Phase 1
The State has moved beyond Phase 1, but the description, health measures and participants for Phase 1 are included for reference purposes only.
Function Description:
- Business is closed to the public
- Online sales with delivery or shipment options where possible
- Non-essential staff is furloughed, scheduled with reduced hours, or teleworking
- Essential staff is onsite for limited activities and periods (i.e., security, administration of operations)
Public Health Measures:
- Post signage at entrance with closure notice
- Transition to e-commerce if the brewery or distillery has infrastructure for this
- Schedule shipping and deliveries with limited interaction
- Disinfect incoming and outgoing packages
- Stock hygiene and disinfectant supplies
- Reconfigure floorplans, enabling line management, and determine capacity/occupancy protocols based on social distancing standards
- Develop new cleaning protocols
- Perform deep clean and sanitation of entire store prior to reopening
- Disinfect seating, tables, and desks before and after each use, and provide disinfectant wipes or sprays for additional use as needed
- Place hand sanitizer prominently at each desk, reception area, and pick-up station
Participants:
- Employers / Employees / Customers
Phase 2 (Current Stage)
Function Description:
- Tasting rooms are closed to the public (Early Phase 2)
- Online sales can continue with curbside pick-up added where possible (Early Phase 2)
- Limited staff may return for the manufacturing component with implementation of the Health Measures listed below (Early Phase 2)
- Tasting rooms may open to the public with reduced capacity limits similar to those of dine-in restaurants (Late Phase 2)
Public Health Measures:
- Use restaurant measures
- Implement policies for employee health checks to protect employees and customers
- Implement policies to protect employees from customer interactions and unnecessary exposure
- Implement daily cleaning protocols to disinfect high traffic touch points and respective work areas
- Place floor markers to maintain customer social distancing standards
- Consider one-way directional floor plans where beneficial to avoid close crossing in aisles
- Section and separate checkout stands with plexiglass or comparable barriers
- Equip checkout stands with portable scanners to minimize contact with goods
- Request customers place items with barcodes exposed for ease of scanning and contactless checkout
- Offer touch-free payment options/ give-away pens or pens sanitized between use
- Equip employees with PPE appropriate for their position
- Provide disinfectant wipes, disinfectants and hand sanitizer to consumers and employees at high touch points / high traffic areas and desk stations where applicable
- Offer PPE for customers if appropriate
- Require employee/client face coverings
Participants:
- Employers / Employees / Customers