From Monday, August 3, all Woolworths and BWS customers and staff are encouraged to wear face coverings in store, as part of a statewide recommendation from the Woolworths Group.

Woolworths Group CEO Brad Banducci said the "safety and wellbeing of our customers, teams and communities" was the company's top priority.

"While wearing a face covering is not mandatory in NSW or the ACT, we feel it's important that collectively we make face coverings feel as normal as possible and do whatever we can to help reduce community transmission of COVID-19," he said.

"Encouraging their use is one of the steps we can take together to limit the spread of the virus and help keep our teams and customers safe.

"Masks and face coverings are a powerful and highly visible symbol that COVID-19 is very much still with us."

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While the wearing of masks in store is "strongly encouraged", Mr Banducci said people won't be prevented from entering a store if they choose not to wear one.

"We won't stop you from entering our stores if you don't have a face covering with you, but we ask that if you don't, you remain vigilant on adhering to the social distancing and health measures already in place," he said.

"And as always, please respect our team and customers if they choose not to wear a face covering."

In Moree, most staff members were wearing a mask on Monday, while a number of customers were also spotted with face coverings.