Grocery Chain Says ‘See ya’ to Plastic Bags

Starting today at the Duluth Whole Foods supermarket, plastic bags are no longer an option for shoppers.

offering plastic bags and instead ask customers to use its recycled paper bags or to bring reusable bags from home.

“Customers have really embraced it,” said John Brown, team leader for the Duluth store.

In fact, they’ve already begun making the switch since the January announcement to ban plastic. Whole Foods customers used about 38,000 bags in a recent week but about 70,000 in a week last year, Brown said.

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