
Costco Canada Customers Will Need to Wear Protective Face Coverings Starting May 4th
By Thomas Kenzaki
April 29, 2020[Updated: April 29, 2020, 7:15pm]
Since the original article was posted we've learned that the new policy will not be launched immediately at all warehouse stores, but rather with a slow roll out beginning on May 4, 2020. Which warehouse store(s) will be implementing the new policy at the beginning of the roll out is currently unknown to us. We will update this story as more information becomes available to us.
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During the current novel coronavirus pandemic, Costco Canada has been doing a great job at handling their in-store operations. Their latest change is happening on Monday May the 4th when all customers and employees will be required to wear face coverings in their warehouse stores.
The news follows other changes such as removing food samples, limiting the amount of guests allowed to shop at a time, adding special seniors hours, and giving priority access to healthcare workers and first responders.
While the Costco Canada website has yet to be updated, we expect it to follow the US Costco website which today updated their “Face Mask Requirements” section as follows:
“Costco members and guests must wear a mask or face covering that covers the mouth and nose at all times while at Costco. This requirement does not apply to children under the age of 2 or to individuals who are unable to wear a mask or face covering due to a medical condition.”
You’ll be able to use a handmade mask or scarf so don’t worry if you don’t have a n95 rated mask, which Costco likely knows are still difficult to find and/or expensive to acquire. As long as your nose and mouth are covered, you’ll be allowed in to shop.
Some customers may not like the change, but you can’t fault Costco for wanting to make the shopping experience as safe as possible for everyone during these trying times.
Since the pandemic began, Costco has been a leader in implementing new protective policies and practices to help keep shoppers safe. It’s evident by the large amount of praise they’ve received from RedFlagDeals.com members in our forum.
What do you think about the new change to require face coverings in their warehouse stores? Let us know in the comments below.
39 Comments
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Hopefully, this will shorten the lineups as I still see one quarter to one third of customers still without even a surgical mask.
Now to take away the memberships of those that don't social distance 6.5 feet and we'd have a perfect shopping experience.
My only concern is members who cannot find a mask to purchase at a reasonable cost. Costco should have individual masks on hand to sell outside the store should a member need to purchase one for $3 bucks each. Do not need to sell bundles of them, just one individual mask per person so they can do their shopping.
I am considered an essential worker and have enough for my immediate family, many others do not have that and unable to source.
In Germany all citizens going into public must have a face mask or wear $5000 US fine I believe I read. This is what we need!
I'd also like to see them cancelled from opening a bank account or having a credit card or access online. I mean, like Costco these are all private businesses and they can do what ever they want.
They would absolutely clean up, all while reducing the people in their stores and increasing employment while they’re at it.
All I see is the update for senior hours
Keep in mind that these masks are not so much to protect you but more to prevent the unsuspecting asymptomatic spreader from spreading the disease. As such, if we ALL wear a mask than my mask protects you and your mask protects me and together we can get protection that is close to what someone in a fit-tested N95 mask would get alone.
To properly remove a mask sanitize your hands, remove the mask out and away from your face while holding your breath, then re-sanitize your hands. When you get home you can wash your face and/or take a shower.
https://www.redflagdeals.com/latest-new ... -9NnoQKOwY
https://www.costco.ca/coronavirus-response.html
if you have sewing skills and a sewing machine, you can make your own cloth mask out of t-shirt.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... rings.html
https://www.costco.ca/coronavirus-response.html
I have no idea where to get a mask easily anyway.
Can you please ask your source how on earth are people going to eat Costco samples while wearing a mask? Was not well thought out by Costco.