Hannaford, Shaw's Offering Reserved Time for Elderly, At-risk

Hannaford and Shaw's supermarkets are offering reserved times for elderly and at-risk customers to shop at the stores to help protect those customers from exposure to the coronavirus.

At Hannaford stores, effective March 24, there will be dedicated shopping hours from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Tuesday through Thursday for people age 60 and older, as well as those with compromised immune systems. Other shoppers are asked to wait until 7 a.m. to enter the stores on those days.

Hannaford, effective March 21, also changed its store hours to 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. to give employees more time to clean, stock shelves and rest.

At Shaw's, there will be dedicated hours for for at-risk shoppers on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

In addition, Shaw's also has changed its store hours to 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.