maxima stores have been temporarily reduced during the quarantine.
Vaida Budrienė Eltai, communication manager for retail chain Iki, previously commented that the chain’s stores will be closed on Sunday. The other days will now unfold as usual.
Lidl Lietuva public relations representative Lina Skersytė said in a comment to Elta that Lidl stores will be closed on the first day of Easter for the fourth year in a row. On the second day of Easter, all Lidl stores will be open during normal business hours.
Darius Ryliškis, a representative of the Norfa retail chain, had indicated to Eltai that the chain stores would be closed on Easter Sunday, and would be shorter the day before and the day after the holidays: Saturday until 8 pm, and Monday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Rimi retail chain has announced that no Rimi stores will be open on the first day of Easter and will operate regular hours on the second day. It is true that it is recalled that after the extension of the quarantine, some stores of the Rimi retail chain work shorter hours.
Before the holidays: more attention to retail chains
Delphi recalls that on Monday Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė commented that forms of “fuss” should be sought in stores in the run-up to the holidays; This will be discussed with business associations and the expert council. You have doubts about the fulfillment of the existing requirements in large commercial areas.
“A board of experts will meet on Monday and we will consider what other safety requirements might be imposed, given that there is a period leading up to the holidays when people rush to stores to buy food, perhaps in large quantities and in large crowds … Apparently, there is also a need to engage in conversations with business companies, and I appeal to the Minister of Economy and Innovation to also participate in those discussions on additional security measures for people who may be in greater numbers than I would like to make sure that this in itself is not a place of additional risk, “said I. Šimonytė at the government meeting on Friday.
Asked about how the new collection restrictions would be, the prime minister assured that “there is still a real need to consult and dialogue with experts and representatives of the companies themselves.”
“We all understand what the pre-holiday periods are like, we have probably seen more than once, a lot of people want to be in the same place, the areas are limited, the requirements are met in different ways. In really small companies with a small area and clearly written how many people can be inside, this is the case. In larger spaces, that control will probably not always be what we would like. It will be necessary to discuss and talk about whether additional requirements are needed or whether it is possible to simply agree that the requirements existing are scrupulously observed, ”explained I. Šimonytė on Friday.
He assured that business associations will be consulted on what additional conditions could be imposed, given that the period prior to Easter “could intensify in terms of purchases and thereby increase the risks that must be managed.”
“I would very much like us to take advantage of this pre-holiday and festive period to pause a bit and thus help us reduce the height of the third wave,” emphasized I. Šimonytė.
The second universal quarantine in the country lasts from November 7 of last year, extended from Friday to May.
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