Two Kroger employees test positive for coronavirus; company adds emergency leave policy
Two Kroger Co. employees have tested positive for coronavirus, and the supermarket giant has implemented an emergency leave policy for its employees.
Downtown Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE: KR), the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets, said Sunday public officials have told the company an employee at its King Soopers chain in Colorado and one at its Fred Meyer chain in Washington state have tested positive for COVID-19 or the new coronavirus. Both associates are getting medical care and recovering, CEO Rodney McMullen told employees in a memo issued Saturday and made public Sunday.
“We are supporting them and wish them all the best in their recovery,” McMullen said in the memo.
Kroger partnered with state and local health experts, followed all sanitation and cleaning procedures and communicated with its store teams after learning of those positive tests, McMullen said. It kept those stores open and continues to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health organizations.
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to have a store employee go along with me and pick out all the items on my list, put them in a basket and bag them to minimize my time in the store and to eliminate my touching merchandise until I got home. Then, with gloves on, I could unload and sanitize my items before storage. They could sell gloves at checkout, too.
It may well come to that, with people getting an appointment and only going for necessities.......
