Weiland's owner Jennifer Williams on being a grocer in pandemic times
Saturday, Nov. 14, started like any typical day for Jennifer Williams. After breakfast and two cups of tea, an email and social media check and a shower, she made the 35-minute trek south from the Morrow County home she shares with her husband, Scott Bowman, to open the doors to Weiland’s Market at 10 a.m. That afternoon, as Williams was taking a customer's Thanksgiving order, she saw a man come in without a mask. For Williams, a staunch proponent of face coverings since the earliest days of Covid-19, that was a no-no. Weaving her way through the Clintonville store to find him in the deli ...