That "directive" came in the early 80's for Harris Teeter. I was a bagger and front-end manager during high school, in their #8 store in Charlotte (#8 store in the whole system). As a bagger, we all HATED it when they introduced plastic. Just like you hear about paper now, we were not set up for it, and it was hard to deal with as a bagger, akward, and in general it was a "chanage from the norm".
I'm curious why so many are wanting paper though. My understanding is that if you recycle your plastic it is much more environmentally friendly. While the pulp wood for paper is a regenerating process, I've always understood that it takes much more energy (and carbon release) to process the production of paper, than it does to produce plastic, even though the plastic is an oil-based product... I can carry much more groceries in plastic, and they are way easier to store at my house, because they take less room. <--sorry to get off subject, just curious the reasons.
Last edited by jellian; 10-30-2009 at 01:31 AM.
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