Same-Day Pickups, Deliveries, Return To Vernon Supermarket

VERNON, CT — Stop & Shop announced Tuesday that same-day pickup and delivery services are being added again to its Rockville Stop & Shop in Vernon.

The Rockville Stop & Shop is located at 50 Windsorville Road.

Customers can place an order on Peapod.com, head to the store, and have a Stop & Shop associate load their groceries right into their car, store officals said.

"We're pleased to once again offer customers online shopping for their essential items," said Matt Ryan, the store manager at the Rockville Stop & Shop. "I look forward to working with our community as we continue to ensure social distancing and safety practices remain in effect."

To use the service, customers can visit www.peapod.com and select "pick-up." Customers can then head to the store at their chosen pick-up time, park in a designated pick-up spot, then call a phone number to let the store team know they have arrived. Stop & Shop team members will then deliver their order right to their car.

Stop & Shop has altered its pickup policies with associate and customer safety in mind. Customers are being asked to have their trunk or door open for associates to place groceries directly in their vehicle. Customers are also encouraged to wear masks and limit the number of people in their vehicle, when possible, to "better enable social distancing."

Stop & Shop associates will be wearing masks while working and "are following all of the same sanitizing precautions as its in-store associates," including surface sanitization and regular hand washing every 20-30 minutes.

Due to customer demand, the number of orders that can be fulfilled throughout the day will be limited temporarily, officials said. Supply may also be limited for specific items that are on national allocation and may not be available for purchase, they added.

Two item purchase limits are also still in place for certain high-demand items.