How Humboldt Co-op is dealing with COVID-19
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Positive COVID-19
September 13, 2021
Our Co-op is providing essential goods during the COVID-19 pandemic, while working to protect the health and safety of our members, our customers, and our team members.
We have learned that one team member, working at our Co-op, has been confirmed to have COVID-19. Our team member is self-isolating, and we wish them a speedy recovery. To protect our community, we have taken the following actions:
• We have reviewed the team member's work schedule and have asked other team members that have had direct contact to self-isolate and contact Saskatchewan Health Authority. Please be aware that if you are fully vaccinated (14 days since your second dose of vaccine) then you are not considered a close contact. Once the fully vaccinate contact is aware of the potential exposure, they should self-monitor for 14 days for any symptoms and get tested immediately with symptoms develop.
• We continue to follow all sanitization protocols set out by Saskatchewan Health Authority.
• We have reached out to FCL’s Pandemic Emergency Response Team.
• When COVID-19 was confirmed, we contacted the public health authority and will comply with any directions they provide.
We appreciate the work being done by all our team members in serving the community and we’re working to support them as we make our way through this pandemic together. That’s why when any of our team members are feeling unwell or showing symptoms, they are directed to self-isolate at home and seek testing. We have an established Pandemic Team to provide our stores and team members with immediate support. We will continue to keep our locations safe for our teams and guests with continual cleaning and safety measures.
We understand the impacts of COVID-19, which is why we want to be transparent and disclose broad details about the confirmed cases while ensuring the confidentiality of our team.
DATE CONFIRMED DATE OF
LAST SHIFT LOCATION
September 13, 2021 HUMBOLDT C-STORE, HUMBOLDT, SASK
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July 8, 2021
Humboldt Co-op continues to understand our role and expectations that we need to take across all locations to help our team, members and communities to stay safe and healthy.
Our Senior Leaders and the Board of Directors at Humboldt Co-op have been discussing the new information about the pandemic as it becomes available and how it impacts our communities. Our decision-making has always been in alignment with our guiding statements with our priority being to ensure we continue taking measures to keep our team members and communities safe.
With the province lifting of the masking requirements as of July 11, 2021, we wanted to provide an update for all of our team members at Humboldt Co-op to ensure everyone will know what to expect. Throughout the course of this pandemic, we have always followed the guidelines provided by the Government of Saskatchewan and we will continue to do so as things change in the coming weeks. The procedures and practices that will continue to remain in place as of July 11, 2021 are as follows:
• We will continue to follow all social distancing practices.
• All plexiglass will remain in place.
• Team Members and Customers will be allowed to shop without masks, however, wearing of masks will still be permitted where an individual chooses to do so.
• There will be no limitations on occupancy.
• All signage regarding mandatory mask requirements will be removed.
• Stickers and lines will remain on all the sales floors until further notice.
• Daily cleaning and checklists will remain in effect.
We will continue to monitor pandemic information and adjust as we go. Let us continue to ask questions, have conversations regarding any concerns and remember that we are all in this together. I appreciate everyone's patience and leadership through this time. I want to thank each of you for your support and understanding to ensure we continue to take the measures to keep our teams and communities safe.
We will rely on the Saskatchewan Health Authority for any public alerts regarding future visitations to our sites, of customers who have tested positive for COVID-19. Please refer to the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
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Positive COVID-19
January 4, 2020
Our Co-op is providing essential goods during the COVID-19 pandemic, while working to protect the health and safety of our members, our customers and our employees.
We’ve learned that one of our team members working at our Co-op has been confirmed to have COVID-19. To protect our community, we’ve taken the following actions:
This case has no relations to the other case reported on December 31st
We’ve reviewed the employee’s work schedule and have asked other employees that have had direct contact to self-isolate as well.
We deep-cleaned the location, paying particular attention to areas they have been and surfaces they contacted.
When COVID-19 was confirmed, we contacted the public health authority and will comply with any directions they provide.
We appreciate the work being done by all our team members in serving the community and we’re working to support them as we make our way through this pandemic together. That’s why when any of our employees are feeling unwell or showing symptoms, they are directed to self-isolate at home and seek testing. We have also deployed a toll-free number to provide our stores and employees with immediate support.
We understand the impacts of COVID-19, which is why we want to be transparent and disclose broad details about the confirmed cases while ensuring the confidentiality of our team.
DATE CONFIRMED: December 31, 2020
DATE OF LAST SHIFT: December 28, 2020
LOCATION: HUMBOLDT FOOD STORE
HUMBOLDT FOOD STORE
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Positive COVID-19
December 31, 2020
Our Co-op is providing essential goods during the COVID-19 pandemic, while working to protect the health and safety of our members, our customers and our employees.
We’ve learned that one of our team members working at our Co-op has been confirmed to have COVID-19. To protect our community, we’ve taken the following actions:
We’ve reviewed the employee’s work schedule and have asked other employees that have had direct contact to self-isolate as well.
We deep-cleaned the location, paying particular attention to areas they have been and surfaces they contacted.
When COVID-19 was confirmed, we contacted the public health authority and will comply with any directions they provide.
We appreciate the work being done by all our team members in serving the community and we’re working to support them as we make our way through this pandemic together. That’s why when any of our employees are feeling unwell or showing symptoms, they are directed to self-isolate at home and seek testing. We have also deployed a toll-free number to provide our stores and employees with immediate support.
We understand the impacts of COVID-19, which is why we want to be transparent and disclose broad details about the confirmed cases while ensuring the confidentiality of our team.
DATE CONFIRMED: December 31, 2020
DATE OF LAST SHIFT: December 28, 2020
LOCATION: HUMBOLDT FOOD STORE
HUMBOLDT FOOD STORE
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COVID-19 Response from General Manager,
Brent Walker
March 22, 2020
In light of what has transpired over the past week, I want to personally thank all our team for the hard work and team work as we provide essential services to our communities that we serve. As a team, we have and continue to develop safe ways of handling the interactions between our team members and our guests. Understandably, some of these new processes are inconvenient, however, essential to combat the virus COVID-19.
With that being said we request the following requirements to enter our facilities:
— If you have travelled outside of Canada in the last 14 days, do not enter any of our facilities
— Please limit one person per family when entering our facilities.
— Keep a social distance of 2 metres between you and anyone else in the building
— We would ask that only one person be at the checkout at a time allowing the 2 metre spacing at all of our locations.
— We encourage the use of Tap to pay for purchases, second is pin and chip and the last option would be cash
— We have free grocery delivery service Mon Wed and Friday for seniors, people with disabilities or people that are vulnerable. This service is available in Humboldt and Lanigan food stores.
— We have opened our store early Mon - Friday for seniors and people that are vulnerable. This is 7am-8am in Humboldt and 8am-9am in Lanigan.
— We have discontinued the use of reusable bags at our locations. We will pack everything in plastic bags and encourage that all bags get returned to the store so they will be recycled. These recycled bags end up as composite deck material.
— We will be limiting guests in our food stores to 50 people at Humboldt, 20 in Lanigan and 5 in our C-Store
Self Serve items like coffee, soup and slush drinks will be eliminated indefinitely
— Pay at the pump is recommended to limit the exposure in the C-Store
— Our Agro Centre will be closed to the public however arrangements for product can be arranged by calling 306-682-2252
— Our Administration office will be closed to the public. Bill payments can be made at any cash register in the food store or C-Store.
Hours of Operation Changes for the General Public:
Humboldt Food Store 8am-8pm M-F, 9am-6pm Sat and Sun
Gas Bar and C-Store 8am-9pm everyday
We are looking at several other options to reduce the risk of spreading the virus so more process changes could be coming in the future.
Humboldt Co-op is committed to providing these essential services to the community and we are doing everything that we can to get this done in as safe as we can. On behalf of our Senior Leadership Group and the Board of Directors we urge that everyone follows the Saskatchewan Health requirements in the link below to prevent further spread of the virus.
https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2020/march/20/covid-19-update-march-20
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Positive COVID-19
May 22, 2021
Our Co-op is providing essential goods during the COVID-19 pandemic, while working to protect the health and safety of our members, our customers, and our team members. We have learned that one team member, working at our Co-op, has been confirmed to have COVID-19. Our team member is self-isolating, and we wish them a speedy recovery. To protect our community, we have taken the following actions: • We have reviewed the team member's work schedule and have asked other team members that have had direct contact to self-isolate and contact Saskatchewan Health Authority. • We continue to follow all sanitization protocols set out by Saskatchewan Health Authority. • We have reached out to FCL’s Pandemic Emergency Response Team. • When COVID-19 was confirmed, we contacted the public health authority and will comply with any directions they provide. We appreciate the work being done by all our team members in serving the community and we’re working to support them as we make our way through this pandemic together. That’s why when any of our team members are feeling unwell or showing symptoms, they are directed to self-isolate at home and seek testing. We have an established Pandemic Team to provide our stores and team members with immediate support. We will continue to keep our locations safe for our teams and guests with continual cleaning and safety measures. We understand the impacts of COVID-19, which is why we want to be transparent and disclose broad details about the confirmed cases while ensuring the confidentiality of our team.
DATE CONFIRMED
DATE OF LAST SHIFT
LOCATION
May 22, 2021
May 19, 2021
HUMBOLDT FOOD STORE, HUMBOLDT, SASK
This information is available on our website www.humboldtco-op.crs if there are any questions from the team members or guests.
