Dear Members,
We understand the provincial government has announced an end to the mask mandate as of Monday March 21st, however, Karma’s in-store mask requirement will remain in place until further notice. Our Board of Directors will be meeting Wednesday, March 23rd to discuss Karma’s response to this change and next steps. If you have any questions or concerns about this issue, please contact board@karmacoop.org.
After careful consideration, we will be gradually increasing store capacity. For those of you who have shopped in the last week or so, you might have noticed store capacity has been increased to 10 shoppers. A decision to resume to full capacity will be made in the coming weeks and will be based on monitoring CoVID data (ICU cases, transmission rates, and public health recommendations) closely. Our goal is to lessen perceived barriers to shopping at the co-op while still keeping the health and safety of our staff and members front of mind.
As of Wednesday, March 16, we will have more options for in-store member labour shifts! A new shift of “Produce Assistant” has been created for those members who would like to help care for our star vegetables! This position will work on select days and hours, and work alongside our amazing Produce Purchaser Emma. If veggies make you smile, this shift is for you! We are also expanding our “Miscellaneous In-Store Help” shifts to be offered more frequently throughout the week. These shifts help us keep the store sparkly clean! We hope by offering more in store shifts, we will strengthen member engagement and get folks back to shopping at Karma! Sign up for your shifts here.
With the easing of restrictions, we are happy to announce we will be extending weekday shopping hours to 9am to 8pm beginning Tuesday, March 22nd. Our weekend shopping hours of 10am-6pm will remain the same. If you have any questions or concerns about any of the above actions, please contact Talia at manager@karmacoop.org.
Take care,
Talia McGuire (General Manager) & Alli Floroff (Assistant General Manager)