Morrisons is amping up its deep cleaning schedules and recruiting more cleaners, as local lockdowns are announced across England and Wales.
The supermarket, which has 495 stores in the UK, is launching a new programme which will see three-week deep-cleans, brand new equipment and additional cleaning staff.
Some 2,240 brand new cleaning roles will be created, including a new Market Street Hygiene Assistant in all stores - to clean food preparation areas across Market Street.
This will ensure Morrisons foodmakers can concentrate on making fresh products for its butcher, baker, fishmonger, deli, greengrocer and florist departments.
Additionally, nearly 30,000 more hours each week will be put into Morrisons existing Housekeepers and Core Cleaning roles. This will see more areas across its stores - such as toilets, shelving and ‘high touch’ areas - being cleaned even more frequently.
New Welcome Cleaning Stations are also being fitted at all store entrances providing antibacterial wipes for baskets and trolleys, as well as hand sanitiser.
Jayne Wall, Operations Director at Morrisons, said: “The hygiene within our stores has become more important than ever due to the impact of Covid-19.
"We want to make sure our customers feel as safe as possible when doing their grocery shopping with us.
"So we’ve made this multi-million-pound investment to introduce first class hygiene procedures.”
