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Walmart to limit number of customers in stores amid spread of COVID-19

Stores to only let in about 20 percent of a store’s capacity

Walmart will limit the number of customers in a store at one time amid the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Images)

ORLANDO, Fla.Walmart will limit the number of customers in a store at one time amid the spread of the coronavirus.

Starting Saturday, company officials said they will only let in about 20 percent of a store’s capacity.

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Once a store reaches capacity, crews will let a new customer in when a shopper leaves the store.

Customers will also enter and exit at different entry points.

Employees will also mark one-way movement through the aisles at some point next week in a number of stores, according to Walmart.

Walmart has already implemented overnight cleaning and restocking of shelves.

Social distance markers have also been added to stores, according to Walmart officials.


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