If you shop at Stop & Shop, you’ll soon have more reasons to remember to bring your reusable bags.
The supermarket chain said it plans on eliminating all single-use bags from its stores in the northeast by July of this year, while also instituting a 10-cent charge for any paper bags provided to consumers.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Stop & Shop said the changes are part of an effort to “minimize waste and encourage customers to shop with reusable bags.”
“Reusable bags are available for purchase at all Stop & Shop stores at various price points, as low as 10-cents per reusable bag,” the statement read. “Stop & Shop also offers reusable bags for sale where $1 from every purchase goes to a local non-profit.”
Earlier this year, Walmart instituted a similar ban in parts of the northeast that included not only plastic bags, but single-use paper bags as well in New York and Connecticut, an elsewhere in the country like Colorado, according to CNN.
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