[Eco] Take the BYOB Pledge, Score a Bike and a Glacier

[Maria P]

I've found that offering to bag items myself seems to make new cashiers less
flustered about the break from norm.  :P  I am THRILLED to hear that BYOB is
pretty mainstream.  I didn't think about it, but Sam's doesn't have bags
either.  HOORAY for stores that save $$ & encourage environmental
responsibility!  ...whether they mean to or not!

Everyone have a great holiday!  --Maria :)

On Dec 18, 2007 2:57 PM, Cecelia Thomas <sagefire at mythicsage.com> wrote:

> Living near Boulder, recycling bags for groceries has long been a standard
> around here. In addition to the health food stores giving money back (5
> cents a bag) or donating the 5 cents to a charity, now the regular grocery
> stores do it as well.
> King Soopers (Kroger), Safeway and Albertsons all have canvas bags and new
> fangled recycled bags available for purchase. The recycled bags are about 99
> cents each and if you hit the various fairs and festivals during the summer,
> you can these for free handouts.
> I keep a canvas bag in my trunk full of various bags and walk into any
> store with them. I even do it for some retail stores. I do occasionally get
> some looks from the retail stores but I'd rather not go home with one more
> plastic bag. I used one yesterday doing some holiday shopping at a book/game
> store (where I purchased some copies of Zombie Fluxx for gifts!). They were
> pleased as punch that I brought my own bag.
>
> -=Cece
>
>   On Dec 18, 2007 10:53 AM, Maria P <mudpuppy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I haven't had any trouble with it.  I roll up the bags & put them in a
> > smaller canvas bag which I also stick my keys, phone & wallet in.  I was
> > concerned the first time I did it at Wal-mart, but no worries!  :)  I enjoy
> > breaking in cashiers new to the concept...what an opportunity for
> > discussion!  It always amazes them how much stuff those bags will hold!
> > --Maria
> >
> >
> > On Dec 18, 2007 12:49 PM, Ryan Hackel <deeplogic at excite.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've got two reusable bags that I take with me when I walk to the
> > > supermarket.  But in general I'm wary of taking bags into retail outlets
> > > because I'm nervous that I'll be accused of shoplifting.
> > >
> > > ---Ryan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  --- On Tue 12/18, Carol Townsend < carol.townsend at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > From: Carol Townsend [mailto: carol.townsend at gmail.com]
> > > To: eco at lists.looneylabs.com
> > > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:56:46 -0600
> > > Subject: Re: [Eco] Take the BYOB Pledge, Score a Bike and a Glacier
> > >
> > > We also have Aldi's, but even better is the Jewel/Osco stores who are
> > > selling really great reusable bags (nice big square-bottom "cloth" bags - I
> > > think the cloth is made from recycled plastic bags - with great handles on
> > > them), and they're set right by the registers.
> > > The only thing that would really encourage the use of these bags more
> > > is if you get a few pennies off your purchase for using them. I think the
> > > "MOM's" stores in DC do that, don't they?Carol
> > > On 12/18/07, Maria P < mudpuppy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This is a fantastic idea!  I do it already & don't get near as many
> > > "you brought your own bags?" comments & looks of disbelief as I used to.
> > >  There's a grocery store called Aldi's that doesn't provide bags so you
> > > bring your own or buy them there.  I leave a few in my truck so they're
> > > always there when I need them.  I think we all have giant stashes of plastic
> > > bags, so let's not let them grow any bigger!   Kudos to you for "doing your
> > > part"!  :)  --Maria
> > >
> > >
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