Just got back from King Soopers, my local grocers, and things have gotten weirder here in Colofornia…
Starting yesterday you have to pay ten cents per plastic bag – ostensibly for ‘recycling efforts’, but I couldn’t find anything proving that. In fact, I found the following: “All across the state, 6 cents will be given to the county or municipality to be used towards a program of its choice. The other 4 cents will be given back to the establishment/ grocery store.”
So – profit… And they sell reusable store-branded bags that get around this for a buck, which is probably 90 cents profit as well as advertising.
What really frustrates me is that I’m old enough to remember the push to use plastic bags to “Save the Trees” in the first place…
Anyway, now you have to bring your own bags and ring up your own groceries at the store.
And today I spent $50 on four “Jimmy Dean” breakfast bowls, two TV dinners, and a twelve-pack of “Hint” flavored water – which makes the added hassle / expense of going to the store all the more unpleasant.
Sigh…
Listening to "Never Stop" by FM-84