Home Bargains is asking shoppers to only touch items they want to buy in a strict new rule.
The bargain store is following in the footsteps of supermarkets such as Asda and Aldi by asking customers to be mindful about touching products.
Signs outside Home Bargains stores have been reported displaying instructions of the 'no touch' rule, Liverpool Echo reports.
Outlets are asking shoppers to take a common sense approach when touching items in store.
It's the latest in a long list of new rules shops have had to enforce to keep the public safe while getting groceries during the pandemic.
Last month, Asda updated its website to also ask customers not to touch items they don't intend to purchase.
The message read: "There will also be clear signage, directional barriers and floor markings to help you move around our store easily and maintain a two-metre distance from other customers and our colleagues.
"You are allowed to bring your children and other members of your household to our stores, but we ask that you keep this to a minimum to help us maintain social distancing advice.
"We’re asking customers to only touch items they intend to purchase and to use cashless payment wherever they can to minimise contact."
Last month, signs were spotted outside a number of Aldi stores asking customers queuing outside not to touch its trolleys until they were at the front.
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