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Wegmans Announces Date for Elimination of Plastic Bags in All New York State Stores
Wegmans ^ | 1/6/2020

Posted on 01/11/2020 6:43:05 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom

Following a successful two-store pilot at its Corning and Ithaca, New York stores, Wegmans will remove single-use plastic grocery bags from all its New York State stores on Monday, January 27. The removal of plastic bags comes ahead of a state ban that takes effect on March 1. Wegmans’ goal is to shift all customers to reusable bags, the best option to solve the environmental challenge of single-use grocery bags. At stores where the county or municipality choose not to institute a 5-cent fee for paper bags, Wegmans will charge 5 cents per bag. The amount collected from the paper-bag charge will be donated to the local food bank serving each region. “By adding a charge for each paper bag, our hope is to incentivize the adoption of reusable bags, and in time, achieve our goal of eliminating all single-use bags,” said Jason Wadsworth, Wegmans packaging and sustainability manager. “This approach has proven successful at our two-store pilot. On average today, 20% of the bags used across all Wegmans stores are reusable. However, at our pilot stores in Corning and Ithaca, we’ve flipped that statistic so that only 20% of the bags used are single-use bags.” Since Wegmans introduced reusable bags in 2007, the company has put an emphasis on educating customers of their benefits, especially the added convenience they offer. A recent companywide survey of Wegmans customers found that 95% already own at least one reusable bag, and 87% have three or more. For those customers who regularly use reusable bags, their top three reasons for choosing them over single-use, in addition to the environmental benefits, are sturdiness, handles, and ease of packing. “We learned a lot from the pilot that will help ensure a smooth transition out of plastic bags in the rest of our New York stores for our customers and employees,” added Wadsworth. Wegmans first announced in April that it would eliminate plastic single-use grocery bags ahead of the New York State ban.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: New York
KEYWORDS: liberallogic; localnews; plasticgrocerybags; wegmans
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1 posted on 01/11/2020 6:43:05 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: LoveMyFreedom

One of NY States Laws they passed when RATS got the majority.

Just wondering if Wegmans will pass on the savings to the consumer since they will not have to purchase plastic bags!


2 posted on 01/11/2020 6:45:24 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: LoveMyFreedom

It is so expensive to shop at Wegmans that I can usually put everything in my pockets.


3 posted on 01/11/2020 6:46:01 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

Mail order or send them a pick list to bring out to your car.


4 posted on 01/11/2020 6:47:50 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

I get food deliveries from amazon fresh a few times a month.

I’m not lying when I say I sometimes get DOZENS of frozen spring water bottles in the delivery bags.

I forget the reason they give.

As for other amazon deliveries, the amount of plastic used to secure things is hysterical.

Hypocrites on and all and of course no savings will be passed on to the consumer from wegmans.

Soon you’ll have to carry all the groceries loose in your hands to the car :)


5 posted on 01/11/2020 6:48:25 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

So paper bags which have always been free at any supermarket I have ever been to but you have to ask for them these days will now be a .05??

Okay whatever. Feel good nonsense


6 posted on 01/11/2020 6:49:22 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: LoveMyFreedom
As I wrote previously, this type of ban particularly discriminates against the elderly and young children, who have a much easier time with plastic bags vs paper. Even paper bags with handles are useless. MAYBE I'd be ok if I had the "choice" of paying extra for plastic vs paper, but that's not permissible with the local statists.

Last Year, when a ban went into effect in the town where I was shopping, I watched as my bagger, a gentleman with Down's Syndrome, struggled to bag my things and accidentally rip the paper bag. I harbored no anger toward the bagger (who, it should be emphasized, was at work early on New Year's Day and was seemingly LEGAL...kudos to him) but I wished some local bureaucrat had to witness this sad result of "saving the planet."

As I paid and walked away, I commented to this gentleman "boy, they're making your job harder with those paper bags."

He replied "yea...I hate them."

I responded: "So do I."

7 posted on 01/11/2020 6:51:44 AM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: 2banana
It is so expensive to shop at Wegmans that I can usually put everything in my pockets.

Depends what you're buying.

Their boneless chicken breast is always a good price, along with veggies, cereal, and their brand of peanut butter to name a few items.

They do make a killing on their prepared foods and the Wegmans I shop at has a LOT of that because of the area it's located in.

But hey, if people want to pay for that convenience, it's no skin off my back.

8 posted on 01/11/2020 6:54:03 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

When they passed this law in California there were 2 propositions on the ballot. One banned single use plastic bags and the other said where the money goes. The ban passed but the one stating where the money went didn’t so....the stores get to keep all the money from the purchased bags. I didn’t notice my grocery bill going down any to account for all that new money they are saving from not having to purchase bags and then selling the new plastic bags. Of course welfare clients get their bags for free.


9 posted on 01/11/2020 6:57:05 AM PST by sheana
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To: LoveMyFreedom

County near me banned plastic bags as of Jan.1 and are back to destroying trees to make paper bags which was the original reason to go to plastic bags.


10 posted on 01/11/2020 7:06:18 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

Ain’t virtue signaling grand?


11 posted on 01/11/2020 7:16:54 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: LoveMyFreedom
Plastic bags ARE reusable. I use them for my lunches, or for bathroom trash liners. Other people use them to take out kitty litter or dog s--t, so it won't be part of the general garbage.

This is just another stupid knee-jerk leftist move that will backfire. What about the bacteria and germs that are in cloth bags? Cloth bags are not the holy grail they are being touted as. Look for a bacterial outbreak to happen in the produce section, because shoppers aren't washing their cloth bags - and again, that's wasting water to wash the bags.

12 posted on 01/11/2020 7:19:05 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: LoveMyFreedom
Another dumb law passed by stupid/corrupt NY pols. What an embarrassment this state is, at least to normal, thinking Americans.
13 posted on 01/11/2020 7:19:59 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Q = Quidam.)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

In other virtue-signalling news ...


14 posted on 01/11/2020 7:25:33 AM PST by IronJack
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To: LoveMyFreedom

So can we go back to paper sacks? I always preferred those to the flimsy plastic crap, but the Left deemed the paper as tree-killing. Have they moved on from that now? Wonder what the outrage will be next month.....


15 posted on 01/11/2020 7:29:30 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: jeffc

Exactly. We need to move to paper. Paper is a renewable resource. If the paper companies go out of business, all of the tree farms will become strip malls.


16 posted on 01/11/2020 7:32:41 AM PST by southern rock
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To: dp0622

We have save-a-lot here. A discount off brand store.
You need a quarter to pull a cart.
You sack your own. ..the store offers the boxes that the merchandise comes in. Else you bring your own. I save easy a hundred bones a month. I just love the extra cash. Means the wife gets dresses and I get fishing gear. ...


17 posted on 01/11/2020 7:33:41 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: LoveMyFreedom

Wegman’s will take your 5 cents per bag they charge you, donate it & then take the tax writeoff..... no thanks. Stopped shopping there.


18 posted on 01/11/2020 7:36:31 AM PST by toothless_elk
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To: DoodleBob

You know what you are. . ...
You’re a paper bag hater. ....lol
...anti-damn-dentite. https://youtu.be/ythrdCsOFJU


19 posted on 01/11/2020 7:40:40 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: LoveMyFreedom
The Wegman’s near me is required by local regulations to use paper. It's an excellent supermarket and that's why I shop there.
20 posted on 01/11/2020 7:42:24 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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