Dollar Tree, Family Dollar reconsider coronavirus pandemic face mask policy

The wearing of masks is now a request, instead of a rule at Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores.

The discount stores have reversed the decision to require shoppers to wear a mask while inside the business. Instead, they are requesting customers to wear them where there are no state or local ordinance to do so, USA Today reported.

The policy is the opposite of many retailers that have issued rules over the past few weeks requiring shoppers to wear a mask. Those stores include Walmart, Target, Home Depot and PetSmart among others.

In areas where mask wearing is required by state or local mandates, shoppers will have to wear them inside Dollar Tree or Family Dollar stores.

The stores under the Dollar Tree, Inc. umbrella were requiring employees, vendors and shoppers to wear masks, but the rule was changed on the company’s coronavirus updates page on July 8, USA Today reported.

Forbes reported that the change in policy came within eight days of the company first requiring masks to be worn by shoppers.

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