The new bag policy is in response to an uptick in retail theft across ... and wallets while they shop. The Whitlows are encouraging their customers to use store-provided hand baskets instead.

retail stores with a pharmacy, convenience stores, food marts and liquor stores could use only reusable plastic bags made with recycled content or recycled paper bags, according to CalRecycle.

ALDI has eliminated plastic shopping bags from all of its 2,300 U.S. stores. The retailer announced meeting its end of 2023 goal last week, adding that the action will save nearly 4,400 tons of ...

The days of hearing "paper or plastic" at retail stores around the country might be numbered. ... Aldi met its goal to remove all plastic shopping bags from its 2,300 stores by December, ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The plastic bags most New Mexicans carry groceries or takeout food with might be different soon, statewide. That is, if a bill that’s gaining traction makes it through ...

THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THREE WOMEN WENT INTO A COLD STORE IN JENSEN BEACH TO LOAD UP STORE SHOPPING BAGS WITH ITEMS BEFORE ... 31, and Whitney Minatee, 27, are suspects in other retail thefts ...

A Grocery Outlet store in Hemet is strictly enforcing a personal bag policy after "an influx of theft." Above, a shopping bag sits at a checkout inside a Grocery Outlet in San Francisco in 2019.