The health and safety of our customers, volunteers and team members is our number one priority at The Community Grocer. We are monitoring closely the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and to be proactive in our approach we have put several measures in place. Food Markets, like retailers, have been excluded from the list of banned events and until further notice, we will continue to trade and support our local communities with access to fresh food.
To ensure your safety we are following guidelines from the Federal Department of Health by isolating any team members or volunteers who have recently returned from overseas (from any country) from coming to The Community Grocer markets. Some markets may be running with fewer volunteers than normal for this reason so we’ll appreciate your patience during busy periods. We are also providing accessible hand sanitiser at every market and are working with all our volunteers and team to ensure they understand good hand hygiene and are implementing this in their volunteering role.
We ask that if you, our customers, have any symptoms (fever, coughing, sore throat, fatigue, and/or shortness of breath) that you stay home as per current guidelines and not attend our markets. If you have returned from overseas since the 16th of March, we also ask that you not attend our markets in line with the State Government direction to self-isolate.
We know our markets serve vulnerable members of our community and we don’t want to put anyone at risk. If you are self-isolating and in need of food, get in touch with the market manager at your local market and we will do our best to help in whatever way we can.
Many people are feeling the pressure of food insecurity with the craziness that is going on in our supermarkets and we feel our role in providing access to quality, affordable fresh produce is as important as ever. Our produce is on average 60% cheaper than surrounding outlets and this is likely to be so important for those who are struggling to afford to buy food in bulk at the moment. We will continue to serve our community members as long as we can as long as this isn’t it conflict with current guidelines. So shop with us to support your community and allow us to continue to provide access to fruit and veg to people who need it most.