DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do frontline grocery workers deserve special protections and compensation amid the coronavirus pandemic on par with first responders? What else could grocers or local authorities be doing to support essential retail workers?

Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust :

Yes, as they are essential. They are risking their lives to provide the rest of us with necessities while we stay put. Although we should all avoid the store as much as possible, we cannot rely on deliveries for everything. Speaking of deliveries, those that are doing the deliveries are at great risk, and most if not all are low paid and have no insurance let alone unemployment insurance benefits!

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