Natural Grocers is defiant. Not going to cave in like other stores to having limits to how many people can enter the stores, having masks on at all times in the store, door monitors or any of those annoying things other stores are doing including Costco, Safeway, Albertsons, Von's and most other stores.
According the managers (2) in the Sedona Store 10 may in the senior's hour, they can't do these things because corporate said not to.
We went there for the senior hour...only one on Sunday Morning when other stores have Tuesday and Thursday mornings. About half the crowded store were young people and many were taking no precautions at all...disrespectfully placing the senior hour and store at risk if you happen to think COVID 19 is real. It is a place of rebellion, a place to put your love of the Trump administration on display by following their example of not wearing masks. Perhaps in the back was Pence unloading boxes labeled hospital supplies that have nothing in them.
We have shopped there 2-4 times a month. It won't be on our list of places to shop any more.
If you care about yourself and want to take precautions just in case the media is actually warning us of something real, go to a little family owned health foods and supplements store in Cottonwood that has a sign that masks must be worn at all times in the store, has a door monitor making sure the number of shoppers in the store never exceeds a certain number, and most of all cares about protecting their customers and employees.
Natural Grocers / Vitamin world may have the best selection of supplements around, committment to Non GMO foods, and other good features that we've shopped there for, but we walked out I having talked to one manager, and my partner having talked with another because we were so upset. And she talked to a rude manager: Laurie which didn't help. I guess it's their way, don't ask them why they don't protect us like other stores, and don't express your opinion about what's going on. After all annoying customers are easily sent away never to return. It's the corporate way and they cannot do anything better.