Walmart reduces hours at all US stores to keep up with stocking groceries, household goods
Stop & Shop also announced changes to store hours on Saturday. It said most stores will be open 7:30 am. to 8 pm starting Monday. The company said it was suspending its online pickup service due to "unprecedented demand as well as product shortages in some areas."
Walmart has given its store managers the discretion to limit purchases of items that are in high demand. The retailer has more than 4,700 Walmart and Neighborhood Market locations in the U.S. The shortened hours affect about 2,200 stores across the country that are open 24 hours a day.Saturday, Walmart's U.S. Chief Operating Officer Dacona Smith said the change "will help ensure associates are able to stock the products our customers are looking for and to perform cleaning and sanitizing.
Smith thanked Walmart employees for working hard to keep shelves stocked. Associates will continue to work their normal shifts despite the stores being open fewer hours. "I don't think any of us have been through an experience like this, and we continue to be amazed at what our people, whether in the stores or in the supply chain, are doing to make sure customers have what they need," he wrote.
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