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Megan Nisbet

Tesco introduces series of car park changes to keep shoppers safe during pandemic

Tesco has introduced a number of changes to how their car parks work to keep shoppers safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

The supermarket, along with others, have been regularly changing their rules to adapt to the current crisis.

Measures including limiting the flow of people in stores at any one time, placing hand sanitisers around stores and installing protective screens at checkouts.

Tesco has also asked people to shop alone and requested the use of card or contactless payments where possible.

Like many other supermarkets, Tesco has dedicated shopping times for vulnerable and elderly people as well as NHS workers, reports Wales Online.

Tesco's car parking guidelines are designed to ease pressure on the queues (AFP via Getty Images)

But what about car parks for people who aren't coming in on foot?

There are a number of revised guidelines to make each essential shop as smooth and as safe a process as possible.

Updating customers on their website, Tesco has three new rules when it comes to car parks.

Parking

To help limit the number of people in-store, when you arrive Tesco staff may help park your car.

Queuing

If it's raining or particularly cold, shoppers are asked to stay inside their cars to queue.

Staff will then let you know when you can come in.

Floor markings

Pedestrians queueing to get inside the store will have noticed many supermarkets are using fences and markings to help people maintain proper social distancing.

Tesco has also introduced floor markings in its car parks to help you keep a safe distance when queuing.

Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket chain, is still making tweaks to its social distancing measures (Getty Images)

Britain's supermarkets' lockdown changes

Tesco is not the only supermarket still making tweaks to operations to help customers safely adapt to life under lockdown.

Major supermarkets have introduced queuing systems, limited the numbers of customers instore, and created floor markings to encourage social distancing.

Many checkout operators are now also shielded with perspex screens and supermarkets are increasingly going cashless.

The biggest chains have made more announcements in the past week.

Sainsbury's said it is set to reopen 100 petrol stations more than a month after introducing payment booths at hundreds of branches nationwide.

Until now, customers have been advised to pay via a booth or at the pump.

However it said today, 100 are set to open again with social distancing measures and perspex safety screens in place to safeguard staff and customers.

Asda also confirmed it's introduced a 'no touch' policy, urging customers to only pick up items they intend to buy.

And Lidl has updated its information about the busiest and quietest times to shop in stores.

The chain has shared the following - 8am to 11am: Busy, 11am to 2pm: Average, and 2pm - to close: Quiet.

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