While Virginia’s mask mandate has been lifted for fully vaccinated people, individual businesses can still enforce a mask policy.
As of May 15, those fully vaccinated don’t have to wear a mask in Virginia in most indoor or outdoor settings; however, local communities and businesses are able keep mask rules in effect.
Many stores have now dropped mask requirements and if you don’t see a store listed below, check the door before entering -- most have their policy posted there.
Here’s a look at which stores and businesses are still requiring customers to wear mask -- and which are not:
Requiring masks
- Entertainment Venues
- AMC Theaters
- Regal Theatres
- Grocery Stores
- Whole Foods
- Home Improvement Stores
- Lowe’s
- Personal Care
- J.Roberts Salon
- Pharmacies
- Rite Aid
- Walgreens
- Restaurants
- Panera Bread
- Retail Businesses
- Barnes & Noble
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Macy’s
- Old Navy/Gap
- Petco
- Ulta
- Service Providers
- Uber
Not requiring masks
- ALDI
- Belk
- BJ’s Wholesale Club
- Costco
- CVS
- Food City
- Great Clips (Policy change goes into effect on May 21)
- Home Depot
- Kroger
- Salem Memorial Ballpark
- Sam’s Club
- Starbucks
- Target
- Trader Joe’s
- Walmart
Businesses we’ve reached out to and are waiting to hear back from:
- Danville Mall
- Dick’s Sporting Goods
- Hobby Lobby
- River Ridge
- Uptown Christiansburg (formerly New River Valley Mall)
- Valley View Mall
We’ll keep this list updated as more stores make mask-policy decisions. Check back for updates.