Pingo Doce decided to open at 6:30 am. And the other supermarkets?



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AThe movement restrictions that will take effect over the next two weekends have led Pingo Doce to extend the hours opening hours, anticipating opening at 6:30 am, but not all supermarkets will line up to this extent. OR Lidl It’s in Auchan are two of those examples.

In response to Minute newssource of Lidl said that “this weekend, all its 259 stores in mainland Portugal, from north to south of the country, will keep their schedules usual “.

In addition, the group adds that “customers can continue to trust Lidl, making your purchases with peace of mind, throughout the afternoon of Saturday and Sunday. Therefore, it is not necessary to go shopping in the morning, and customers can use this time to discuss matters that can only be discussed until 1:00 p.m.“, you can read.

This is because trips to grocery stores and supermarkets you are one of exceptions Ban traffic on public roads in the afternoons and nights of the next two weekends, in the 121 counties with the highest risk of contagion by the new coronavirus.

He too Auchan, who was investigating the matter, said in response to Minute news what to mark “will keep their schedules”, since it considers that the services nowadays offers customers “to ensure, in this context, a comfortable and safe purchase,” he reads.

Source of Sonae MC, owner of Continent, Minute news that “for a few weeks that Sonae MC anticipated the opening hours of some stores by 08h00 and they extended the closing times “, it reads.

The rights of supermarket workers “are not suspended”

The Pingo Doce initiative appears “given the circulation limitations” in the coming weekends and “also taking into account the possibility of additional circulation restrictions between municipalities,” said an official source from Jerónimo Martins, in response sent to Minute news.

In this way, the “majority” of the supermarkets of the Pingo Doce brand will open at 6:30 am and close at 10 pm, a measure that the company sees “helping to avoid the concentration of people in the stores in the morning “, according to the same source.

On Wednesday, it should be noted, the supermarket workers union confirmed to Lusa that it had received complaints about early opening until 6:30 am on the weekend and assured that “with or without a state of emergency, the rights of workers are not suspended. “. .

The Union affected to CGTP He added that he is still trying to find out more details about the decision, that is, whether overtime will be worked and, if so, how workers will be compensated.

The Trade Union, Office and Service Workers of Portugal (CESP) also said that he was “receiving complaints from sector retail, where they are wanting to change rest days and change hours.

[Notícia atualizada às 11h06.]

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