Canadian grocery store announces special shopping hours for seniors and those with mobility issues

Greg P. | 4:59 PM on March 15, 2020

Of all the different ways states and cities are fighting the coronavirus epidemic, the Belmont Sobeys grocery store in Edmonton, Canada could be the best we’ve read yet: Special shopping hours one day per week for seniors and those with mobility issues:

This is such a simple yet brilliant move by a grocery store in Edmonton ?? ?? I am truly hopeful for the creative solutions and innovation that will come out of this crisis, keeping those truly in need, in mind : pic.twitter.com/05wKBhqjTX

— KrisReyes (@KrisReyes) March 15, 2020

This is the same store that set aside toilet paper for seniors:

If you’re looking to support a thoughtful grocery store in NE #yeg please visit the Belmont @sobeys – they are doing this right … Thank you for the consideration of our senior population + for reigning in unnecessary hoarding ↘️ pic.twitter.com/d8kHp8gN9d

— Sarah Jackson (@MizzJackson) March 14, 2020

Every grocery store should do this:

This grocery store has an early hour (before people touch everything, spreading #COVID19) for seniors and at risk to shop when everything was just cleaned and with fewer people around.

What a great idea, every grocery store should take this easy step! https://t.co/iGqptsIFd2

— Inez Stepman (@InezFeltscher) March 15, 2020