https://www.freep.com/story/money/busin ... 931810002/
Interesting they only offered these in some stores to begin with. Smiths has had paper bags with handles in all stores for years.
Kroger to stop offering paper bags with handles
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Re: Kroger to stop offering paper bags with handles
For the longest time, the default bag at Ralphs was a handled paper bag. They did away with that a few years ago.
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Re: Kroger to stop offering paper bags with handles
Not completely. My Online delivery came in the handled paper bags.rwsandiego wrote: ↑February 21st, 2019, 9:07 pm For the longest time, the default bag at Ralphs was a handled paper bag. They did away with that a few years ago.
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Re: Kroger to stop offering paper bags with handles
Maybe only some locations had bags with handles. I find it funny this article says it was in "upper income areas." And they only want to stock one type of paper bag. Well I have an idea, stock the paper bag with handles in all stores then (like Smiths does)...submariner wrote: ↑February 21st, 2019, 9:29 pmNot completely. My Online delivery came in the handled paper bags.rwsandiego wrote: ↑February 21st, 2019, 9:07 pm For the longest time, the default bag at Ralphs was a handled paper bag. They did away with that a few years ago.
I guess I am used to a market where everyone has those paper bags with handles: Raleys, Trader Joe's Whole Foods all give those handled paper bags generously and have for years. Smith's has them but paper bags are not exactly freely offered there. Safeway may or may not have handles but it is really hard to get a paper bag there in the first place in places where plastic bags are still default.