How do you feel about being charged for bags at the various stores?

I don't know if the policy of selling bags to customers gives the customers the option of providing their own bags and therefore saving money. (As opposed to charging all customers extra in the prices of the products in order to cover the cost of providing bags.) But I can't say it sits well with the individual customers to be charged for the bags they use.

I resent it and appreciate stores like Target that still provide them as a shopping convenience.

We have been paying for bags in this country for many years..probably decades....some stores take the Pee, and charge extortianate prices.. £1 or £2 per bag...

The regular supermarkets charge between 30p and 50p per bag... that all mounts up .. just 4 bags adds another £2.00 to the bill


I use an insulated trolley on wheels , and take it with me everytime I go shopping...similar to this

Aunt Bea said:

I resent it and appreciate stores like Target that still provide them as a shopping convenience.

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I agree..

I haven’t been charged yet at Lowe’s or for plastic bags at Publix. I think Publix charges for paper bags. No charge at Kohls or Dillard’s.

I would pay for standard size paper grocery bags as we do have a use for them. As for paying for plastic bags, hasn't happened around here, but for other than bringing home groceries I can buy bags for what I need.

I sometimes forget to take a bag or two to Aldi. Instead of buying bags I just put the loose items in the back of the car and bag them when I get home. Sometimes there are bags in the car. Other stores furnish bags.

Free single use plastic bags have been banned here for several years but stores are still allowed to sell you single use bags, go figure.

I was in the local Rescue Mission a couple weeks ago and was charged $0.35 for a fairly nice disposable plastic bag that will see much use before it ends up in the trash.

It still strikes me as odd that we can buy plastic bags of every size shape and description but a local merchant can’t supply them for free.

I don't mind because it's usually just a few cents.

This is news to me. No stores where I live charge anything for bags.

Shop Rite charges us 10 cents a bag. The most bags we would ever use is maybe 5 bags. We can’t use our bags as we have groceries delivered to our car.

Pappy said:

Shop Rite charges us 10 cents a bag. The most bags we would ever use is maybe 5 bags. We can’t use our bags as we have groceries delivered to our car.

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we started off here in the Uk when they brought in a charge for carrier bags.. at 5p per bag... that very quckly escalated, and you will no doubt find the same will happen in the US

One of the stores in our area has stopped providing twist ties for the bags, that's kind of annoying.

It depends if they pass the savings on to the customer. if they're just finding more ways to gouge, then no. Aldis charges for bags, and I've set my trunk up with a carrier specifically for groceries from Aldis. Yes it's not as convenient. I have to push my shopping cart out to my car and load the items into the trunk carrier one by one, and since the shopping cart requires a refundable quarter, I have to push the cart back to the cart area. But a typical cart load at Aldis costs me almost half of a typical cart load from Walmart.

To be honest about what seems like big savings, I have to confess that I have to buy some things from other stores, because Aldis has a limited inventory, and most of those "other" things are higher priced items, although not actually necessary in my diet. But I still want them, so I also shop at Walmart. Otherwise, I would never step a foot into that place, anymore (at one time, I thought Walmart was the end all and be all of savings).

Now if you're dead set on on bags, you can still pay a nickle each for bags at Aldis. It may cost you another 30 cents for the trip, and you will still have to bag the stuff yourself, so if convenience is your deciding factor, you may want to shop someplace else. But the way I look at it is every time I walk out of Aldis, I'm $40 richer.

Flarbalard said:

One of the stores in our area has stopped providing twist ties for the bags, that's kind of annoying.

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Twist ties ?.. we've never had that

We have what they call bags for life... they're a toucher material than a normal carrier bag.. and available at all the supermarkets. They cost anything between £1.. and £3 per bag... but the idea is that if it breaks you can return it and get another bag for free...

I don't know anyone who has ever returned a Bag for life...

I actually hope they ban plastic bags here for groceries and such. Some stores have started charging…and guess what…I use my cloth reusable ones.