The company announced the news in a blog post: "Within the next week, we will be offering free, disposable masks to all Whole Foods Market customers nationwide when they arrive at the store to shop."
The statement continued, "If customers don't already have their own face covering, they will be able to pick up a mask at the entrance of the Whole Foods Market store."
This goes along with the company's request that customers where masks inside of the stores "[t]o help protect the safety and health of our Team Members and communities."
The company also explained their employee mask policy in the statement: "Earlier this week we announced we’ve provided over 100 million masks to our global Amazon operations network and Whole Foods Market stores, making them available to all Amazon associates, delivery service partners, Amazon Flex participants, seasonal employees, and Whole Foods Market Team Members."
"We have enough mask inventory to cover our entire operations and stores network, and we are requiring everyone working in our facilities to take and use them," the announcement continued.
Other grocery stores have made similar announcements concerning masks though their policies vary. In fact, many stores require face masks for employees but not for customers despite public health officials recommendation that face coverings be worn in public places.