Coronavirus: How Giant Eagle Will Limit Customers Inside Stores

CLEVELAND — Giant Eagle announced this week it will begin limiting the number of customers permitted in its stores. That limit will be 50 percent of occupancy allowed by the fire code, and that includes store employees.

Giant Eagle will place the maximum occupancy for specific stores at the store's entrance.

The company also plans to shift to using every other register lane when possible.

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"The safety and well-being of our team members and guests is and will continue to be our top priority," Giant Eagle spokeswoman Jannah Jablonowski said in a news release. "As supermarkets, convenience stores and pharmacies remain in operation as essential community resources, we believe it's vital to heighten our social distancing and sanitization procedures throughout the store."

Giant Eagle and several other major grocers will shutter stores on Sunday, April 12 to give employees a rest during the coronavirus outbreak.