Today you cry they come too often. Tomorrow you'll scream they don't come enough. I support the law but be careful what you wish for. Thousands are unemployed and even grocery stores will fall victim to the lack of economic activity that lies ahead.

... I believe the point being made is that if people sit down and make a list of what they need they won't have to make multiple trips in a day to the same store. They certainly don't need to have more than one person doing the shopping. That inconveniences everyone and increases their risk of exposure to possible infection!

Groups of persons going to grocery stores at this time should be ticketed for stupidity and fined!

I can just hear the owner of Super Value, the very greedy Rupert Roberts, saying to himself:

"I ain't gonna hire and pay people to check the photo ID of my customers to ensure they are complying with a decree made by Minnis. Let Minnis use his own limited government resources to do that."

It is the responsibility of the government to enforce their laws, not any store owner. When you make a law, you need to make sure you factor in the enforcement of that law. While I agree that people should seek to keep at minimum their movements, the law about you can only shop on certain days based on last name is plain stupid. It is an overreach and overreaction.

Rubbish. If, say, the order (law) is you can only have persons with last names beginning A through M in your food store on Monday through Wednesday then it is for the owner of the food store to put in place procedures to ensure compliance. The police then only need to occasionally spot check the photo ID of customers in the store and, if necessary, impose a fine on the owner for any instances of systemic non-compliance found.

Ummm so your saying liquor stores don't need to check someones age when selling, as this is the Governments job?

Good example. Thanks.

We are not dealing with a liquor store. We are dealing with an emergency order just thrown out in Parliament for what, one week because the government feel that they need to curtail the movement of people? So they say you can only shop certain days? That is totally against our constitution on the freedom of movement. Period.
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However, if the government wants people to only go out certain days, with emergency orders, it is then up to them to enforce that and be the check and balance. That is not the duty of the owner.

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The Bahamas Government should mandate that every shopper wears a mask when entering the foodstore or interacting with others. This mask requirement is now being implemented in many other nations to limit the aresol spread of the virus.

But not if the masks are made in Red China. The US federal government recently found that over a million masks it recently imported from Red China were defective. And it seems every big and small business in Red China has gone into the business of making masks for the rest of the world, many of which are useless in protecting people from the Red China Virus. Aaahh, yes, the irony of it all !

The W.H.O. says do NOT wear a mask unless you are sick, or treating the sick.

@B_I_D__ ...because the person with no symptoms can propel the virus into the air by talking, laughing or sneezing, if a person with no symptoms wears a mask the can reduce the amount of stuff they spew into the air which is beneficial for all. Regular face masks will not substantially reduce inhaling airborne viruses though because their pores are too large. I believe the general trend is for regular people without symptoms to not wear N95 masks (leave those for the healthcare workers who have repeated exposure) because they are in short supply!

The WHO position is already changing. In the next month or so, everyone will be required to wear masks. The Bahamas should get a headstart.

The WHO has become beholden to Red China and is basically at war with the US, as is the UN in many respects these days even though the US bears the greatest share of the UN's operating costs. But the US has now wisened up to what has been going on for the past two decades. More to the point though, persons who already have difficulty breathing because of a pre-existing conditon will find it almost impossible to breath with a N-95 mask or its equivalent. These masks require fairly strong lungs to faciltate breathing through them in a way that maintains vital oxygen supply for the body. And sadly, it's people with pre-existing breathing problems who are the most vulnerable to dying from the Red China Virus.

Where can we get a mask or is super value handing them out?

Persons who shop everyday may be short on funds. and they may not have refrigerators

who knows what their situation may be??

Alphabetical shopping is plain ridiculous. The wearing of face masks makes more sense, I believe.

very true

I went to Supervalue on Monday and could not have shopped for more than one day. No eggs, no milk, very small selection of fruit, vegetables and meat. I thought Minnis said there was no need to panic buy/ stock pile? Well what is it??? Stock up or buy what you need? Mr. S. Cambridge, Super Value Manager...isn't it your job to keep the shelves stocked if you only want people to come in once a week?

Looks like they put out daily amounts, so if you come late the stocks are gone.

I hardly buy fruit from them, expensive and rotten.

You can find eggs. For the modest price of one arm and a leg.

The milk is scarce, but there is plenty canned milk and bread.

The lines are long. People bring chairs.

Me suspects tho, they have reconsidered the alphabetical shopping.

Not a word about it. April Fool's?