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customerserviceguy

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33. In the Northeast

Thu Feb 8, 2018, 03:29 PM

Feb 2018

they used to call them "carriages". Such as on a sign in a supermarket parking lot in front of a metal rack that says, "Please Return Carriages Here". Nobody used that term in everyday speech, however.

I still don't know what they call them here. One thing I do notice is that nearly all the markets have short carts which are way more maneuverable than the full sized ones, and have enough room for a good shopping trip that is not a major stock-up. I can easily get a half rack of beer in and out of the bottom rack of the mini-cart.

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Paper or Plastic? [View all] MineralMan Feb 2018 OP

These are the words Paul Ryan should be saying Weed Man Feb 2018 #1

No baggers at my supermarket. MineralMan Feb 2018 #3

Thats why youre tops in my book MineralMan a kennedy Feb 2018 #47

Plus 1 irisblue Feb 2018 #27

We take our own reusable bags. Have been for a while. If I forget I get paper. redstatebluegirl Feb 2018 #2

Be sure to wash them though - they can really hold on to germs. LisaM Feb 2018 #4

Sure. The ones I use are light canvas. MineralMan Feb 2018 #6

I re-use them a couple of times, then I put them in the blue bin. Iggo Feb 2018 #12

I work in an office, so I don't use a backpack (plus on my crowded bus, they take up too much room). LisaM Feb 2018 #13

I have my turnitup Feb 2018 #5

I always take my own bags. MontanaMama Feb 2018 #7

High tech tyvex bags. Throck Feb 2018 #8

I hope that your bags are washable......and washed regularly. WillowTree Feb 2018 #9

I take half a dozen kangaroos with me when I buy groceries Orrex Feb 2018 #10

I do the same - bring my own Lindsay Feb 2018 #11

No bags at all Thyla Feb 2018 #14

First time I've heard the word trolly bluecollar2 Feb 2018 #22

Sorry about that... Thyla Feb 2018 #28

And then it got more interesting Egnever Feb 2018 #37

In Miami bluecollar2 Feb 2018 #40

In the Northeast customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #33

We have re-usable bags - some are decades old csziggy Feb 2018 #15

Paper. And we shop daily so get a lot GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #16

Reusable except for wrapping meat, but I have a question OnlinePoker Feb 2018 #17

My kitchen garbage can is too big for a grocery store bag crazycatlady Feb 2018 #20

The grocery bags customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #34

Re-usable bags in this household, but the real secret to making it all work is..... Brother Buzz Feb 2018 #18

A hint for doing that crazycatlady Feb 2018 #21

I have a big pocket behind the drivers seat where there is a stash paper bags Brother Buzz Feb 2018 #31

+1 dalton99a Feb 2018 #43

I take my own bags crazycatlady Feb 2018 #19

I take the the rather flimsy plastic bags used for produce like lettuce justhanginon Feb 2018 #23

Canvas! marlakay Feb 2018 #24

shop at aldis...alway cardboard boxes available dembotoz Feb 2018 #25

I have so many reusable bags ( my job gave them out as a promo) and so many others that I bought Kirk Lover Feb 2018 #26

Paper. Tracer Feb 2018 #29

I use my own bags Mosby Feb 2018 #30

I ask for paper and plastic, double bagged hueymahl Feb 2018 #32

Don't forget dropping them into daycare playgrounds. Hortensis Feb 2018 #41

Plastic for cleaning the kitty litter pan. Otherwise ancient cloth bags irisblue Feb 2018 #35

Our garbage hauler HeiressofBickworth Feb 2018 #36

No choice in Portland/Multnomah County OxQQme Feb 2018 #38

That concept is spreading. MineralMan Feb 2018 #39

Bump for the subject. Maybe it'll remind someone else Hortensis Feb 2018 #42

Paper. I have uses for them NickB79 Feb 2018 #44

When I end up with paper bags somewhere, they all are saved. MineralMan Feb 2018 #45

For awhile I was using the canvas bags, then realized that I needed the paper bags, at least question everything Feb 2018 #46