While many businesses have adopted temperature checks at their stores, one Asian grocery giant has decided to suspend these checks as of June 9.
All T&T Supermarket locations across Canada, including all those in Metro Vancouver, will be suspending temperature checks at the door after finding the numbers “inaccurately high.”
According to Tina Lee, CEO of T&T Supermarkets, the high temperature numbers was a result of customers lining up outside of the grocery store on a hot weekend in Toronto.
“We don’t want to be turning away customers that are registering a high temperature just because they have been standing outside in the heat, or just coming in after some outdoor activity,” said Lee in a statement.
Company employees will still undergo mandatory temperature checks, while shoppers are asked to still wear masks when entering the store.
T&T was one of the first stores that implemented temperature check protocols with the intention to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in April.
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