Grocery Stores Cutting Hours Amid Coronavirus Pandemic to Clean, Restock

A sign posted announces two-items per customer for certain items as people shop for food at a Ralph's Supermarket in Monterey Park, California, on March 16, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Major grocery store chains across the United States are cutting hours to allow workers to clean stores and restock amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The measures will also protect workers from the new virus, which causes a disease called COVID-19 that is deadly for some, primarily those who are older or who have underlying health conditions like heart disease.