New research shows cloth grocery store bags carry many kinds of bacteria.An expert from Loma Linda University said too many people who use cloth shopping bags, instead of plastic bags, don’t wash them ...

Has your family switched to reusable cloth grocery bags? I keep about half a dozen in the trunk of my car. When I started this practice, I forgot to take the bags into the store. But, after making ...

You don't want a bad reputation at your local Trader Joe's, but even the friendly cashiers do not like when customers make ...

CLEVELAND — One year after debuting a reusable fabric grocery bag at its Cleveland area stores, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic. The Pittsburgh-based chain will sunset the fabric option and ...

Move over, baseball caps and T-shirts. Logo-emblazoned cloth grocery bags could soon become the most popular company freebie in the Puget Sound region. Seattle became on Monday one of the first major ...

One of the major issues right now is the use of single-use plastic grocery bags. Local governments are beginning to ban them or make people pay for them. I don’t think banning them is necessary, ...

I am responding to the news article in the April 26 issue of the Mountain Xpress titled “Singled Out: Asheville Considers Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags.” One way to get rid of all the plastic bags ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The days of hearing "paper or plastic" at retail stores around the country might be numbered. Shoppers at popular discount grocery ...

Were hygiene considerations part of the decision to charge for new grocery bags? I've seen customers put well-used (i.e., dirty) cloth bags on the conveyor belts where I put my food. These bags are ...

Unfortunately, throwing away those convenient disposable plastic bags carries grave consequences. They never break down and eventually contaminate the world’s waterways and oceans. Per The World ...

Fresh & Easy is closing seven Southern California stores citing sluggish sales, reports the Los Angeles Times. Not that it's much of a dent in the El Segundo-based company's 184 retail grocery outlets ...