H-E-B grocery stores extending hours
H-E-B is extending business hours for its stores starting April 27. A month ago, the Texas-based grocery chain had temporarily reduced the time stores were open in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Starting Monday, store hours will be 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. Pharmacies will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and normal hours on weekends, depending on the location.
H-E-B has stores in Marble Falls, Burnet, and Kingsland.
H-E-B cut its daily hours to 8 a.m.-8 p.m. on March 15 in an effort to protect staff and customers from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, giving staff more time to restock shelves and sanitize stores.
Personnel from departments such as floral, deli, and bakery were shifted to restocking and other needed tasks during that time.
“Along with our new hours, we continue to ease product limits on many items and customers will start to notice many popular departments reopen, such as our bakery, deli, and floral departments,” according to an H-E-B media release on its website.
H-E-B officials said they remain committed to the health and safety of customers and store employees, called Partners, in the midst of the pandemic.
“Even with our extended hours, our stores remain diligent in following H-E-B’s strict hygiene and sanitation measures as well as proper social distancing protocols,” according to the company’s statement on its website. “We have dedicated teams of Partners and COVID Action Managers who are trained to ensure sanitation and social distancing procedures are properly followed. All Partners in customer-facing roles are required to wear masks. This includes Partners in all parts of our business that are in close contact as well as vendors.”
H-E-B also has installed Plexiglass partitions at checkouts and established contactless curbside and home delivery.
“As we continue to monitor the spread of the pandemic, we are following guidance and advice from medical professionals and the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) to make the best decisions regarding the health and safety of our Partners, customers and the communities we serve,” the H-E-B statement added.
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In addition to on-going actions, I recommend that the “Aisles” be made one way. Their narrow width is not conducive to proper social distancing. I realize that some parts of the store can’t be one-way but where realistic please make this change.
I want to thank you for all safety you have done for us shoppers and your workers that way we can still go in and shop..May God Bless you all working hard to keep safe
Rushing everything to get back to its so called normal routine is gonna cause more people to contract this deadly virus and make things worse in the long run. This virus isn’t gonna just disappear. More people will continue to die from it and and rushing to get back to normal longer hours of business is not in the best interest of the people. Also I’ve shopped many times at HEB not one time has anyone wiped down the credit card machine before or after I used it to disinfect it for the next customer behind me to come along to use it with my germs on it. Half assing the cleaning and sanitizing of the the store isn’t doing anything for anyone nor is it stopping the spread of this virus.
I have seen the workers use sanitizer wipes to handle the cards in the pharmacy at H.E.B. As a shopper it’s not just the stores responsibility to make our shopping experience safe it’s ours also. If you can’t wipe the machine down before using it & afterwards than shame on you. The workers our busting their behinds to be there for us.