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Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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Originally Posted by adlnc07
When Wegman's opened in Ashburn/Sterling VA many moons ago, I really liked their hot bar. Great variety, yummy food and I don't remember it being too costly. I was sorely disappointed by the local Wegman's offerings, even before Covid. Oh well!
Edit - I guess I don't buy enough "staples" to warrant going to Wegmans - I admit I wasn't overly impressed with their grocery aisles either.
The claim to fame FOR ME when the Sterling Wegman's opened years and years ago was the childcare they offered in the store! I used to drop of my daughter (now 21 years old) and do my shopping or meet my friend for lunch from the hot bar. It was totally worth the extra cost! I was disappointed when the Fairfax store opened and there was no childcare!
I've been bringing my own grocery bags to the store since the 1990s. You will eventually get into the habit. I forget them maybe 1 time out of 20-25 visits. And my house isn't clogged up with a lot of wasteful plastic bags.
Not me....I'll just shop at stores that still provide bags. I usually only go to Wegmans for a few specific items that I can easily hand carry.
That is so bad for the environment, whether the bags are plastic or paper. I hope you reconsider for the sake of all of our children.
There are a lot worse things to worry about that are affecting our environment more than plastic bags. I remember when the plastic bags first came out there was a big push to go plastic instead of paper, but now plastic bags are a problem and their experiment was a failure, so just go back to using paper bags that can be recycled.
There are a lot worse things to worry about that are affecting our environment more than plastic bags. I remember when the plastic bags first came out there was a big push to go plastic instead of paper, but now plastic bags are a problem and their experiment was a failure, so just go back to using paper bags that can be recycled.
Don't use either - use reusable bags. And while there are other things affecting our environment, why not go after the low-hanging fruit like grocery bags, which can help reduce the number of microplastics that are entering the food chain (and as a result, humans)?
Don't use either - use reusable bags. And while there are other things affecting our environment, why not go after the low-hanging fruit like grocery bags, which can help reduce the number of microplastics that are entering the food chain (and as a result, humans)?
Because it's just a drop in the bucket. Regarding microplastics entering the food chain and humans, we should maybe ban drinking water bottled in plastic too.
What irritates me is produce pre-packaged in plastic. Can't inspect for mold, forces you to buy more than you need, etc. Publix is particularly bad about this and I've noticed it creeping into Harris Teeter more.
What irritates me is produce pre-packaged in plastic. Can't inspect for mold, forces you to buy more than you need, etc. Publix is particularly bad about this and I've noticed it creeping into Harris Teeter more.
They might be using that as a way to help prevent unintentional contamination such as E-coli or the spread of germs from so many people handling the raw produce. Buying raw produce always makes you wonder where it's been and how many people have touched it before you buy it. People will say produce should be thoroughly washed before eating it but how many consumers actually do that or even know how to wash produce properly??
Because it's just a drop in the bucket. Regarding microplastics entering the food chain and humans, we should maybe ban drinking water bottled in plastic too.
how many consumers actually do that or even know how to wash produce properly?
I'm not a germ-phobe, but even if I do buy pre-packaged produce I don't trust that it's clean. Besides, a consumer should how to wash produce because some of it is routinely sold unwrapped. Cantaloupe is a classic example, a notorious carrier of salmonella and listeria.
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