{"id":1319401,"date":"2020-04-12T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=995612"},"modified":"2020-04-12T16:03:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T22:03:01","slug":"city-market-stores-go-back-to-extended-hours-increase-shopping-times-for-vulnerable-population-to-2-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/city-market-stores-go-back-to-extended-hours-increase-shopping-times-for-vulnerable-population-to-2-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"City Market stores go back to extended hours, increase shopping times for vulnerable population to 2 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"39.855769230769\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Seniorshopping-gpi-032120-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Seniorshopping-gpi-032120-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Seniorshopping-gpi-032120-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Seniorshopping-gpi-032120-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Seniorshopping-gpi-032120-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/Seniorshopping-gpi-032120-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>A local City Market shopper wears gloves to pick out products during senior shopping hours, which now run from 6 \u2013 8 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.<\/strong><br \/><em>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>City Market grocery stores in the area are set to return to their longer operating hours, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., starting on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the time set aside for senior citizens and other at-risk customers to shop will be extended to two hours, from 6\u20138 a.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, King Soopers\/City Market corporate announced late last week.<\/p>\n<p>City Market and other King Soopers outlets in Colorado had been operating on reduced hours since mid-March when the global COVID-19 outbreak hit Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The extra time before opening and after closing was needed to arrange extra deliveries and restock store items for which there had been increased demand, resulting in empty shelves in many sections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/pi-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cProviding additional shopping hours will help to spread out the flow of traffic in our stores and reduce the number of customers waiting in line when our stores open,\u201d according to the latest news release.<\/p>\n<p>City Market stores have also recently implemented several measures to help promote social distancing aimed at reducing the spread of the contagious coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Those steps include capacity limits in stores (50% of a building\u2019s maximum capacity), installing plexiglass partitions at check-out lanes, and floor decals designating one-way traffic along store aisles and other social-distancing advice.<\/p>\n<p>City Market pharmacies are also temporarily waiving fees for prescription delivery via mail or courier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.375899280576\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 gspi-4 pl-4\" readability=\"17.804701627486\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p>Readers around Glenwood Springs and Garfield County make the Post Independent\u2019s work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=below-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/city-market-stores-go-back-to-extended-hours-increase-shopping-times-for-vulnerable-population-to-2-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local City Market shopper wears gloves to pick out products during senior shopping hours, which now run from 6 \u2013 8 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent City Market grocery stores in the area are set to return to their longer operating hours, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., starting on Monday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-01 06:09:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}