Do you find that brown paper bags from the grocery store are not as strong as they used to be?

When I was little and growing up, brown paper bags were what the grocery store provided, not plastic. Plastic bags didn’t exist yet, at least not for groceries. The brown paper bags would be loaded up with groceries, including milk because milk didn’t come in plastic jugs with handles, they were in the boxes, so it all went into the brown paper bags and all was well.

Now, since we’re trying to cut down on plastic use, brown paper bags are popular again in grocery stores. It’s not uncommon for me to have the bag rip, or for me to put my finger through the paper, for the bottom of the bag and the groceries spill in the driveway. Even Trader Joe’s, which has good paper bags with handles, the bags will rip or the handle will rip off. The bags need to be doubled in order to be the strength that one bag used to be.

Do you find this also?