January 14, 2008
Use your shopping bag again and again
More retailers are advertising that they care about the environment.
I learned recently of a local example of this at Ukrop’s Super Market. If you bring a reusable bag or your own paper bag with you to transport your groceries from the store, you can receive a 5-cents credit on your total bill. Also, for 99 cents, Ukrop’s sells mesh, reusable grocery bags.
Sure, a 5-cents credit doesn’t add up to large savings, but every little bit helps. Also, the reusable bags have been a hit. Ukrop’s has sold about 80,000 since September, when it started offering them, according to the grocery retailer.
Green initiatives are taking center stage this week during the National Retail Federation’s annual convention in New York City. On the agenda are a number of retailers that are sharing the environmentally-sound practices that they incorporate. The retailers include Wal-Mart, L.L. Bean and Kohl’s.
As a consumer, what do you think of these green initiatives? Does a retailer's environmentally-friendly focus draw you to shop there?
Comments
[May 2, 2008 2:35 PM]
Heather FroeschlJenny, I shop at Wal-Mart, in Rocky Mount, and applaud their recycling attempts in taking back those plastic bags from consumers. We reuse ours...the kids refer to them as cat litter bags and you can imagine why...but even still we often have too many to shove into that cabinet. Once a month or so I will bring a bunch back to the store and feel good about it. I have bought several of the fabric bags they sell (made of recycled materials!) to use when I shop but I am forever forgetting them as I head out with the shopping list. I'll try harder. I do miss the option of paper bags though. When I was little my grandmother worked as a cashier in a grocery store and when I stayed with her on visits I would be the "bagger" for her. I still sort my groceries in ways that would fit nicely into a paper bag, but alas, Wally doesn't offer that option. SIGH. ~Heather