reusable cloth grocery bags/ save money or not?
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Comments (29)Here in Montreal, over the last year, there has been a seachange from disposable to reusable bags in grocery stores. One store started providing high quality cloth (or plastic-impregnated strong paper) reusable bags for a dollar. The bags were so gosh-darned useful that people started buying them and using them not just for groceries, but for carrying stuff all over the place, advertising the name of the store as they went. The other stores quickly got involved, and started competing to make more and more attractive ones, so it was their bag that was being carried, not the competition. The plastic bags are still available for people that want them, but carrying one makes you a pariah on the street. This time last year, you would see hundreds of those bags stuck in trees and streetlights, breaking down in alleys and filling trash cans. Not any more - the combination of real utility (the bags are actually very good - I use them to carry things to work, for luggage, in the garden, lugging tools in my workshop, and for storage when homebrewing), low cost (the bags are printed with the store's name, so it's free advertising) and social stigma seems to have corrected this problem in a very big way. One unexpected problem that has arisen is that I used to use those plastic bags as trash bags. Now, I find myself buying real plastic trash bags, which is a habit I have to break....See MoreRe-usable shopping bags
Comments (10)me too me too!! Why is it that the baggers always look at me like I'm crazy? I was buying an inflatable mattress the other day at WalMart and declined a bag. She got kind of snippy with me. Then proceeded to put my items in bags, almost individually. Ping pong balls... in one bag. Bag of socks... in another bag. Insect repellent... still another bag. I ended up not leaving with one of my bags, I think somehow I missed it. Total count for ten items? 8 bags. I forgot my Home Depot bags that day. Shame on me. :(...See MoreDo you bag groceries where you shop?
Comments (49)Most of the grocers here bag your groceries and offer to take it to your car except for a afew of the high volume discounts which I rarely shop at as their meat and produce quality is poor. Competition is high among grocers here so I support the better ones, in the long run, I don't save much by shopping the discount stores except at Costco who still ring up your goods and put themm back in your cart. We stopped at a costco once that had self check out but we went on strike and opted for the clerk checkout. I hate self check out, if they expect to sell me something, the least they can do is collect my money and put it in a bag for me. Otherwise I check out Amazon for the items. I would rather support vendors that are trying their best to show you they appreciate your business....See MoreWhere do you store reusable bags?
Comments (16)Well, the paper bag just makes the kitty so happy :) I have to agree with what's been said here about setting limits- that is very helpful. Just decide what is a reasonable amount for you to store and use, and get rid of the rest. We've always used the plastic grocery store bags for garbage, and my MIL use to get very nice, heavy plastic bags from the store where she shopped, so she would save them and give them to us. For a couple of years, I had several of those plastic ice cream buckets with lids, stuffed with grocery bags- and kept them in a spare closet. One day it dawned on me what a clutter burden that was and I got rid of them all. For a while, I started recycling just about all of the grocery bags and went to having a roll of purchased garbage bags. Eventually, I went back to grocery bags when I decided on a storage system that was compact and wouldn't overwhelm me....See Morejoyfulguy
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