in that the have never used plastic bags. Always used paper only. By law, they have to charge me ten cents for each bag. But here is something else they do. If I bring my own bag, they pay me five cents for each one. It's not big money, but the third time I use the bag, I'm breaking even.

Also, when most stores would not let you bring your own bag because they were worried about spreading the virus, they let you bring your own but you had to do the bagging yourself, which I usually do anyway.

They also enforced mask rules better than most stores. If you refused to wear a mask, they offered to go get your groceries for you and bring them to the door where you could pay.

I just collect them at home and bring them in every month or so and recycle them

Even though the linked video stated some of them get recycled.? I have to say it would be a lot easier that way.

Sorry I did a post and run. It was late and I was tired.

I also take them to those boxes when I get too many. It's frustrating when we're trying to do the right thing only to find out so much of it is a sham.

One cloth bag is for the six-pack of beer at the liquor store. I also have a thermally insulated bag and a large durable-fabric bag both with strong handles in case I need to hang them from the back of my wheelchair. I've found this more efficient than carrying 7 or 8 plastic bags that were subject to breaking. I will still ask the grocery clerk to put items in plastic containers that might break such as pico de gallo, guacamole, parfaits into plastic bags before putting them in my other bags so that I can avoid cleanup if an accident occurs.

Now if I could find someone at the grocery store that actually knows how to sack groceries--frozen and cold items in the insulated bag, isolating the breakable products from other groceries, keeping chemical products away from food products, and grouping like products (bathroom/office products/pantry/refrigerator/produce). I'm dreaming...

Lugging around groceries while riding on a bus is one of them. I also had to use a fanny pack to carry around the phone, wallet, keys, face mask, sunglasses and change because all of my belongings would drop out of my wheelchair as we stand up to grab items from the top shelves.

As you say, they don’t know how to bag groceries. I got tired of squished bread, bananas on the bottom all bruised and eggs or chicken not separated even tho I use a produce bag to put them in my cart. I hate that I’m not using a paid employee and don’t want to contribute to the loss of jobs but how hard is it to bag groceries?!

Items that are out are large volumes of liquid like laundry detergent, more than a 15 pack of beverages or bottled water. Cat litter and ice are also off of the list, I'll occasionally get a half-gallon of milk or a pint of ice cream if I remember to carry along the frozen ice packs to the store, which I put into a plastic bag and then in the insulated bag.

My grocery sackers also understand that the heavy items belong at the bottom of the bag to provide a strong base for the items that sit on top. They obviously would suck at Jenga.

Too good, because I often unpack the bags to put stuff in a big old cooler for the long-ish drive home.

Plenty of reusables seen at Market Basket in Claremont. They do a brisk business with thrifty Vermonters who stock up at NH prices! As a rookie bagger told me: "I learned something today! When people pay a lot of money for their groceries, they're very f'n particular about how they're packed!"

you can get new bags every time, but there's a charge. Most people bring reusable ones.

There are a LOT less. Plastic bags used to be floating around, sitting in gutters, smashed against walls.

what I can tell. Grocery stores do NOT give the option of a disposable bag. If you didn't bring your own, you can purchase paper (5 or 10 cents)or a reusable bag for several dollars.

You always have the option of stuffing purchases unbagged in the cart and taking them back to your car where you may have a box or bag.

Not sure why California would allow retailers to sell disposable plastic bags. Even with COVID, paper was an option.

No low density bags are offered in grocery stores.