zuesel

It's good for the company themselves too....
They save cost in bags
Don't have to be responsible if the bag poorly...leading eggs to crack, glasses break, raw meat leaks, etc.

I notice T&T don't put things in the bags for you now if you have your own, you got to package yourself. But I think some places, you just hand then your recycled bag and they will put things in there for you. Anyone knows where? Although I don't mind using my own recycled bags but I still appreciate the service.

zuesel

回復 28# Ultraman

I worked in Safeway as a cashier. Their policy is to put non-food items in a seperate bags incase of chemical leaks or anything toxic. Eggs and breads are ALWAYS to be bagged seperately. Some customers DO come back for a refund becasue of the baggage issues that lead to things being broken or conteminated.

Chinese grocery stores in general are not sensitive about health issues. Otherwise, they won't continue to sell expired items or have poor food handling. Just think of how many times you've seen them clean their scanners! All kinds of fish, meat juice on the scanner before they scan your ready-to-eat bread! back to topic. So now that if you bag your own grocery, they don't have to be liable. If the eggs break in your own bag, that's your problem. Saves them time and money too.

I am curious though. General public bag slower than the cashiers and may sometimes grab someone else's stuff (intentionally or not). Even with superstore that has long dividers and huge bagging area, congestion can still happen. I wonder about T&T...

zuesel

Yeah, i've been using grocery bags as garbage bags. So from now on, i will buy boxes of "garbage bags for home use la"

zuesel

回復 37# gleaner

No they don't. at least, they didn't for me yesterday.

zuesel

回復 48# 布小熊

My hubby had to bag the food while I paid the cashier. She just asked me if I need any bags, I said no. And then she just gave me the total. Since she didn't seem to make any attempt or gesture, or even look at my recycling bag, we started bagging our own food lor.

zuesel

I went to zellers tonite to buy a bottle of shampoo. They asked if we need a bag too and it's chargeable too!

zuesel

i tried not to use those veggie plastic bags before, but cashiers didn't like me.  because they need ...
tofu 發表於 2010-3-12 15:27

tofu, you should always use veggie baggies, even for your meats. Just pay attention to their scanners. They are filled with bacteria from meat, seafoods, all kinds of stains, even non food products! Recycling is good intention but getting food poisioned and your food cross conteminated is very serious! For meats, puting them into the plasic bags for checking out is also protecting others from your wet packages too. The meat dept always put the bag directly on top of the raw meats while scooping your meats inside the bags. I hate it!!!! Their gloves already dirty will serve you and the next next next....customer, plus touching everything else.
Another thing that I do is get the cashier to clean the scanner first. They don't like it though.

If you choose not to use the plastic bags for your fruits, meats, etc. Make sure you wash them very very clean before consuming.