LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Attorney General’s Office issued a letter to Menards, ordering the company to cease activities that go against the state’s stay home order after receiving reports that stores were engaging in practices that could put individuals at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The AG’s Office says the home improvement store advertised and sold items “to increase customer presence.”
“The current climate should not be viewed through the lens of business opportunism where dollars drive decisions over the good of the public’s health,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said. “We have asked that Menards cease any and all practices that run contrary to the spirit and intent of the Governor’s Stay Home, Stay Safe Order, including marketing sales to draw large numbers of the general public into their stores for non-emergency purposes.”
Menards supplies items that are deemed essential with the executive order and is allowed to stay open, but the company still must follow other limitations in the order.
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