In early 2020, when the virus was rapidly spreading throughout the world, Costco, like a majority of essential retailers, implemented the special hours for shoppers who were more likely to get sick from the virus as well as health care workers and first responders.
In July 2021, the membership-only warehouse club reduced its special operating hours to two days a week rather than dropping them entirely. Since then, warehouses in the U.S. and Puerto Rico have been holding special shopping hours from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Shoppers make their way through Costco in Idaho Falls, Idaho during its opening day on Friday, August 14, 2020.Throughout the pandemic, though, Costco had been grappling with when to reduce its senior hours, especially at times when cases fluctuated.
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