Richfield Municipal Liquor Stores Limit Hours From March 18

From the City of Richfield:

March 17, 2020

The Richfield Liquor Stores are taking the coronavirus, or COVID19, seriously, and are doing their best to keep both employees and customers safe from the virus.

Effective March 18, all of Richfield’s Municipal Liquor Stores will be limiting store hours. Liquor stores will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

“At this point, our goal is to keep our stores going while protecting our staff and customers,” stated Bill Fillmore, Municipal Liquor Operations Manager for the city of Richfield.

While limited hours will be in effect March 18, the situation is fluid and may change in the future. The city of Richfield is constantly evaluating the situation with input from the Minnesota Department of Health and Bloomington Public Health (who provides public health services for the city of Richfield).

In addition, at all the stores employees are working to sanitize all surfaces that customer’s may have contact with. This includes countertops, store carts and baskets, cooler handles, point of sale equipment, and credit/debit terminals. Staff is sanitizing based on volume of customer traffic, and adjusting as necessary.

Further, all in-store sampling events have been suspended indefinitely.

The Richfield Municipal Liquor Stores will continue to operate to the best of their ability moving forward. For more information about store hours or product availability, visit: www.richfieldmn.gov/liquor

This press release was produced by the City of Richfield. The views expressed here are the author’s own.