Meijer, Polly’s Adjust Hours; Add Seniors Only Hours

Meijer announced today it is adjusting its store hours for the foreseeable future to allow more time for team members to deep clean and restock its stores, as well as dedicated hours for senior citizens, customers with chronic health conditions, essential service workers and its team members.

New store hours are as follows:

• Meijer stores will close overnight at 10 p.m. local time, beginning Friday, March 20, and will open each morning at 8 a.m. local time.
• Meijer Express convenience store locations will close overnight at 10 p.m. and open each morning at 8 a.m.; pay-at-the-pump fuel sales will remain available 24 hours a day.
• Meijer stores and pharmacies will provide dedicated shopping times for senior citizens and customers with chronic health conditions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7-8 a.m. local time.
• Meijer stores and pharmacies will provide dedicated shopping times for essential service workers and Meijer team members on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-8 a.m. local time.

“These are unprecedented times that require appropriate action to ensure we are supporting the communities where our customers and team members work and live,” said Rick Keyes, Meijer President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our adjusted store hours will ensure all of our customers have access to the products they need in the cleanest shopping environment possible.”

Essential service workers include all medical workers, first responders and law enforcement. Meijer is asking its customers and the public to please respect the times for these important groups.

Polly’s Adjusts Hours; Implements Seniors Only Hours

As of Sunday, March 22, 2020 Polly’s and Polly’s Country Market will be adjusting their Jackson location hours. All Jackson stores will now be open from 7:00 A.M.- 8:00 P.M., and the Spring Arbor Rd. location will have a special opening from 6:00 A.M.- 7:30 A.M. for seniors and compromised customers.

For the Brooklyn, Chelsea and Adrian locations, stores will still stay open until 10:00 P.M. at this time.

Polly’s also announced the implementation of special “Seniors Only” hours at four of their store locations:

1821 Spring Arbor Road, Jackson
11301 Brooklyn Road, Brooklyn
1255 South Main Street, Chelsea
1535 West Maumee Street, Adrian

From Polly’s: 

“The SENIORS ONLY hours will be effective Friday, March 20, and will only be enforced at the above locations. For our purposes, anyone over the age of 60 will be considered a senior citizen. The hours designated as SENIORS ONLY WILL BE 6:00 A.M. TO 7:30 A.M., seven days a week.

“NOTE WELL: We are asking our customers to respect our request not to shop at our stores during the above stated hours. This is being done out of concern for our senior citizens. But we also need to be concerned about the health and safety of our store associates. They are under a tremendous amount of stress as it is. The last thing we want to do is put additional strain on them by asking them to have to act as ‘enforcers of the law.’ The cooperation of our customers is essential if our efforts to protect the health of our senior neighbors have any chance of succeeding. We thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.”

“We want to thank our customers for your patience and understanding during this time.”