This is utterly ridiculous!

According to this article though. FOOD is essential so spinach would be available.

Stores can still sell these goods (paint, hardware, furniture, toys, gardening, etc) online or through curbside pickup......

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From Reader Kyle.. TY!!

Big-box retailers in Vermont have been ordered by the state to stop selling nonessential items, including clothing and toys, to in-store customers.

By Scott Stump

Shoppers in Vermont searching for items like toys and clothing in the aisles of Walmart, Target and Costco will have to go elsewhere to find them.

The state's Agency of Commerce and Community Development announced on Tuesday that to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, it has ordered big-box retailers to limit its in-person sales to only essential items, including food, beverages and medicine.

The order declared a host of goods — from clothing, toys, electronics and jewelry to paint, gardening and sports equipment — off limits to in-store customers.