Walmart to limit how many shoppers can enter stores at once

Starting Saturday, stores will “allow no more than five customers for each 1,000 square feet at a given time, roughly 20% of a store’s capacity,” the retail giant announced Friday as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

While most Walmart stores have two entrances, stores will use a single-entry, which in most cases will be at the grocery entrance, Dacona Smith, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Walmart U.S., wrote in a blog post.

Shoppers will be directed to the entrance “where they will be admitted one-by-one and counted,” Smith said, noting store staff and signage “will remind customers of the importance of social distancing while they’re waiting to enter a store.”