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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Mark Shapland

IKEA to open stores in June as shops prepare for lockdown end

Ikea will reopen 19 stores from June 1 with a new series of safety measures to ensure social distancing.

The homewares chain said social distancing wardens will patrol the store and the number of customers would be limited.

The sites opening up again are Croydon, Greenwich, Lakeside, Wembley, Tottenham, Norwich collection point, Birmingham, Nottingham, Belfast, Manchester, Warrington, Gateshead, Leeds, Sheffield, Milton Keynes, Reading, Southampton, Bristol and Exeter.

Restaurants and play areas will remain closed but the food market will reopen for customers to make food like Swedish meatballs at home.

The move comes as shops prepare to open up again.

Earlier this week Dunelm reopened the doors of 151 shops, while DFS and Furniture Village have also opened a handful of stores.

Furniture Village has introduced protective measures to ensure safety at its stores during the Covid-19 crisis.

Every shopper and staff member will have their temperature checked before entering the shop and all shoppers will be asked the sanitise their hands before coming in.

The retailer will also provide disposable pens for shoppers to sign paperwork for shoppers and equip staff with protective face shields and perspex screens for the tills.

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