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I don't eat meat, but there's plenty of "chicken soup" on those belts.--that people put into those gross bags.
For whatever reason, this has never been an issue for me. The only time I can even recall ever seeing a leaky meat product was when I went to a Sam's club, but I'm quite sure they would re-wrap for anyone.
They are no less convenient than plastic. I guess it's harder to carry six at a time, but from my experience, you can fit more into an individual cloth bag than you can into a individual plastic, so your ultimately carrying the same amount. Cloth bags are durable, and I have yet to run into the problem of things falling out of them.
And plastic is bad for the environment. It's called science. You not being aware of how plastic works in the environment doesn't change any facts about how it actually works.
BS.... my wife has been using cloth bags for a couple of years and the handles have come undone on at least 6 of them spilling the load....I agree plastic is bad...but there is no need for your lies that nothing goes wrong with the cloth bags !!!!!
We might need to clarify the types of grocery bags. I have three different basic styles: mesh produce bags, hemp bags for bulk grains, and nylon grocery bags shaped like the plastic film bags that have been banned. In five years...
One of 12 mesh produce bags ripped through a side seam
Zero of the hemp bags failed
Zero of the nylon bags failed
Meat is supposed to be packaged and bagged separately anyways.
It need not be leaky. Chicken is packaged under very unsanitary conditions. The packaging itself is rife with bacteria that gets on the bag whether it leaks or not.
You're right. They're filthy. And pursuant to test results, people are not laundering tbem after each visit to the store.
Some people clearly don't care if they set those broccoli crowns on top of the leaky chicken.
Wash your bag once in a while and your fine especially since most chicken (and other stuff full of bacteria) are already covered in plastic when you buy them.
What I'm going to do is search for that old "Things I learned on the boards" thread...after "no one shops ay Walmart" I can add "everyone launders their reusable cloth bags after each trip to the grocery store."
I was last in a Walmart in 2012 to purchase a cot for my youngest to take to summer camp. As for washing reusables, I can only speak for myself. I know that I wash my bags and containers between every trip to the grocery. I also know that nobody in this family has suffered food poisoning or been ill with anything other than a minor cold since I began shopping this way several years ago. YMMV.
Nope..better deal is to buy a box of 900 plastic bags for $20 and keep them in your truck.
I see these on Amazon. I reuse the bags for trash and cleaning the cat box and had already priced the small 4-gallon trash bags at about $6 for 50. 900 for $20 is a much better deal. Just because they aren't going to give them away doesn't mean I won't still need them. And I'm far from the only one - people will just start buying plastic trash bags. Glad stock will probably go up.
All these "conservatives" whining because they can no longer get a "handout" LOL. If you want to get plastic bags, pay for them. The plastic bags welfare is over... sorry.
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--that people put into those gross bags.
