Mount Pleasant Magazine Documenting Covid-19

80 www.CoronavirusMag.com | www.ReadMPM.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com feature A trip to the grocery store used to look very different. Devoted meal preppers might make one big trip a week, while others popped in daily to pick up whatever they were craving that day. You might have toted a well-thought out list or maybe you preferred to browse around, hoping to be inspired by what’s fresh or on sale. Now that we’re all hyper- focused on making as few trips out of our homes as possible, our grocery shopping experiences have melded. We plan breakfasts, lunches and dinners weeks in advance, while simultaneously forced to stay flexible based on what’s on the shelves when we arrive. During this shift, the one constant has been the incredible service and dedication of the amazing staff at our local grocery stores, who are putting in long, hard hours to help us stay safe and fed. Whether you frequent Harris Teeter, Publix, Whole Foods or another shop, stores around the area have stepped up to make customer and employee safety a priority. BY LINDSAY C. BISHOP Community Caretakers Grocery Store Employees Take on a Heroic Effort