THE Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago (SATT) is asking that the curfew hours not be further reduced based on recommendations being reported in the media.
This SATT said will actually cause customers to flock to supermarkets more, causing crowd increase.
In a statement issued on Thursday, SATT’s President Rajiv Diptee said, “In the current situation where curfew begins at 9pm, the closing time of supermarkets range from two to three hours before the start of the curfew, this in order to ensure the staff arrive home in a timely manner and to organise for the next day.
“The Honourable Stuart Young, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister was quite correct when he stated that if the proposed extension starts at 6 pm, supermarkets would have to close at 4 pm and in some cases even earlier. An earlier closing time would only mean that customers would have less shopping hours, which would result in increased gathering in the supermarkets, which SATT is vehemently against and has been working assiduously to increase current preventative measures for both staff and customers.”
