One of the largest grocery store chains in the Southeast will be closing earlier every day due to the coronavirus.
Publix announced on Twitter that all stores will close at 8 p.m. until further notice. The policy will go into effect Saturday. There are 1,243 Publix stores across seven states, including Georgia.
The tweet said the decision was to “give (Publix) teams time to conduct addition preventative sanitation and restock products on our shelves.”
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia shoppers were met with long lines, empty shelves and stressed employees Thursday and Friday, AJC.com previously reported. Cleaning products, bottled water and toilet paper were among commodities that were selling out quickly.
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Many grocery stores have begun to limit the number of items customers can purchase in an effort to stay in stock.
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