Laws vary by locale, but across the country, you might be able to grab things like bananas and toilet paper at a local restaurant.
, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health told the paper yesterday it is “allowing restaurants to offer grocery items as part of their menu”—but it was also still in the process for creating their guidelines for doing so. And even who’s in charge of these decisions can be confusing.
Back in Michigan, the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association pointed to another potential pitfall: restaurants not even realizing grocery sales are an option. “[Restaurants], technically, by law are able to offer retail groceries items to the general public, now,” MRLA President and CEO Justin Winslow. “Most of them are unaware of that possibility, because it doesn’t really fit into their business model during a normal time period.
But, good news, Michigan’s regulations appear to be a lot less strict than the ones in Texas. “They can take certain products and repackaged them and label them for retail sale,” Jennifer Holton, communications director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, was quoted as saying.
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