Have you ever been denied from bringing your own bags in a grocery store?

During the first couple of covid years, at least where I shop locally, you could bring your own bags, but you had to pack them yourself. They would only pack the store’s plastic bags. That was a while ago now. At present they do use and pack my bags as before.

Exactly. Early Covid months. Safeway didn’t allow customers to bring bags.

They’ve outlawed plastic bags in NJ and you must bring your own or buy reusable ones. It’s great.

No.

No, but daughter is into using reusable bags, will even carry one in her purse just in case. She was nervous, at first, bringing an Aldis bag to use inside a Target store. I told her it’s fine, they couldn’t care less what it says on your bag, so it’ll be fine. She’s calmed down a bit now over this after a few trips using other-store bags.

Nope

Yes, at the beginning of COVID. I recall your fiasco with the backpack too.

I’ve NOT had a problem using my own bags at any of my local stores. As a matter of fact, they welcome it as it saves them some money on plastic bags!!!

Trader Joe’s in Orlando didn’t allow it for several months during covid. It wasn’t a big deal, we just packed the groceries into our bags at our car.

No, a cashier once tried to deny me leaving without a store bag.

This happened at Tower Records, so it goes back a number of years. I’d purchased a small item, and I told the cashier that I didn’t need a bag. He gave me an impatient look, as if I were an annoying idiot, and told me that I had to take the bag; it was a store rule.

He proceeded to put my item and receipt in a bag, staple the top closed, and hand it to me. I opened the bag, removed my item and receipt, tossed the bag on the counter, and left. I didn’t say a word; silence can be much louder than any narration.

^^Many years ago I had on more than one occasion cashiers say I needed to put my purchased items in a bag. People were just less aware of the trash problem in the country I guess. I’ve been saying, “I don’t need a bag” for years. At walgreens they would put my Rx drugs in a paper bag, and then in a plastic bag. I don’t need both.

When I worked in Bloomingdale’s back in the ‘90’s our operations manager used to tell us to conserve tissue paper and bags where we could. Bloomies always had paper bags, they ate famous for it, his main concern was the bottom line. I think our paper shopping bags maybe cost much more than a plastic bag.

I thought the bag was advertising for the store. It also was somewhat of an indicator that the customer paid for the item.