Walmart will limit customers and create one-way traffic inside its stores

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

National retail powerhouse Walmart will limit the number of customers allowed inside its stores and launch new efforts to keep shoppers moving one way, the company announced on Friday.

Starting on Saturday, only five customers per 1,000 square feet can enter a Walmart, which will be about 20 percent of each locale's listed capacity, according to a statement by Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Dacona Smith.

And in many stores next week, markers will be put down to direct shoppers to one-way foot traffic "so to help more customers avoid coming into close contact with others as they shop," according to Smith.

Huge swaths of America are now under state-mandated shutdowns in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Grocery stores and pharmacies are among services exempted in state and local closure orders that also call for social distancing.

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Since I almost never shop at Walmart...

[Skittles]

1. best to have a list of what you need

and know where to find it

[Rhiannon12866]

2. The last time I drove by the local Walmart, the parking lot was packed

And it was after we knew about this pandemic and "social distancing," so I was kinda shocked. I'm wondering how they'll manage to enforce this.