By Ellie French
Valley News
After CDC guidance last week changed to recommend that all people — sick and healthy alike — wear cloth face masks when out in public, one group remained notably unmasked.
Grocery store workers across the state were routinely spotted without masks, even when the customers in their stores started wearing them.
Grocery stores say though they’ve been trying to outfit all their employees with masks, the masks were simply in too high of demand, with priority being given to hospitals and health care workers.
All three of the Upper Valley’s major grocery chains — Shaw’s, Hannaford, and Price Chopper — say they’ve been trying to get their employees masks for weeks, and those orders are only now coming to fruition.
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