The background to this aspect of today's visit to my local branch of Morrisons will be described on a sister blog (Dover: The Psychology of a Small Town) and a link provided here once it has been written.
The supermarket is located on Bridge Street, Dover CT16 1RA, and looks across a car park. Along an adjacent side are branches of Asda, Jollyes, Farm Foods, and Poundstretcher, all part of Castleton Retail Park, Charlton Green.
Consequently, this is an important and popular shopping area and queues have been quite lengthy since the Coronavirus Social Distancing rules and reduced opening times came into effect.
However, as you can see from today's photograph (taken at 10 am) all this has changed - at least as far as Morrisons is concerned, anyway!:
Compare the above view to the 11-second video of a Morrisons queue that I posted on this blog on Thursday, 9th of April:
The reason the queue has disappeared is because of a change in opening hours that was announced in an email sent on Saturday, the 18th of April:
From Monday 20th April our store opening hours are:
Monday to Saturday - 7am - 10pm
Sunday - No change
Thank you to our very hard working NHS workers.
We continue to open our stores exclusively for you to shop between 6am - 7am daily (Sunday 9am - 9.30am*).
These opening times are valid in the majority of stores but some may
vary, including Scotland - please click here to find your local stores
opening times.
Of course, queues are still likely to form at traditionally busy times (Saturday morning, for example) but the shopping experience at Morrisons has definitely improved!
The main photo were taken during a permitted Coronavirus Lockdown bike ride.
A cycling route map and biometrics can be seen on this Polar Flow web page.
Abridged versions of this post are also on Facebook and Twitter.
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