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A predicted snowstorm has people are headed to stores stocking up on groceries.

Businesses said they were hoping for more guidance on the new rule for vaccinated consumers and employees.

. A chair sits in the middle of Holiday Market, a specialty grocer near Detroit, and if customers are lucky, they will find Tom Violante Sr. sitting in it. The 91-year-old founder still comes to work most days — and he knows where everything is in its 60,000 square feet. “He asks everyone if they found what they wanted,” said his son, Tom Violante Jr., who operates the store with his sister and brother-in-law. “If they haven’t, he’ll tell them which aisle it is in, how many steps it takes to get there, and where it’s located: knee-, head- or belly-high.”

When You’re a Small Business, E-Commerce Is Tougher Than It Looks Consumers’ pandemic reliance on online ordering benefited the giants. For many independent retailers, it helped keep the doors open. The family-owned and -operated Holiday Market in Royal Oak, Mich., began building its online operation in 2019, a move that gave it the chance to keep humming when the pandemic began.Credit...Nick Hagen for The New York Times March 7, 2021 A chair sits in the middle of Holiday Market, a specialty grocer near Detroit, and if customers are lucky, they’ll find Tom Violante Sr. sitting ...