As the situation around coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, we have taken some additional steps to best meet the needs of our customers and employees:

• Regular Store Hours
• Bellevue, Banksville, McKnight and Hopewell:
  8am – 10pm Monday – Saturday, and 8am – 9pm Sunday
• Highwood: 8am – 6pm
• Ingomar: 9am – 9pm
• Ferguson: 8am – 9pm (9am – 9pm every M, W, F)
• Beulah: 9am – 7pm
• Special Hours for Senior Citizen & Immunocompromised Shopping:
• Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday, the following stores will open one hour early for Senior Citizens ages 60+ & the Immunocompromised only:
• Bellevue, Highwood, Banksville, McKnight & Hopewell
• 7am – 8am
• Beulah & Ingomar
• 8am – 9am
• Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday, the Ferguson location is limiting their 1 st open hour of business, from 8am – 9am, to Senior Citizens ages 60+ and the Immunocompromised only.
• Sanitation
• We have always employed safe food handling and sanitation practices that meet or exceed state guidelines. In response to COVID-19, we are regularly spraying our carts, hand baskets, checkout lanes and service counters with an additional disinfectant. We have begun installing plexiglass to separate the cashier and customer at all checkout lanes and customer service areas. We will follow all recommendations from the PA Department of Health and the CDC. As events unfold, we will make whatever changes are necessary to ensure the health and safety of our customers and our employees.
• Reusable Bags
• Per the recommendation of the PA Department of Health, we are discouraging the use of reusable bags. For your convenience, we continue to offer single use paper and plastic bags.
• Employee Health and Safety
• We continue to supply our employees with information and tools to keep them safe, including the directive to stay at home and get checked if they experience any symptoms. Beginning March 15, all employees received a pay increase that will extend until May 2. We extend a sincere thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, to our employees who work hard every day to ensure that we all have food on our table.
• Social Distancing
• We are asking all customers and employees to maintain adequate distance between each other. Our floors are marked to indicate where to stand while waiting in line at checkout. It is recommended to maintain a distance of 6 feet apart, which is approximately equivalent to 2 shopping carts.
• Advertising
• Many retailers are cancelling advertising due to the inconsistency of supply. We disagree with this approach, and will continue to distribute a weekly circular and offer the same hot deals to which you have grown accustomed. However, we ask for your understanding if we are out of certain items. We will not be substituting or issuing rainchecks.
• In Demand Items
• We are limiting purchases of high demand products such as bath and facial tissue, paper towels, hand sanitizer and cleaning products. Other items may be limited at store level as well.
• Online Shopping
• We currently offer online shopping with curbside pickup at our Banksville location, and will soon extend this capability to our Ingomar location as well. We are working to increase our fulfillment capabilities to help meet the increased demand for pickup services. We are also working to extend this capability to our other locations in the near future.
• Prepared Foods & Café
• As we focus on the health and safety of our customers and employees, our self-service areas are temporarily closed until further notice. We are pre- packing as many items as we can. The seating areas in the Kuhn’s Café (Banksville & McKnight) are closed, although beer (& wine at Banksville) is still available for purchase.

Our dedicated management team is continually addressing any and all changes to policies and procedures as conditions change. We appreciate the patience and understanding of our customers as we work through this together.

Sincerely,

The Dentici Family