Oldest son and I went to the large regional supermarket chain today. Because they've finished their remodel and moved things around, we went up and down every aisle. We were surprised to see certain shelves somewhat bare, but in weird ways. There were plenty of canned tomato products (which I buy at Aldi because they are cheaper), but had bare shelves for anything Hunt's brand. The frozen pizza pickings were slim (I never buy them), and really throughout the prepared frozen foods there seemed to be less of everything, even if there weren't bare shelves. No disinfecting wipes, no disinfecting cleaners, no hand sanitizer, but they did have some Lysol spray way up on a high shelf, at the back. A customer was trying to get to one with a mop, then asked my tall DS to get it for her. No concerns about him touching it. As a weird thing, I searched and searched for oven cleaner (regular, not fume free), and finally found where it should have been, completely empty, with one can of the fume free available. DS said maybe everyone is cleaning their ovens since they're baking more. Maybe, but I need it to clean a cast iron skillet I want to strip and reseason, and I wouldn't be surprised if other people are doing the same, or cleaning their BBQ grates. I suppose I should just get some straight drain cleaner and make a lye bath.
This is the first store I've been in where I could see employees actively disinfecting inside the store -- mostly the handles of fridge and freezer cases, but also along the edges of the shelves in the cases. Carts were wiped down as they were returned. No sanitizing at the cashier lanes. Unlike other stores, the plexiglass doesn't really protect the cashier all that well, since it ends before the credit card reader.
Produce, dairy, and meat departments were all well stocked.
We went to this store because I needed to get a gift card for my dad for Father's Day (he disdains cash as a gift, but loves gift cards). They had a promotion where I could get an instant $10 off if I bought $50 in gift cards and at least $10 in groceries. I know he's been going to Lowe's a lot lately, (he's fixing his house up to sell), so we got him a Lowe's card. Oh, another odd thing -- the Father's Day cards were completely sold out! I rarely buy cards but this week has been stressful and I was going to treat myself to the B2G1F offer rather than having to print free cards from online, but I guess everyone else beat me to it.
As an aside, someone diabolical must have planned the new layout. They placed the candy and the breakfast cereal across from each other down the same aisle, so any parent with kids who needs to buy cereal will be unable to avoid the candy placement. And also, they did weird things -- cookies and crackers now face the open produce area. Nothing about it made any sense. I'm not likely to go back unless I need something I can't get at Aldi or Costco.