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QVCkitty1 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:45:15 GMT

I just saw on an area news broadcast tha a Lowe's about 30 min from me was forced to close. Apparently police said that they ( Lowe's were given several warnings about social distancing, and today customers were ordered to leave and the store was closed. No other info was given , maybe the 6:00 news will tell more. I just read that they have to present a plan for compliance with the state's social distancing rules, and when that plan is approved by the board of health, they can reopen.

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Porcelain — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:47:21 GMT

Good. And I llike Lowes.

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ValuSkr — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:50:21 GMT

Good news. Thank you for sharing.

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Renata22 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 20:52:38 GMT

Wow.

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Trix — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:15:46 GMT

I can understand it gets a bit confusing about who is responsible for what orders during the Coronavirus crisis, but an order such as the closing of this particular Lowe's would fall under the jurisdiction of that town's mayor. Some mayor's have implemented orders which differ a bit from that state's governor such as curfews, the mandatory wearing of masks, and so on. If the store was warned they should have put in measures as other stores have done and counted customers, including having a cue line to enter. If the store management was uncertain or overwhelmed on how to manage the capacity, they should have reached out to Lowe's corporate office.

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Meowingkitty — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:20:57 GMT

I hope they don't close ours. I was in ours today and they had bleach (lots of bleach) and other cleaning supplies.

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kitty60 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:30:34 GMT

Our Lowe's has been unbelievably busy since this whole mess started. It is packed from the time they open until they close. They are trying as they have set up entrances and exits with employees who I am assuming taking counts of the numbers of people that enter and leave but I can't believe it is working.

That being said I went to Aldi's earlier today and it wasn't very busy at all. They have been the best stocked grocery store since this outbreak. The larger stores have been terrible. Aldi's donates product to our food pantry every Friday and the first few weeks there had been nothing to pick up but the past few weeks we have been getting some product.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:38:44 GMT

@kitty60 My husbands friends from some of his clubs bring us a bag of supplies every week since the lock down. I noticed everything comes from Aldi's.

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millieshops — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:00:46 GMT

Companies (each store within a chain) need to have a set-up, but I think it's also pretty sad that the shoppers themselves also don't seem to care about social distancing - that it takes police force to protect us from ourselves.

I was pleased during my visit to Publix yesterday that there was a system in place, but even more pleased that the vast majority of my fellow shoppers were protecting themselves and me by obeying the signs wearing masks, and maintaining distance.

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cindyNC — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:37:21 GMT

We have several stores in our NC area - Food Lion, Bi-Low, Walmart, Aldi, and a bit further away is Publix and Harris Teeter.

Going to Food Lion scares me. No one-way isles and a ton of folks in the store yesterday, most not masked. I'm more comfortable with Publix at this point but lots of non-food items or the same canned goods are less expensive at Food Lion.

It's a 30-32 mile round trip to Publix since we live in the country and Food Lion is about half that distance. And since there are items we can't find at Publix, we will probably continue to go to both storres.

I wore a one-time disaposable mask purchased off ebay, but found it made my nose run......so allergic to everything.

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bandaidinmysalad — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:47:43 GMT

We went to Walmart and shocked to see no social distancing, no one way arrows and maybe half the people wore masks.

Masks for the majority of the newly unemployed might not be high on their list of things to get especially since it requires an online purchase and thorough search.

So not fair because everyone should have masks....at least have that option. Depends on where you live if it's mandatory. We will sure be wearing one everywhere we go until theraputic meds are developed which from the sound of it will come before a vaccine.

Walmart did have paper goods, 1 per customer, fine for us and happy to see their shelves stocked in the middle of the day.

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Foxxee — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:42:34 GMT

What do they do to stores that don't comply? Put the managers in jail?

At least this store should be given a chance to correct things before being closed...if there hadn't been a previous warning.

Some of the states are acting like dictators trying to establish a police state. Not being able to cut their grass? Being stopped and fined for taking a ride in their cars with no intentions of stopping anywhere?

A few were stopped for taking a walk in their neighborhoods.

One person on a beach was told to go home. One person!

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mom2four0418 — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:44:44 GMT

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Mom2Dogs — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:44:56 GMT

DH and I went to Menards, they were taking a head count as we went in.

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happycat — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 23:51:57 GMT

Well, in my opinion they need to do something like that where I live. Everytime me or dh goes by there, it is packed. I go by on my way to wal mart and the post office.

They seem to have more customers than they did before this pandemic hit.

Dh says its cause men are off work and doing honey do's. I don't know. I wouldn't have mine going in there, unless we had sort of some emergency, but thats just me.

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QVCkitty1 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:05:08 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:
What do they do to stores that don't comply? Put the managers in jail?

At least this store should be given a chance to correct things before being closed...if there hadn't been a previous warning.

Some of the states are acting like dictators trying to establish a police state. Not being able to cut their grass? Being stopped and fined for taking a ride in their cars with no intentions of stopping anywhere?

A few were stopped for taking a walk in their neighborhoods.

One person on a beach was told to go home. One person!

This Lowe's had been warned repeatedly, they will open when they comply.

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Bhvbum — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 02:54:25 GMT

@cindyNC wrote:
We have several stores in our NC area - Food Lion, Bi-Low, Walmart, Aldi, and a bit further away is Publix and Harris Teeter.

Going to Food Lion scares me. No one-way isles and a ton of folks in the store yesterday, most not masked. I'm more comfortable with Publix at this point but lots of non-food items or the same canned goods are less expensive at Food Lion.

It's a 30-32 mile round trip to Publix since we live in the country and Food Lion is about half that distance. And since there are items we can't find at Publix, we will probably continue to go to both storres.

I wore a one-time disaposable mask purchased off ebay, but found it made my nose run......so allergic to everything.

I go to my Food Lion in the middle of the week and I arrive when they open at 7 AM. There's usually only three or four people there in the entire store..