Supermarkets in New York and around the country are reducing hours to stock shelves and clean and sanitize due to the coronavirus. Stores have been experiencing a run on essential items for fear of quarantine and many chains are restricting sales of sanitizer, toilet paper and medicines.
Wegman’s — a chain based in Rochester and usually open 24 hours a day — announced the following temporary store hours:
- All New York State stores (excluding Brooklyn) and Erie, Pennsylvania: 6 am – 12 am
- New England, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania (Excluding Erie), North Carolina stores: 6 am – 11 pm
- Maryland stores: 6 am – 10 pm
- Brooklyn: 7 am – 11 pm
Price Chopper — a chain based in Schenectady with locations in upstate NY, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont — is reducing opening times from 24 hours to 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. until further notice.
Walmart, the nation’s largest discount chain, said it will reduce hours at some locations open 24 hours to restock and clean stores. It did not provide a list of which stores will close early.
Publix, a southeast supermarket chain, is closing all stores early at 8 p.m. every night until further notice.
Shop-Rite, a chain based in New Jersey, has not announced reduction of hours but says requests for delivery are high and warning of longer delivery times.
