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Corona rules in the supermarket: That will change in December at Aldi, Lidl, Edeka and Rewe

2021-11-27T06:53:35.338Z


Unvaccinated people have to expect massive restrictions in corona hotspots, including when shopping. Will the 2G rule also apply to supermarkets and discounters?


Unvaccinated people have to expect massive restrictions in corona hotspots, including when shopping.

Will the 2G rule also apply to supermarkets and discounters?

Frankfurt - Germany is in the fourth wave of the corona pandemic *. New incidence records are being announced every day, and the number of cases is often in the high five-digit range. In order to be able to react adequately to this, the Bundestag recently passed a new Infection Protection Act. This provides for the 2G rule to be used initially in federal states with particularly full intensive care units - in other words: Only people who have been vaccinated twice against the coronavirus and have recovered from the Covid-19 disease will have access to certain areas of society.

This includes, for example, cultural and leisure activities as well as sporting events.

This decision is incumbent on the federal states.

Some state governments have already implemented the Corona measure: Saxony, Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, for example.

One area that is only partially affected by the new 2G rule in many places is retail.

In Saxony, for example, only those who have been vaccinated and recovered are allowed access to shops.

However, supermarkets and discounters are not included, at least not nationwide.

Corona rules in the supermarket: 2G possible in Hesse and Lower Saxony

Hesse * and Lower Saxony have so far been the only two exceptions of the 16 federal states: There, a 2G rule is also possible in supermarkets and discounters. * However, it is up to the respective chain to decide whether this is actually implemented. The German trade association expressly welcomed the fact that the 2G regulation was only an option: It was important that this remained voluntary, said managing director Stefan Genth to the editorial network Germany. 2G is simply not feasible for businesses with high customer frequency, he emphasized.

The SPD health politician Karl Lauterbach * sees it similarly: "Access to basic food and other basic food products must be open to all people, including those who have not been vaccinated." Several large supermarket chains have already positioned themselves to the 2G option.

Kaufland emphasized in a statement: “As a grocery retailer who ensures basic supplies, we are not affected by the 2G regulation.

We will not implement this either in or outside of Hesse.

The well-known distance and hygiene rules as well as the mask requirement still apply in our branches. "

2G in the supermarket: Aldi, Lidl and Kaufland take a stand

Similar tones could recently also be heard from other providers.

Lidl explained the 2G option *: “As a grocery retailer that ensures basic supplies, we are not affected by the 2G rule.

We will not implement this either in or outside of Hesse.

The well-known distance and hygiene rules as well as the mask requirement still apply in our branches. "

A spokesman for Aldi also announced that it did not want to implement 2G.

"Excluding individual customer groups from purchasing would fundamentally contradict our self-image as a reliable basic supplier," said the Aldi representative.

For Edeka, too, the implementation of the 2G rule does not seem to be an actual option.

“We want to continue making it possible for everyone to shop at Edeka.

Therefore, the 2G regulation is not an option for us. "

Anyone considering a visit to the hairdresser from November 24th, 2021 must be prepared for the new Corona rule *: 2G already applies there and for other body-related services.

Comprehensive 2G rule at Aldi, Lidl & Co. unlikely

The fact is:

If supermarkets and discounters were to implement a 2G rule, some of the customers would be excluded from shopping in the shops.

In some cases, this would result in massive losses in sales for the chains.

Should a 2G rule nevertheless apply in supermarkets and discounters, a large proportion of the citizens in Germany would be cut off from the so-called basic service.

This fact makes a nationwide introduction of the 2G rule in discounters and supermarkets unrealistic.

ZDF * reports that plaintiffs in court have a high probability of success in lifting the corona measure. Erik Schweickert, retail policy spokesman for the FDP * in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg, underlined this recently: "A restriction of access for unvaccinated citizens to the retail trade is a disproportionate restriction of freedom and would exclude them from the basic supply," said Schweickert in a press release.

There was also criticism of a possible 2G rule in supermarkets and discounters from federal politics.

Wolfgang Kubicki, deputy federal chairman of the FDP, told the Bild newspaper, referring to state politics in Lower Saxony: That has "nothing to do with a meaningful pandemic

fight

." (Tobias Utz)

* fr.de and Kreiszeitung.de are offers from IPPEN .MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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