Sarah Robinson

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Sainsbury's was accused of keeping a loophole Argos to open outlets, while the UK-lockdown.

Under the government restrictions, all non-essential shops, which were closed in the last week. Supermarkets are an exception, Argos concessions within Sainsbury's stores open.

But the workers fear of health risks, and the customer said, they should be switched off.

Sainsbury's said that people can only buy things in-store-Argos sale, if you have already paid, you will be online.

"How many other online retailers, we sell essential products for the millions of people who now live and work entirely from home," a Sainsbury's spokeswoman told The Bbc .

"these include products for the Home Office , for training and entertainment for children and for adults, to stay fit and entertain At Home .

"We Are strongly advising customers to ship to home. We also have an option to collect from Sainsbury's supermarkets and a major food shop. "

published by The government, it can remain open during the pandemic, but it has imposed restrictions on what products can be sold in such shops.

But many stores have taken measures. Health and beauty chain, boots, has held, for example, its shops are open for pharmaceutical products, but has its closed in-store-beauty-and-fragrance-counter.

Marks & Spencer holds the food halls open to customers, closed its clothing and home operations, after the government said that non-essential businesses Close to.

James Discouraged, says books essential

the book chain Waterstones has closed 280 stores throughout the UK, but the warehouse has opened to service online deliveries.

Chief executive James Discourage said books were an important resource for the people that isolate themselves and also to people, the psychological well-being.

"This seems to be not unimportant.

"I understand that many other traders will say that they are indispensable. I think we can said so with more credibility than most," he said.

The shops are allowed to remain open?

The government has a list of "essential" retailers may remain open. They include:

companies are still able, online orders and delivery of goods to the homes of the people.

Non-essential elements?

An unnamed worker, not cited in the evidence published that said in The House of Commons business select committee: "Argos is the gap, which will be sold with stores in a supermarket [Sainsbury's] to continue to trade as normal, despite nearly everything is currently essential in the current crisis.

"paddling pool, play-sand, wardrobes, TV, Video Games , and console, all of which are not essential. As a stand-alone shops are closed, which drives the huge number of people to gather and in their shops, up to The Point where the queue of people, across the entire Sainsbury's.

"you are actively encouraged on your site, go to the people and do not buy this-essential elements of this shops.

"it also forces all of the Argos workers of their closed-standalone-go to stores and the work in the shops that are still trading, or a local Sainsbury's, instead of to allow them to remain At Home (where the government says that it should be).

"If you refuse, you will be sent home without pay and refused to leave. These actions are certainly going to contain in order to undermine the plans of the government, this pandemic leads to the death of hundreds, if not thousands, of vulnerable people. "

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paid a Further Argos staff tweeted: "Argos makes us stand-alone store workers go to Argos in Sainsbury's stores that are still open or work in The Delivery hub, or we don'T get PAID.

"For me, this means that public transportation increases my risk. "

Another employee, Beau wood, tweeted: "people are not traveling to get to, Nintendo consoles, and trampolines, most of them are pick-up ESSENTIALS in Sainsbury's, either with Argos, tempting people, when they should be home. "

It is not only the employees that are frustrated. Accountant, Sarah Robinson tweeted that she was "disgusted" that Argos had kept some of its branches open.

How many Argos stores are open?

There are 300 Argos concessions within Sainsbury's stores and these will remain open are now on a click-and-collect basis.

"While our Argos stores in Sainsbury's supermarkets are still open, we have temporarily closed our in-store numbers, points," - said on the Argos website.

"you can still arrange to collect your order In Person , but you must already have paid, you will be online. "

Argos, added: "We want to encourage you to order items for Home Delivery and only to collect, while you are shopping for your essential food at Sainsbury's. "

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Source of news: bbc.com