Kroger, Walmart Testing One-Way Grocery Aisles to Improve Social Distancing

As the coronavirus continues to spread, retailers continue to think creatively about ways to better protect their shoppers. Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have separately but almost simultaneously come up with the idea of one-way aisles within their stores to prevent patrons from moving past one another.

At least some Walmart stores in the U.K. and Canada have already implemented these traffic flow rules, with colored tape formed in arrow shapes on the floors showing patrons their predetermined path. Some stores even appear to have lines marked across an aisle every six feet, reminding shoppers to maintain what's become the preferred allowable closeness in an era of social distancing. A spokesperson for Walmart said earlier in the week the retailer was considering doing the same in U.S. stores.

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