(14 Sep 2022, 3:22 am)omnicity4659 wrote There's nothing "respectful" about essential shops closing willy-nilly to apparently allow their staff to watch the funeral, for someone they didn't actually care about until the prospect of a day off!
Asda posted a press release, only accessible via "Corporate and Press" on their website, stating they'll be closed from midnight to 5pm on Monday and will suspend home deliveries for the day. There is absolutely no public-facing communications of this closure. The number of people this will negatively affect will be significantly greater than those mourning the late Queen.
Reducing the customer offering or outright closing was unheard of before Covid for any reason bar Christmas. Since when did it become normal or a "mark of respect" to do that?
The reason they will be shutting is because a lot of people will be watching the Queen's funeral especially pensioners who is usually all that shops on a Monday anyway.
There's no demand to be open so why bother wasting money for the 15 people who will come in all day.