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Post by ameslou on Nov 5, 2023 17:13:53 GMT
If you use a grocery pick up service AND you're able to avoid single use plastic bags - would you please share details on how the products are loaded into your car and which store you use?
I use Kroger's pick up service, and although they use a thicker plastic / larger size bag that probably meets the "official" definition of multi-use, I never use them more than once. We *do* take them back to be recycled, but they pile up - which I hate.
Some options that I wish my store offered but doesn't:
* Offer to gather "returned" bags from prior trips when you pick up a new order
* Offer a "reusable" bag service - a 'nicer' bag that you pay a deposit for and get a credit when you return (this seems unrealistic, but maybe it exists)
* Offer to load products in NO bag (and if you do this - how do you keep things from rolling around on the way home, and how do you get them in the house?)
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Post by snyder on Nov 5, 2023 17:18:09 GMT
We keep a stash of reuseable bags in the car and the employees stand there and bag or groceries like they would if they were bagging at a checkout lane. Things like soda, tp and paper towels are not bagged. When they first did away with the plastic bags, we also kept a few small boxes in the car to use as well to keep things from rolling around. We seem to have figured out the amount of reusable bags we need as we haven't had any issues with either Walmart or King Soopers.
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Post by ameslou on Nov 5, 2023 17:23:56 GMT
We keep a stash of reuseable bags in the car and the employees stand there and bag or groceries like they would if they were bagging at a checkout lane. Things like soda, tp and paper towels are not bagged. When they first did away with the plastic bags, we also kept a few small boxes in the car to use as well to keep things from rolling around. We seem to have figured out the amount of reusable bags we need as we haven't had any issues with either Walmart or King Soopers. Do you live in a location where single use bags are either prohibited or charged by the bag? Is the practice of "bagging" at the vehicle the standard way things are done? My state has stupidly passed a law that prevents retailers from charging for bags. And thank you! |
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Post by snugglebutter on Nov 5, 2023 17:40:02 GMT
Walmart here offers the option to bag them at your car. I just put a couple of laundry baskets in the back because that seems easier. I don't use Walmart pickup often so I don't know how well their system works, but one time I selected bagless they ended up bagging them anyway. Their plastic bags tear more than any other in my experience, so I never reuse them.
H-E-B does offer to recycle bags from previous trips. I like this option a lot and their curbside service is very good overall, but it's just a little too far from me to use on a regular basis.
Target is probably the one I use the most. I wish they offered one or both of these options, but they do have the best plastic bags. We reuse them frequently.
(I have a lot of opinions for someone who mostly shops in store lol. These days I'm mostly at Aldi and Sam's, which lower my plastic bag usage anyway.)
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Post by breetheflea on Nov 5, 2023 17:49:46 GMT
I am keeping an eye on this thread. I stopped using Fred Meyer (Kroger) curb-side pick up for a few reasons and went back to shopping in person. One of the reasons I went to a bag-it-yourself grocery store is I don't end up with 20 plastic bags a week (seriously they were overtaking my house) and can use my reusable bags. It took me over a year (a handful at a time) to return all the plastic bags to the collection bin at the store. I shop for a family of six, so just asking them to unload it all into my car seemed like a reason for someone to start spitting on my food  |
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Post by snyder on Nov 5, 2023 18:07:31 GMT
We keep a stash of reuseable bags in the car and the employees stand there and bag or groceries like they would if they were bagging at a checkout lane. Things like soda, tp and paper towels are not bagged. When they first did away with the plastic bags, we also kept a few small boxes in the car to use as well to keep things from rolling around. We seem to have figured out the amount of reusable bags we need as we haven't had any issues with either Walmart or King Soopers. Do you live in a location where single use bags are either prohibited or charged by the bag? Is the practice of "bagging" at the vehicle the standard way things are done? My state has stupidly passed a law that prevents retailers from charging for bags. And thank you! Yes, we live in an area that the single use bags are banned. If you need a bag, they will charge you for a paper bag.
The practice of bagging groceries at the vehicle is standard practice as far as I know as I have only shopped pick up at Kings and Walmart.
So if they prevent changing for bags, does that mean they have to give any type of bag for your groceries. Thet sounds counter productive.
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Post by pantsonfire on Nov 5, 2023 18:13:10 GMT
Stater Bros (local to Southern Ca) uses paper bags.
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Post by littlemama on Nov 5, 2023 18:24:09 GMT
I have a couple of collapsible bags thst I got from Costco in 2020. We load our (bagged) groceries into those in the car. If I go to Costco, I load them up from the cart.
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Post by valincal on Nov 5, 2023 18:27:18 GMT
I keep large plastic bins from my grocery store in my car and the groceries are loaded into those. The bins have handles and straps to make them easier to carry.
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Post by seaexplore on Nov 5, 2023 18:41:32 GMT
Walmart here offers the option to bag them at your car. I just put a couple of laundry baskets in the back because that seems easier. I don't use Walmart pickup often so I don't know how well their system works, but one time I selected bagless they ended up bagging them anyway. Their plastic bags tear more than any other in my experience, so I never reuse them. H-E-B does offer to recycle bags from previous trips. I like this option a lot and their curbside service is very good overall, but it's just a little too far from me to use on a regular basis. Target is probably the one I use the most. I wish they offered one or both of these options, but they do have the best plastic bags. We reuse them frequently.(I have a lot of opinions for someone who mostly shops in store lol. These days I'm mostly at Aldi and Sam's, which lower my plastic bag usage anyway.) I always tell them "keep the bag" thinking they'll take the charge off my order but they never do. That annoys me to no end. Even if I go in and pick up, they charge me a bag fee. |
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Post by katlady on Nov 5, 2023 19:03:06 GMT
Stater Bros (local to Southern Ca) uses paper bags. Ours doesn't have paper bags anymore. It is getting harder and harder to find paper bags, other than at Trader Joes. Some times we want a couple, but our usually places don't have them anymore. |
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Post by myshelly on Nov 5, 2023 19:30:48 GMT
My preferred grocery store (target) doesn’t have any options for bagels or alternative bagging.
I’ve just accepted that I need to find uses for the bags. They come in handy on road trips, camping, etc.
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Post by calgaryscrapper on Nov 5, 2023 19:57:56 GMT
We do not use the grocery pick up service. We use re-useable bags when we shop. Sometimes I see people giving away Walmart bags in Facebook Marketplace. I send them a message about a local organization that accepts the bags. Here is one in our city www.womenscentrecalgary.org/donate/perhaps there are organizations in your city. |
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Post by KiwiJo on Nov 5, 2023 19:59:02 GMT
Single use plastic bags are banned here.
I use either the Click and Collect pickup grocery service or have them delivered, and all our grocery stores use strong brown paper bags.
They tend to charge $1 for the bags per order, regardless of how many bags are used.
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Post by dockmaster on Nov 5, 2023 20:03:50 GMT
I have a friend who collects the single use bags from all of her friends. She them sends them to some lady she knows who crochets them into sleeping mats for the homeless. Win/win in my opinion.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 5, 2023 20:47:40 GMT
I have no porch, Walmart delivery is causing me a headache. I could bag groceries for all my neighbors and still have bags left over.
I wish I could get the drivers to use my bags. My door is closed to where they park. That would be a win win for me.
So I use them for cut up cardboard put into the recycling bins!
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Post by voltagain on Nov 5, 2023 20:51:33 GMT
If you use a grocery pick up service AND you're able to avoid single use plastic bags - would you please share details on how the products are loaded into your car and which store you use? I use Kroger's pick up service, and although they use a thicker plastic / larger size bag that probably meets the "official" definition of multi-use, I never use them more than once. We *do* take them back to be recycled, but they pile up - which I hate. Some options that I wish my store offered but doesn't: * Offer to gather "returned" bags from prior trips when you pick up a new order * Offer a "reusable" bag service - a 'nicer' bag that you pay a deposit for and get a credit when you return (this seems unrealistic, but maybe it exists) * Offer to load products in NO bag (and if you do this - how do you keep things from rolling around on the way home, and how do you get them in the house?) I use Walmart. They offer to bag it but are suggesting pick-up users provide their bags to cut down on plastic use. I have left my fabric bags in the trunk and they bag the groceries at the car. I prefer instead to put two boxes in my trunk. One is slightly smaller than the other. I ask them to put the fragile items (eggs, bread, chips, produce) in the smaller box and the cans, jars, boxes in the bigger box. The boxes work fine to keep things from rolling around. Works great for me and is much faster for them than bagging. They've offered this for about 6 months at my store. It has worked just fine. |
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Post by pantsonfire on Nov 5, 2023 21:51:01 GMT
Stater Bros (local to Southern Ca) uses paper bags. Ours doesn't have paper bags anymore. It is getting harder and harder to find paper bags, other than at Trader Joes. Some times we want a couple, but our usually places don't have them anymore. Ours only does it for pick up. |
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Post by Lurkingpea on Nov 5, 2023 22:04:57 GMT
My preferred grocery store (target) doesn’t have any options for bagels or alternative bagging. I’ve just accepted that I need to find uses for the bags. They come in handy on road trips, camping, etc. Do they charge you for bags? The state I live in is supposed to charge for bags. I don't know what your state of Texas has going on. Target puts a 50 cent charge on each and every order. No matter how many items in the order. They say they will refund you if you decline bags, but that has never happened. I just consider it a service fee. I would likely spend more money if I went in to shop for myself. |
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Post by busy on Nov 5, 2023 22:07:02 GMT
Plastic bags aren’t allowed in our city, so that solves it for us. Doesn’t help you, though. Sorry. Wish there was a good solution.
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Post by lucyg on Nov 5, 2023 22:09:21 GMT
My supermarket packs the items in paper grocery bags, which I appreciate getting because I use them as trash bags in the kitchen. ETA voltagain, it’s nice to see you posting again. (At least, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.)  |
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Post by myshelly on Nov 5, 2023 22:27:18 GMT
My preferred grocery store (target) doesn’t have any options for bagels or alternative bagging. I’ve just accepted that I need to find uses for the bags. They come in handy on road trips, camping, etc. Do they charge you for bags? The state I live in is supposed to charge for bags. I don't know what your state of Texas has going on. Target puts a 50 cent charge on each and every order. No matter how many items in the order. They say they will refund you if you decline bags, but that has never happened. I just consider it a service fee. I would likely spend more money if I went in to shop for myself. Lol, no. There’s no charge for bags or ban on bags or any attempt to reduce any use of bags in Texas. Dallas County tried to charge for bags in 2015. It was protested so vigorously by people and businesses that it only lasted 5 months and that was the end of that. They’ll never try to charge for bags again, let alone ban them. |
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Post by Scrapper100 on Nov 5, 2023 22:27:42 GMT
They charge for bags here. I have the totes that were posted on here a while ago. Sort of like nice boxes covered in vinyl with handles they also collapse. Walmart just puts my things in them or the cooler bag I keep in the trunk. Target automatically charges $1 - bags are 10 cents. I don’t do curbside there.
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Post by Basket1lady on Nov 5, 2023 22:39:03 GMT
I live in the Minneapolis burbs and I’ve not seen the option for bagless orders. I usually shop at Cub and they use thicker plastic bags for pantry items and the traditional thin plastic bags for cold items. They do offer paper in store, but there isn’t a place to request paper on pickup that I’ve seen. There isn’t a charge for bags.
If I go into the store and forget my reusable bags, I’ll just load the items into my cart and bag at the car. But when it’s 40 below, I’m not sure that I’d do that! We do reuse plastic bags for scooping dog poop, so I don’t have many bags piling up at all.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 5, 2023 23:05:14 GMT
I think for pickup they could use a system similar to the 5 gallon water bottles we get for our water cooler but with reusable plastic totes. We usually get a delivery once a month, typically 4 bottles. They charge us a deposit of about $6 for each bottle which is credited back when they pick up the empties so it’s almost always a wash (we get four full bottles and return four empties).
For the short time when we were getting grocery delivery from Coborns, that’s how they did it. They would drop the stuff off on our porch in big green totes that we would put back out on the porch when our next delivery was due to arrive.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 5, 2023 23:08:28 GMT
I think for pickup they could use a system similar to the 5 gallon water bottles we get for our water cooler but with reusable plastic totes. We usually get a delivery once a month, typically 4 bottles. They charge us a deposit of about $6 for each bottle which is credited back when they pick up the empties so it’s almost always a wash (we get four full bottles and return four empties).
For the short time when we were getting grocery delivery from Coborns, that’s how they did it. They would drop the stuff off on our porch in big green totes that we would put back out on the porch when our next delivery was due to arrive.
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Post by snugglebutter on Nov 6, 2023 2:05:35 GMT
My preferred grocery store (target) doesn’t have any options for bagels or alternative bagging. I’ve just accepted that I need to find uses for the bags. They come in handy on road trips, camping, etc. Do they charge you for bags? The state I live in is supposed to charge for bags. I don't know what your state of Texas has going on. Target puts a 50 cent charge on each and every order. No matter how many items in the order. They say they will refund you if you decline bags, but that has never happened. I just consider it a service fee. I would likely spend more money if I went in to shop for myself.
I find Target's customer service to be pretty responsive. I would recommend contacting them.
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Post by Merge on Nov 6, 2023 2:06:09 GMT
I pick up from HEB. When I remember, I can put in the order notes to use paper bags instead of plastic. When they do that, we re-use/recycle them at home. When I forget, I bundle the plastic bags up and leave them in the back of my car and the store recycles them when I pick up my next order.
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Post by chaosisapony on Nov 6, 2023 2:36:06 GMT
I only use Walmart pick up and they have an option at check out if you want your items in bags or not. If I don't, I just select "No" and then deal with my reusable bags once I get home.
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Post by Tearisci on Nov 6, 2023 14:42:32 GMT
I do grocery pickup at Tom Thumb in DFW and they use so many bags. As others have said, there's no charge for bags here but I still hate it when they put one item in a bag and end up using lots of bags. I routinely buy diet Coke in a 6 pack of bottles and they'll even bag them. It's a bit ridiculous but they don't have the option of not bagging as part of the checkout process.
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