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Colin Brennan

Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Supervalu and Dunnes Stores share one key message to shoppers across Ireland

More people will be able to gather with friends and loved ones as lockdown measures are further eased across Ireland in June.

From Wednesday, June 2, hotels, B&Bs, guesthouses and self-catering accommodation will reopen.

On June 7, outdoor services in bars and restaurants will reopen along with cinemas and theatres.

Irish people can have visitors to their homes from one other household next Monday.

On the same date, up to 200 people can attend outdoor events in venues with a minimum capacity of 5000, and up to 100 can attend other outdoor events.

And while lockdown restrictions are easing, supermarkets are still encouraging shoppers to come alone in order to limit the number of people inside at once.

Clothes have returned to Tesco’s and Dunnes Stores' shelves while Aldi and Lidl can restock their middle shelves.

No supermarket in Ireland is openly denying people access if they are in groups - but they do encourage shopping on your own.

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Queues and social distancing remain in place while facemasks are compulsory.

Here are all the latest supermarket rules in Ireland:

Tesco

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Tesco is asking customers to adhere to 'one trolley one person' in store, where possible.

They recognise that this is not always possible, and where customers need to come to stores with their family, or other people in their care, they will adopt a common-sense approach.

In line with Government Regulations, it is mandatory for colleagues and customers and to wear a face-covering in Tesco stores.

Aldi

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Aldi want one person per family as much as possible.

The store said where possible and in order to help with social distancing, they are encouraging all customers to try and reduce the number of family members they bring with them into stores.

They fully appreciate that this is not possible for all of our customers but would encourage it, wherever possible.

There are no product restrictions in place at this time.

In order to help with social distancing, they are encouraging all customers to try and reduce the number of family members they bring with them into our stores.

Children are not banned from Aldi stores.

Lidl

Lidl Ireland says it does "not have any policies in place to prevent families shopping together, as long as they are respecting the above measures and maintaining social distance."

A Lidl spokesperson said the supermarket has put a slew of measures – including perspex till guards, face masks and queue management systems – in place to protect customers' safety.

"We recognise that for a variety of reasons, not everyone is in a position to shop alone," the supermarket said.

All other middle aisle items are on sale as normal as non-essential retail has returned.

SuperValu

19/03/2020 Social distance queueing method in operation in SuperValu, Lucan (Collins Agency, Dublin)

To protect each other, it is mandatory to wear a face-covering while shopping in SuperValu stores.

The retailer said: "We ask you to please be considerate in the way you shop and buy only what you need, it helps everyone."

They are limiting numbers shopping in-store at any one time.

To help with social distancing while you shop, they ask people to keep two meters apart at all times.

Dunnes Stores

10/04/2020 People outside at Dunnes Stores on Henry Street Dublin. (stock pic) (Collins Photo Agency)

The social distancing safety measures Dunnes Stores have implemented mean that there may be queuing at the store entrance.

Dunnes Stores has designated shopping hours between 11.00am and 1pm daily for elderly customers (70+), or those who have any health issues that make them vulnerable.

They ask customers to avoid coming to the store during these hours and to shop at other times.

A comprehensive social distancing programme has been rolled out in all Dunne Stores. This has been designed to make it easy for customers to maintain the advised distance.

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