Wegmans/ Tops Drop the Masks for New York Shoppers
A couple grocery stores in the area are lifting their requirement that all customers wear masks while shopping.
Wegmans and Tops Friendly Markets have announced their stores in New York will not require people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear face coverings in stores.
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Some other retailers, like Walmart, Sam’s Club, CVS, Target and Home Depot have also dropped the requirement.
Broome County Executive Jason Garnar says the county has lifted mask requirements except in areas like nursing homes, hospitals, the jail and public transit, where it is still mandated by the state.
Winn-Dixie stores allow fully vaccinated shoppers, employees to go without masks By WBRC Staff | May 17, 2021 at 6:17 AM CDT - Updated May 17 at 6:36 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Starting now, fully vaccinated shoppers and employees can be in Winn-Dixie stores without a mask.
Winn-Dixie’s parent company, Southeastern Grocers, released this statement:
At Southeastern Grocers, we’ve navigated this pandemic with our customers as part of their communities. Safety – for our customers and associates – has been our top priority, and we’ve worked tirelessly to adjust our in-store operations to ensure all customers feel safe while shopping our stores. As we move into this next phase of our pandemic response, we are adjusting our policies to reflect the great progress that’s been made.
Target, Starbucks, Costco, Walmart Drop Mask Policies For Vaccinated Shoppers By Dawn Geske Representative image of a man wearing a face mask.
Following the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs guideline change that now allows fully vaccinated people to go maskless indoors, several retailers have updated their face-covering policies. Here are the latest retailers to roll back their face mask requirements for vaccinated shoppers.
Target
On Monday, Target announced that it will no longer require fully vaccinated customers and employees to wear face masks in its stores unless there is a local ordinance that requires them to do so.