WILMINGTON, Delaware (WPVI) -- Grocery workers at Acme and Safeway stores in Delaware will be receiving a pay increase as the state contends with the coronavirus outbreak. Approximately 250,000 employees in all will receive a $2 an hour increase in pay, Albertsonson Companies and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) announced Thursday. As non-essential businesses are ordered to be closed and unemployment rates skyrocket, grocery stores remain open and are working to keep their shelves stocked. "In ways that we could not even imagine, overnight, our country changed - and as a result it changed the way our teams conduct business," said Albertsons Co. President & CEO Vivek Sankaran. Sankaran said the workers did not "skip a step." "In our manufacturing plants, distribution centers and in our stores, our associates are working tirelessly to serve our customers.