Woolworths, Coles to Limit Shoppers to Enforce Social-Distancing

Woolworths, Coles to Limit Shoppers to Enforce Social-Distancing
People shop at a Woolworths supermarket in Sydney, Australia on Mar. 17, 2020. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
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SYDNEY—Starting April 6, Australian shoppers may find themselves queuing up outside Woolworths and Coles waiting for their turn to shop. The two largest supermarket groups will begin capping in-store shopper numbers starting Monday in a bid to enhance social-distance enforcement.

Woolworth announced the new move in a statement released on April 4, saying that “it will be limiting the number of customers allowed in store from time to time to enable social distancing between customers.”