Trader Joe's does that here. So they have people standing around for long periods in 105° heat. Apparently, their corporate policy is, "Go die of heatstroke, Gramps."
Needless to say, they have lost a 30+ years customer for good.
My reaction to Trader Joe's maximum occupancy instructions is exactly opposite to yours. I'm glad they're doing it and it makes me more likely to shop there. The sidewalk is marked every six feet so the line does not crowd, and they have an employee enforcing distancing in the line. They've also changed their layout in my local store to be more compatible with social distancing. That took some time for refamiliarization but is a smart, well thought-out move. They also have shields up for their cashiers, hand sanitizer for entering customers, and are individually washing carts after each use. They even have people in the parking lot retrieving carts from customers so they can send the carts through their sanitation workflow immediately. Overall very thoughtful procedures, and here they are executed well.
We haven't been to Costco since the pandemic hit, or any place other than TJ's, Publix, the labor and delivery ward, the pediatrician, and very briefly Kroger that once. Aside from the pandemic, we're being extra careful because the newest member of our household only just got her first month vaccinations. One thing Costco hasn't done but should have is allow use of their credit card and "executive" member rewards checks on their website. That has lost them online orders from me.
I do not know what Menard's is.
Here in ATL, I would say Trader Joe's and Publix are doing the best job, while Kroger and Whole Foods are failing. (I haven't been to Sprouts since the pandemic hit.)
Publix has a cart sanitation workflow, gloves/masks/sanitizer for employees, plexiglass shields at registers, and they have made aisles one way. I don't recall them accepting Apple Pay previously ("contactless" for those outside the US) but now they do and make a point to encourage it.
Kroger didn't even have wipes for customers, let alone someone cleaning the carts, when I stepped in (only to leave and go to Publix because they weren't taking things seriously).
According to a friend of mine who plays in the ASO, WF has similar policies but seems to have stopped enforcing them after Comrade Kemp's purge order came into effect. (We've since learned that Kemp's order wasn't arbitrary, but in fact
highly data driven. His administration is also
gaming the data like a good little provincial Party apparatchik who wants his Five Year Plan numbers to look good.)
High risk folks standing out in Arizona summer temperatures is just a terrible idea.
Surely they've set up some shade for people in line. Right? If not, that is a problem.