An Edmonton-based plastic producer is working seven days a week to keep up with the demand for protective barriers for retail spaces, as businesses work to protect workers from COVID-19.
Plastics Plus Ltd. has seen a major surge in demand for the guards from both big-chain and local stores. “It’s just been a wave that’s hit us with these sneeze guards,” Doug Popowich, president of Plastics Plus Ltd., said.
The company said it has received orders from big chains such as Costco but also from local hospitals, fast food restaurants and offices. “The big chain stores were a little bit ahead of the curve, and so we are very, very busy getting some of that product out. “We’re finding the smaller stores are coming now for the more custom sneeze