Smith’s Food & Drug stores will be offering special hours for senior citizen shoppers starting Wednesday to help keep this population safe as coronavirus cases increase throughout the state. The store will dedicate the first hour, from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to shoppers 60 years and older. In a release sent to KOAT Tuesday, store officials wrote that each store will have staff members on hand to help those who need special accommodations.Other shoppers will still have access to the store from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The store will also waive the pickup fee for online orders received curbside for customers 60 years and older through April 18.“Smith’s wants to provide these at-risk customers with the ability to purchase the items they need to avoid busier and more crowded shopping times,” said Aubriana Martindale, Smith’s corporate affairs manager. “We request that customers respect these hours for the health of our community during this time of uncertainty. We appreciate all of our customers for their kind consideration, whose concern contributed to our decision to provide allocated hours for seniors.”

Smith’s Food & Drug stores will be offering special hours for senior citizen shoppers starting Wednesday to help keep this population safe as coronavirus cases increase throughout the state.

The store will dedicate the first hour, from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to shoppers 60 years and older.


In a release sent to KOAT Tuesday, store officials wrote that each store will have staff members on hand to help those who need special accommodations.

Other shoppers will still have access to the store from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The store will also waive the pickup fee for online orders received curbside for customers 60 years and older through April 18.

“Smith’s wants to provide these at-risk customers with the ability to purchase the items they need to avoid busier and more crowded shopping times,” said Aubriana Martindale, Smith’s corporate affairs manager. “We request that customers respect these hours for the health of our community during this time of uncertainty. We appreciate all of our customers for their kind consideration, whose concern contributed to our decision to provide allocated hours for seniors.”