Following a growing nationwide trend, Pick 'N Save has introduced reusable, cloth grocery bags. I came across them this evening, near the checkout line at the Oakland Avenue store.
Although such bags have long been available at stores such as Whole Foods, they are now sweeping the nation, with even retail giant Walmart getting into the act.
Greens bag huge mainstream ally
Galveston County Daily News
October 28, 2007
If historians ever want to identify the point when the notion, at least, of using reusable bags went from alternative to mainstream, they’ll want to look at a decision Wal-Mart made this month. That’s when nation’s largest retailer — and arguably the largest shaper of shopping trends — unveiled black bags touting the slogan: “Paper or Plastic? Neither.” The bags, which will arrive in local stores next week, will hang near checkout counters and sell for $1 each.
The reusable bag trend is picking up so much steam, that fashion designers such as Stella McCartney and Hermés are getting into the act, selling their bags for $495 and $960 a piece.
