Grocery Workers Keep America Fed, While Fearing For Their Own Safety
4 years, 9 months ago

Grocery Workers Keep America Fed, While Fearing For Their Own Safety

NPR  

Grocery Workers Keep America Fed, While Fearing For Their Own Safety Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP Not all Americans can stay home during the pandemic. Food Lion is also trying to hire more workers to help with the crunch, and like many stores they're offering extra "appreciation pay" during the crisis, though Ham wouldn't say how much. Logan says local and state authorities can help by requiring all stores to practice safety measures like installing plastic shields, allowing hand-washing breaks or limiting the number of people allowed inside stores at one time. "I just don't see how it's possible that a huge majority of grocery store workers are not going to get sick," she says.

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Opinion: Grocery stores used to be my happy place. Then they started locking up the detergent
1 year, 5 months ago

Opinion: Grocery stores used to be my happy place. Then they started locking up the detergent

LA Times  

People shop at a supermarket in Alhambra in June, 2022. Asking clerks to retrieve detergent and baby formula is demoralizing enough, but businesses are implementing more severe security measures that erode customers’ spirits and our social fabric, even though it’s unclear whether shoplifting has become the national crisis that some retailers claim. Sociologist Eric Klinenberg similarly argues, “Social infrastructure is …

US shoppers find some groceries scarce due to virus, weather
2 years, 11 months ago

US shoppers find some groceries scarce due to virus, weather

Associated Press  

Benjamin Whitely headed to a Safeway supermarket in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to grab some items for dinner. “I’m going to have to hunt around for stuff now.” Shortages at U.S. grocery stores have grown more acute in recent weeks as new problems — like the fast-spreading omicron variant and severe weather — have piled on to the supply chain …

Why Grocery Store Shelves Are Bare. Again.
55 years ago

Why Grocery Store Shelves Are Bare. Again.

Slate  

It’s starting to feel like the beginning of the pandemic again, in more ways than one. Grocery stores and food supply chains have been stretching themselves throughout the pandemic to keep products in stock, but the onset of omicron is now upending operations across the board. Many parents who work in grocery stores are staying home due to widespread school …

The workers who feed America are exhausted. Now they face Omicron
3 years ago

The workers who feed America are exhausted. Now they face Omicron

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Editor’s note: A previous version of this report said Fight for $15 advocate Deatric Edie was currently a manager at a McDonald’s restaurant in Hollywood, Florida, and that she was worried that the restaurant was not prioritizing safety. She wants McDonald’s to raise wages, guarantee paid sick leave, and provide health insurance — the “biggest …

Vaccine Delays Leave Grocery Workers Feeling Expendable
3 years, 10 months ago

Vaccine Delays Leave Grocery Workers Feeling Expendable

News 18  

As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic’s front-line workers. Texas is among several states that have decided to leave grocery and other essential workers out of the second phase of its vaccination effort, instead prioritizing adults over 65 and people with chronic medical …

Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?
4 years, 1 month ago

Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says …

Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?
4 years, 1 month ago

Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?

Associated Press  

Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says holiday shopping in crowded stores is a “higher risk” activity and that people should limit any in-person shopping, including at supermarkets. Instead, the agency recommends shopping online, visiting outdoor markets or using curbside pickup, where workers bring orders to your car. Try to …

Coronavirus: Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus: Is shopping in stores safe during the pandemic?

India Today  

There are ways to reduce risk, but health experts advise avoiding it when possible. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says holiday shopping in crowded stores is a “higher risk” activity and that people should limit any in-person shopping, including at supermarkets. Instead, the agency recommends shopping online, visiting outdoor markets or using curbside pickup, where workers bring …

Why grocery store workers deserve hazard pay (opinion)
4 years, 5 months ago

Why grocery store workers deserve hazard pay (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kamala Harris is a US Senator for California. Given the increasing dangers as Covid-19 continues to spread, the time is now to reinstate hazard pay for all of America’s grocery workers. Whole Foods justified cutting hazard pay for its nearly 100,000 grocery workers by saying the company is “planning for the long term” and “continuing to explore new …

VIDEO: 6 Tips For Staying Safe While Grocery Shopping
4 years, 8 months ago

VIDEO: 6 Tips For Staying Safe While Grocery Shopping

NPR  

VIDEO: 6 Tips For Staying Safe While Grocery Shopping NPR via YouTube Don't see the video? But many people are wondering how they can stay safe while in the store during the coronavirus pandemic — and how best to handle their groceries once they get them home. That's why we asked infectious disease, virology and food safety experts for their …

Experts say it may be time for grocery stores to ban customers from coming inside because of Covid-19
4 years, 8 months ago

Experts say it may be time for grocery stores to ban customers from coming inside because of Covid-19

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Dozens of grocery store workers have died from the coronavirus, despite masks, temperature checks and capacity restrictions to keep them safe. Grocery stores are still flooded with customers, and experts say it’s time for large chains to go “dark” to the public and convert to curbside pickup and home delivery for food and other essential …

COMIC: Grocery Workers Are Essential, And Feeling The Strain
4 years, 9 months ago

COMIC: Grocery Workers Are Essential, And Feeling The Strain

NPR  

COMIC: Grocery Workers Are Essential, And Feeling The Strain Enlarge this image Sarah Mirk for NPR Sarah Mirk for NPR From produce clerks to personal shoppers to warehouse stockers, millions of grocery workers across the U.S. are keeping food on the shelves throughout this pandemic for those of us hunkering at home. Visual journalist Sarah Mirk checked in with a …

COVID-19: Is your trip to the in-house grocery store paved with safety measures?
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19: Is your trip to the in-house grocery store paved with safety measures?

The Hindu  

Even where whole populations are holed up in their burrows, following lockdown rules to a T, people may still have to surface now and then for “life-sustainers” – in plain terms, those beans and beets and a caboodle of other things generically called “food items”. However, this advantage would amount to just a hill of shrivelled-up beans if precautions are …

Empty Grocery Shelves Are Alarming, But They're Not Permanent
4 years, 9 months ago

Empty Grocery Shelves Are Alarming, But They're Not Permanent

NPR  

Empty Grocery Shelves Are Alarming, But They're Not Permanent Enlarge this image toggle caption Jason Kempin/Getty Images Jason Kempin/Getty Images At a Safeway in Washington, D.C., this week, 19-year-old Tala Jordan was having trouble checking items off her shopping list. Sponsor Message UNFI, one of the largest food distributors in the United States, says some warehouses are running at 200% …

What it’s like working at Walmart during a pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

What it’s like working at Walmart during a pandemic

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Store workers at Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, are grappling with an unnerving challenge: keeping shelves stocked and giant supercenters operating smoothly while trying to stay safe from a frightening pandemic. You never know what you’re walking into and we are out of basic cleaning supplies,” said Gary, a Walmart employee in New York who …

Grocery Stores Start To Cut Hours As Coronavirus Prompts Surge In Panic-Buying
4 years, 9 months ago

Grocery Stores Start To Cut Hours As Coronavirus Prompts Surge In Panic-Buying

NPR  

Grocery Stores Start To Cut Hours As Coronavirus Prompts Surge In Panic-Buying Enlarge this image toggle caption Ben Margot/AP Ben Margot/AP With jittery shoppers flocking to supermarkets to stock up on supplies for the coronavirus outbreak, some of the country's largest grocery chains are announcing measures to enhance sanitation and maintain supplies. With panic-buying gripping shoppers, Walmart, the nation's largest …

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