Do you bag your groceries?

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Matthew says the reason they don't double bag stuff automatically is because HEB is trying to go "Green" and is trying to do away with paper and plastic bag use as much as possible. That is why they want you to buy those cloth bags you can use over and over. They teach their baggers to stuff as much as possible in each bag and not to waste bags.

There is a difference between not wasting bags and stuffing too much into them. I also hate when they don't want to put things into bags. Just yesterday, I bought 6 2-lt bottles and asked specifically for paper bags. The guy starts to put each bottle into my cart loose and I look at him and he says-- oh, you want these in a bag? Then I look and he has my eggs piled on top of a bag full of unevenly packed groceries and my bread crammed on top of some stuff hanging out of the bag. I rebagged it. I hate, too, when I ask for paper bags but then they insist that I want my produce in plastic- or my refrigerated items in plastic... No- if I ask for paper bags, I want paper bags. They also like to pull the old-- we are out of paper bags. A bagger told me once that he basically was supposed to make it as hard as possible for someone to get paper bags. WTF??

Kori- as a kid they used to double bag all the time. But like you said, now they cop an at ude if you ask for anything but those plastic bags. I hate those plastic bags. And I hate having to ask for paper bags 3 or 4 times before they seem to get that I would like my groceries neatly put into paper bags-- I even make it easy for them. I group my stuff on the conveyor belt-the heavy stuff first; the cans and boxes together; the refrigerated stuff together; the non-food items together; the bread, eggs, cookies at the end... I understand it's not a glamorous job, but some high school kid can comprehend it. I blame HEB for pounding into them about the bag count or something. And surely someone can teach them not to put bleach in the same bag as my food.

[Shelly]

I hate when they don't bag Milk. Some do automatically, some will ask. The milk gallon sweats, and when it sweat, things stick to it. Bag the milk...it's a no brainer!

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They're finally going to be building one next to the Academy at the Forum.

I noticed the Costco sign about a month ago. I was happy until I realized that it's less than 10 minutes from my house, and I always buy WAY too much stuff there.

[Shelly]

I noticed the Costco sign about a month ago. I was happy until I realized that it's less than 10 minutes from my house, and I always buy WAY too much stuff there.

Target is the $50 club and Costco is the $100 club. It's pretty much a given that you will spend those amounts at those stores.