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Some Grocery Stores Are Letting Seniors Shop For Food An Hour Before Everyone Else

LAist, March 18, 2020

March 18, 2020

Some Grocery Stores Are Letting Seniors Shop For Food An Hour Before Everyone Else

Dr. Lisa Gibbs, the chief of geriatrics and gerontology at UC Irvine, approves — both of the overall concept and the protocol Grocery Outlet is enforcing. “I think that’s the type of progressive thinking we need and I would encourage that sort of service,” she says. … But she doesn’t want these senior shopping hours to lull older people into a false sense of security about COVID-19. “People need to remember that if you can be home, be home. People still need to maintain caution,” she says.