- from a local front-line worker

- Plan your meals a week in advance, even if your budget doesn't allow you to purchase that much food, having a plan and a list will shorten or eliminate browsing time.

- Try to coordinate trips with friends and neighbours so that one of you does the shopping for multiple households, thus reducing the number of people in the store.

- Do Not Bring Small Children

- Only touch products you know you're going to buy.

- Be mindful of staff and ask a store clerk about the checkout procedures if you're unsure.

- Have patience and wait in the designated areas until you are called up to unload your cart. We are required to clean between customers as much as possible.

- If you see another customer behaving aggressively toward a staff member, please speak up or ask to talk to a manager and tell them about the incident.

- Remember that as uncomfortable as you feel with this new atmosphere in the grocery store, staff are in it from 4 to 8 hours a day, or more.

Time to crack open those vintage cookbooks and learn how to make all those post-war dishes your parents/grandparents were raised on.

We - the Owen Sound Hub - are sharing this video as one of many created to help you once you get things home.  Thanks to all those who sent it to us! We especially like his imagery - Imagine everything is covered in glitter, that disinfectant disolves the glitter, and that you want your home glitter-free!

 With thanks to all of those who are working to keep us safe, and fed.