For produce I have been greatly aided by the Japanese grocery store nearby... the clientele is mostly Asian, people who have never had a problem wearing a mask, from cultures where caring about other people is a given... and they also have a security guard to help enforce with the very rare yahoo (the task isn't thrown to cashiers and stock clerks) and the instances of people like that has diminished to essentially zero. It's the one store where I haven't felt like I was taking my life in my hands to restock the larder. Unfortunately they don't have everything that I need, so I have had to steel myself to occasionally go to other establishments but it's nice when I just need a head of lettuce or bunch of bananas (though I inevitably go out with other goodies too).
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