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Walmart to reduce hours in 24-hour locations due to coronavirus
The Hill ^

Posted on 03/15/2020 2:12:16 AM PDT by rdl6989

Walmart will reduce its store hours in their 24-hour locations starting Sunday amid concerns of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the company announced Saturday evening.

Starting Sunday, March 15, Walmart stores and Neighborhood Markets will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; walmart
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To: Adder

1500 deaths in a country of 60 million...a healthcare system that is paralyzed over 17,000 cases, not all of them serious or requiring intense care.

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No the correct statistical comparison is 1500 deaths in a country that has had 17000 cases. Almost 8 percent mortality.


41 posted on 03/15/2020 4:13:23 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Trump20162020

IF they can keep up with demand the crazed shopping may subside in a week or two.
People, even the one’s that are in some kind of trance, will slowly start to realize the stores are not going to completely run out of TP and Pasta.
Idiots.


42 posted on 03/15/2020 4:16:45 AM PDT by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: kearnyirish2
The workers can’t restock the shelves while the aisles are full

Maybe divide the store in quarters and service one section at a time? For the emergency service personnel, who are given off at staggered times, this isn't good. But given the mindset of today's CEOs, all too typical. We're a long way from the days of Sam Walton.

43 posted on 03/15/2020 4:17:49 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Chickensoup

What are the odds that someone would get the virus using the current statics?

17,000 divided by 60 million =

What are odds of dying from Coronavirus

1,500 divided by 60 million =


44 posted on 03/15/2020 4:25:59 AM PDT by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: JonPreston

There is no “one section at a time” (though your idea is a good one); the same sections are stripped bare (frozen/refrigerated, produce, canned goods, paper products), while others have full shelves and no customers in the aisles (pet food, hardware). The traffic both outside in inside these stores is growing incredibly.

I told an exhausted older cashier I know that the good part is in a few weeks nobody will be there as they have to eat all the food they stockpiled...


45 posted on 03/15/2020 4:28:47 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: JonPreston

“Maybe divide the store in quarters and service one section at a time?”

That’s not a good idea at this time because people are on the verge of being democratic..i mean, on the verge of being a mob...Some are already acting like mobs. They would not respect any borders...i mean perimeters set up by the store.

Unless stores like Wal-mart want to hire armed gaurds?


46 posted on 03/15/2020 4:29:55 AM PDT by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Chickensoup

Average age of deaths?

Average age of Italy?


47 posted on 03/15/2020 4:30:02 AM PDT by Article10 (Roger That)
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To: rdl6989

Was at Wally-World last night. Workers were moving in pallets of replenishing food items into the aisles of the grocery dept. and shoppers were picking items off the pallets, disrupting-distracting the restocking of shelves by the workers. I believe this is the reasoning.


48 posted on 03/15/2020 4:33:09 AM PDT by Lockbar (What would Vlad the Impailer Do??)
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To: Lockbar

Restocking and cleaning overnight.


49 posted on 03/15/2020 4:34:43 AM PDT by independentmind (Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt m)
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To: Chickensoup

17,000 KNOWN cases. If that many people have tested positive, there are probably 100,000 (or more) others that carry it but haven’t been tested.

That would bring the fatality rate down considerably.


50 posted on 03/15/2020 4:35:20 AM PDT by NorthWoody (A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. - Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: kearnyirish2

Not sure if you read the post up thread from the Walmart employee, but it goes to my point that today’s CEOs are mostly incompetent. If the average worker is totally out of the loop, I’d bet anyone a cheap pair of Chinese pajamas that the idea is a stinker. After watching and listening to our politicians & CEOs over the last few weeks, I’m not sure how any other conclusion can be reached. I’m glad I saw this fustercluck coming weeks ago and took the time to prepared myself & family. This was never the same as the flu.


51 posted on 03/15/2020 4:37:47 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: rdl6989

I’m in Jacksonville and several years ago a Walmart less than a mile from me used to be open 24 hours. Then this happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I_w60PzXoE

It’s been 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. ever since.


52 posted on 03/15/2020 4:38:01 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (November 2020 I will be bathing in liberal tears..)
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To: cabojoe

It’s also an attempt to quell the panic over empty shelves. Every morning when the stores open the shelves will be restocked.

Hopefully that helps stop the monkey see, monkey do panic buying that adds to the fear.


53 posted on 03/15/2020 4:39:18 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: TECTopcat

That’s were the suspension of hours of service regulations for truck drivers will make the difference. More deliveries.


54 posted on 03/15/2020 4:41:22 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: mom aka the evil dictator

You actually read the article? Wut in tarnation r u duin?!?!

From article : “This will help ensure associates are able to stock the products our customers are looking for and to perform cleaning and sanitizing,” the company said in a statement.”


55 posted on 03/15/2020 4:41:53 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Trump20162020

Maybe give them a chance to stock shelves with items the idiots are buying out and give folks who are just running low on TP or bathroom cleaner to get a shot at the products...


56 posted on 03/15/2020 4:42:46 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: MarineMom613

Is your store one where the overnight stocking was stopped? Do they plan on moving people to overnight now?


57 posted on 03/15/2020 4:43:42 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: meatloaf

Wholeheartedly agree.


58 posted on 03/15/2020 4:44:32 AM PDT by cabojoe
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To: rdl6989
Now every morning can be like Black Friday at WalMart.


59 posted on 03/15/2020 4:46:29 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
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To: JonPreston

I think they may be preparing for a reduced workforce. People stay home because no school or day care, fear,........,whatever. They may think they won’t be able to sustain 27/7. Just a guess.


60 posted on 03/15/2020 4:48:22 AM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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