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 ...

"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.

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 ...

"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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

which gives a weighted average of plastic usage across "both a representative shopping basket and product range within stores." After looking at all the data, the team found that most of the ...