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

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.”