Has SYM approached ASDA, or companies like them24 Sep 2020 10:56
From today’s Daily Telegraph:
ASDA is restoring shop floor marshals and applying a Covid-proof coating on trolleys to fight a second virus wave.
The UK’s third largest supermarket will put 1,000 staff outside stores and in the aisles of larger outlets to reiterate the need to wear a face covering and maintain social distancing.
It is also applying a protective coating to all baskets and trolley handles in a bid to help prevent the spread of the virus.
The shield was used at the NHS Nightingale hospital at the Excel centre in east London earlier this year built at the peak of the crisis. Asda staff will have to wear a face mask, which was not previously mandatory. Customers who do not have one can buy a disposable mask as they enter the store.
Anthony Hemmerdinger, Asda’s operating chief, said: “We know safety remains a key priority for our customers and we will continue to do all we can to keep them and our colleagues safe in store, as we have since the start of the pandemic.”