Special Hours Established at Grocery Stores for Vulnerable Population

Update 5/27: Costco adds senior (60+) shopping hours on Tuesday & Thursday, 8-9am

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Shopping Tip from a Neighbor: Buy a gift card to avoid touching the credit card machine or cash.

Shopping Tip from a Neighbor: Buy a gift card to avoid touching the credit card machine or cash.

Rules Aid Elderly in Shopping: Designated Shopping Times at Independent Grocers an National Chains

Source: Zachary Clark, Daily Journal, May 19, 2020

Whole Foods - Wednesday, Whole Foods is opening its doors at 8 a.m. only to customers aged 60 or older to give them one hour to shop before stores open to the general public at 9 a.m.

Safeway - Starting March 19, Safeway will reserve every Tuesday and Thursday from store opening to 9 a.m. for vulnerable shoppers.

Key Market - Key Market in Redwood City is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., but will open at 8:30 a.m. for seniors and those with disabilities.  

New Leaf Community Markets- in Half Moon Bay also has a senior hour from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. daily and a 10% senior discount is now being offered at all hours Monday through Friday.

And from Community Feedback:

Smart and Final

  • 7:30-8:00am for Seniors 65+ and disabled

Safeway

  • From store-opening to 9am on Tuesday and Thursday

    • 1100 El Camino / Belmont opens at 6am

    • 2100 Ralston / Belmont opens at 6am

    • 1071 El Camino / Redwood City opens at 6am

  • Seniors 65+, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems

Target

  • 8am-9am every Wednesday

  • Seniors 65+ and those with medical conditions / disabilities

Whole Foods

  • 7-8am for seniors 60+

Dollar General

  • First shopping hour for seniors

O’Brien’s Market

  • First hour for seniors 65+

Walmart

  • First shopping hour for seniors

  • Every Tuesday from 3/24-4/2

Grocery Outlet

  • 7-8am for those 60+ or with medical conditions


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