Local grocery stores are working through COVID-19 outbreak

Local grocery stores are working through COVID-19 outbreak

GROCERY OUTLET OFF OF MING AVEAND ASH..AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE FEWLOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORES INOURCOMMUNITY AND DUE TO THECOVID-19 OUTBREAK THEY ARECONSIDERED ANESSENTIAL BUSINESS TO REMAINOPEN ACCORDING TO GOVERNORGAVINNEWSOMS STAY AT HOME ORDER..

ANDTODAY I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH AWORKER AND THE OWNER OF THESTORE ABOUT WHAT ITS LIKE TOWORK IN A GROCERY STORE DURINGTHE OUTBREAK AND THEY TELL MESHOPPERS HAVE CALLED THEMSUPERHEROES.HONESTLY THEY HAVE BEEN SO SWEETIHAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL USSUPERHEROES DURING OUR SHIFTLIKE SAY GOOD JOB..

GOOD FOR YOUFOR WORKING..SOFIA PERRAZZO IS A MOTHER ANDHAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE OF THEGROCERY OUTLET BARGAIN MARKETOFF OF MING AND ASH SINCEFEBRUARY .

LITTLE DID SHE KNOWIN JUST A FEW WEEKS SHEWOULD FIND HER SELF AS ANESSENTIAL BUSINESSEMPLOYEE WHO IS ALLOWED TO WORKDURING THE COVID-19OUTBREAK ACCORDING TO GAVINNEWSOMS STAY AT HOMEORDER.

SHE SAYS ITS A TOUGH BUTMEANINGFUL HONOR/ POSITIONTO BE IN.ITS COOL TO HAVE TO BE IN AESSENTIALBUSINESS HONESTLY SO THAT WE CANHELP THOSE WHO NEED IT ON TOP OFSTILLBEING ABLE TO DO OUR JOBS ASWELLTHE STORE'S OWNER JESSICA SNIDERSAYS SHE IS MAKING SURETHE SHELVES ARE FULL WITH THEIRDAILY SHIPMENTS.

HER EMPLOYEESARE WORKING OVERTIME.

AND THEYEVEN HAVE HAD TO HIREADDITIONAL WORKERS TO MEET THEDEMAND..EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TIRED PEOPLEARETELLING US YOU RE MORE STICKEDTHAN OTHER STORES EVEN THE BIGCHAINS..

EVERYONE IS ALWAYSSMILING AND I JUST PRAY THAT GODGIVES US WINGS RIGHT NOWAND A GOOD ATTITUDE ANDSTRENGTH.SNIDER SAYS THEY HAVE HAD TOMAKE SOME CHANGESTHROUGHOUT THE STORE LIKEPLACING SOCIAL DISTANCING X'SFOR CUSTOMERS TO STAND WHILE INLINE AND ENSURINGPROPER CLEANLINESS OF THEIREMPLOYEES.AND THEY ARE LIMITING THE AMOUNTOF GOODS SHOPPERSCAN PURCHASE FOR POPULAR ITEMSLIKE EGGS, WATER, RICE ANDOTHER ESSENTIALS.WE DONT LIKE TO LIMIT THE ITEMSWE HAVETO AT THIS MOMENT WE AREREMINDING OUR CUSTOMERS TO NOTFORGET TO BEKIND AND THE REASON WHY YOU AREHOLDING THAT IN YOUR HAND ISBECAUSE WE ARE LIMITING IT.PERRAZO SAYS BEING OPTIMISTICAND ENFORCING NECESSARYPRECAUTIONS MOTIVATES HER IN HERJOB AND HAS THIS MESSAGE TOALL OF HER FELLOW GROCERYWORKERS ACROSS THECOUNTRY.KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK I KNOWITSHARD RIGHT NOW AND ITS GETTINGPRETTY HECTIC OUT THERE BUTHONESTLY IF WEDON'T DO OUR JOBS EVERYONE ISGOING TO BE STRUGGLING AND NOONE IS GOINGTO GET WHAT THEY NEEDAND YES THE GROCERY OUTLETDOES HAVE WATER BUT THEY ARELIMITED AND YOU MAY ONLYPURCHASE ONE CASEPER HOUSEHOLD AND THEY ARERESTOCKING DAILY..

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FOR NOW IN BAKERSFIELDLEZLA GOODEN 23ABC NEWSCONNECTING YOU.THE CEO OF HOUCHIN COMMUNITYBLOOD BANK