Any Covid19 safety suggestions for supermarkets etc to adopt?

[BlackberryGin]

We are all (?) trying to keep ourselves and others safe in this epidemic. We are told about social distancing and hand-washing etc and hopefully we are complying with this as much a possible.
However, there seem to be so many areas of potential improvement that are not being highlighted and adopted. No doubt some will take some organising and incur a cost, but others could be at no or low cost and easy win.
An example or two:
I watched some shoppers the other day, picking up items and then replacing them on the shelves. At the reduced counter, the same items were picked up repeatedly and replaced when the shoppers had checked the price tag on the base. We all do this and it's invariably an oblivious and automatic action.

It would be a quick win for the manager to use a marker pen and create a few posters and billboards around the shop, asking customers not to touch items unless they were selecting them for purchase, which would help to protect them and everyone else. Later, they could have proper posters printed and situated appropriately around the store. It's also pointless to have marked-down prices on the base of items and reducing by just a small percentage actually encourages the repeated touching of the same goods.
Other safety posters placed in the stores would be a good community action too, especially as for most people, it's the only place they are visiting. Basic reminders about social distancing, not sneezing into your hand, awareness about how long the virus can last on fabrics if you put your hands in your pockets after touching surfaces etc that may be contaminated - the list is endless. I know that it's not the supermarkets' responsibility to do this, but imo it would be very constructive and will raise awareness among the population about areas of hygiene that they had not considered previously.

Does anyone have any good practice suggestions that could be adopted by supermarkets and other businesses that are open at the moment? They may even be picked up by the companies involved and used to enhance and develop further their H&S practices.
Or am I deluded and unreasonable? Please don't answer that one!

A friend who knows I'm on here just messaged me with a comment saying that it could be helpful if supermarkets placed signs beside some of the empty shelves suggesting possible alternatives if applicable, such as what else to use instead of anti-bac / disinfecting wipes if none are available. She's taking cloths dampened with anti-bac spray and sealed in a small plastic bag, or floor cloths halved.

I agree about the staff though.

If any supermarket managers are reading this, please please have a massive poster on the door of the staff entrance to say PLEASE REMEMBER SOCIAL DISTANCING EVERYONE, CUSTOMERS ARE WATCHING US.

Staff feel comfortable at work and spend a long day there and naturally forget, to me big posters all over the back shop and staff areas would remind them.

We’re doing pretty much all of these things.
We’ve a one way system taped out onto the floor.
Reminders around the shop about only handling what you intend to buy.
Regular tannoy announcements about keeping to the one way system at a safe distance.
Screens are coming. Gloves and hand sanitiser have been provided to all colleagues.
We’re operating a one in one out system.
Disinfectant sprays and blu roll by the trolley bay.

We’re trying really hard. What would help most is if the folks treating it like a day at Alton Towers stayed home (obviously not talking about single parents). The amount of couples and two parent families I’ve seen are astounding. Or the guy that came in the other day to buy a garden gnome .

My local tesco has the screens, they are brilliant.

Booths have the screens now too. And if we need to shop we wear gloves.

I think a one way system can be counter-productive. It forces people to go up aisles they aren't interested in just to get to the "correct" end of the next one. And people just don't shop like that; they go back and forth deciding between things, or forgetting things and going back for them.

It's also unnecessary when there are limits on the number of people in the shop already. There's plenty of space to move around.

Also, I need to pick things up to decide whether to buy them or not. If it's produce, I can't judge if it's ripe or damaged without doing so. And packaged items I need to check ingredients and nutrition info etc.

So I don't think more needs doing. Just avoid touching your face, and wash your hands afterwards, if you're concerned.

@Worriedmum54321
"It seems mad that the checkout assistants don't have gloves or masks."

Gloves make people complacent. All they do is smear bacteria over everything, for a full day. Regular hand washing is better. Both gloves and masks aren't comfortable to wear. We should be sticking to social distancing.

Shops have reduced opening hours so shelves aren't being stocked while people are shopping. I think they could go further and cut off an isle while restocking, because that's often when contact happens.

They will need the ingredients clearly marked in the front so people can check for allergens.