Grocery Stores Offer 'Senior Hours' During Coronavirus Crisis

OAK LAWN, IL — Due to the coronavirus crises, many supermarket chains are offering "senior hours" for adults age 60 and over and other high risk persons before stores open to the general public in the morning, when the stores are at their most clean and freshly re-stocked.

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Senior hours:

Shop & Save
6 to 7 a.m. every day (except Niles location)

Mariano’s
6 to 8 a.m. daily, starting
March 20 until further notice

Fairplay Stores
7 to 9 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday

Jewel-Osco
7 to 9 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday

Walt’s Food Centers
7 to 8 a.m. daily
Seniors and other high risk persons

Berkot’s Super Foods
7 to 8 a.m. every day for
seniors and immunocompromised persons

Walmart
Every Tuesday, one hour before store opens
from March 24 through April 28; pharmacy and
vision center will also be open; check your
local Walmart for hours.

Whole Foods Market

Stores will open to seniors one hour before they open to the general public. Stores will close up to two hours early to allow for cleaning.