Shortly after New Jersey enacted a strict plastic bag ban three months ago, employees at the Aberdeen ShopRite noticed something unusual — the store’s handheld plastic shopping baskets were ...

The city banned single-use plastic bags a few years ago and stores ... “That’s the primary reason, and frankly they’re expensive.” Shopping baskets cost around $6 to $20 apiece, depending ...

After the US state of New Jersey put the ban in place three months ago, employees at the Aberdeen ShopRite noticed the store’s handheld plastic shopping baskets were vanishing. Brazen shoppers ...

Instead of bringing their own bags to the store, they are stealing the stores' plastic shopping baskets. Kaitlyn DiFrancesco, a cashier and manager at the Acme in University Plaza near Christiana ...

"Like other retailers across the state, we have experienced theft of our handheld shopping baskets – an unintended consequence of the ban on plastic and paper bags," Stop & Shop said in a statement.

Since this project repurposes an upcycled plastic container like a big jar of peanut butter or an empty ice cream tub to ...

Grocery store workers are frustrated at some shoppers stealing plastic baskets in the wake of the plastic and paper bag ban in New Jersey. News 12 Staff Aug 31, 2022, 8:44 PM ...

"Like other retailers across the state, we have experienced theft of our handheld shopping baskets — an unintended consequence of the ban on plastic and paper bags," Stop & Shop said in a statement.

Supermarkets in New Jersey said their shopping baskets have been going missing. This started happening after a strict plastic bag ban was implemented this spring. The CEO of the Food Circus Super ...