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Coronavirus In Colorado: Grocery Stores Limiting Number Of Shoppers Inside

DENVER (CBS4) - Safeway joined other grocery store chains in restricting how many people are in the store at one time. King Soopers made that change earlier this week.

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In Colorado Safeways, about 30% of normal capacity will be allowed. The stores are also going to have one way aisles as an effort to increase social distancing.

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Last month, grocery stores designated certain hours for seniors to shop before other shoppers. They also installed plastic partitions between clerks and customers, as well as six-foot distancing tape on the floors to ensure shoppers space out.

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