Beginning as early as today, Tops will be rolling our
additional safety measures at all of its 162 stores in New York, Pennsylvania,
and Vermont. Those safety measures include installing Plexiglas shields on as
many of their front-end registers as possible. Where Plexiglas cannot be affixed
because of equipment limitations, associates will be provided with protective
face shields which will also be used by Tops associates working in our pharmacy
department and at our customer service desk. This installation process will
take place over the course of the next few weeks.
These safety measures are in addition to Tops existing PPE
(personal protection equipment) procedures which include providing gloves for
their associates, hand sanitizer and wipes for their associates and customers
respectively, and the newly instituted Comfort Zone areas at the registers
providing more social distancing between customers as well as the customer and
Tops associate. Additionally, there is an associate assigned at each store
specifically in charge of sanitization of the front-end registers, check
stands, conveyor belts, customer service desks, point of sale devices and other
frequently touched surfaces most accessed by customers on a continual basis
during operating hours.