Walmart Canada to start charging for plastic bags Feb 9 2016

[lecale]

Maybe this belongs in the rants section...to me WM is the store that bags things two per bag and won't let you use your reusable bags because they slow down the checkout.

But there you go: $.05 per bag or $.25 per (new) reusable bag at Walmart starting Feb 9

http://www.thestar.com/business/2016...stic-bags.html

[SassyAshley]

Mine allows reusable bags but they bag for you using your bags

[JDI007]

They don't allow reusable bags??? wtheck! it's not up to them...for goodness sake..my money, my purchases...ugh just another reason for me to hate walmart -_- / I'v rarely been shopping there as is /every time I go, the shelves are half empty, it's very hard to find the simplest thing I need..95% of the time I just end up leaving with nothing, such a waste of time.

[Cake]

My Walmart will pack using my reusable bags.

[ClipClap]

http://smartcanucks.ca/walmart-to-st...-9th-february/

[PurpleBunny89]

Now what will I use to dispose of used kitty litter?! haha.
I think stores charging for plastic bags is just another way to earn more profits. I highly doubt some or all put it back into recycling initiatives after all one could claim that by charging for plastic bags less customers use them and that right there is a recycling initiative.
It comes down to the simple fact that now they won’t be giving bags away for free and instead will be ordering less of them (saving money) and charging for the ones they do give away (recouping that loss).
It sucks because Walmarts don’t have conveyor belts for you to bag your own groceries which wouldn’t be an issue if I didn’t have to watch the register and make sure everything was input correctly.

[TaraF]

I don't know how many places across Canada where their Walmart stores charge for plastic bags, but they don't here. Until next month. Apparently they are going to be charging 5 cents for each plastic bag, or 25 cents for each reusable bag, Nationwide.

Some argue this is good, some bad. Either way, I can't help but find it interesting that it comes on the heels of them closing 269 stores and in the middle of a complete economic meltdown. Well.....not complete. But with oil tanking, prices going up on everything, it's just "another" added expense for many that I'm sure they wish they didn't have to incur.

[toronto166]

Maybe this belongs in the rants section...to me WM is the store that bags things two per bag and won't let you use your reusable bags because they slow down the checkout.

But there you go: $.05 per bag or $.25 per (new) reusable bag at Walmart starting Feb 9

http://www.thestar.com/business/2016...stic-bags.html

I have never heard of Walmart not allowing us to use our reusable bags. I have been doing it for years.

[TaraF]

Sorry lecale for posting about the new bag fees, when I went to post a new thread it didn't generate yours as being up already so I put up a new one. Oops.

[PurpleBunny89]

Just an update - my store still doesn't charge for bags. Seems like it was just a threat. They have however implemented the coin system for shopping carts. You are now required to pay a $1 (loonie) in order to use the cart as opposed to a quarter that most coin carts require.

[Purdee]

the bags are still free at my local walmart but the carts require a loonie

[GeorgiaK]

At mine the carts and the bags are free

[coupon girl]

-at my walmart the carts and the bags are free too still as of today

[bullet tooth]

to me WM is the store that bags things two per bag

IS THAT NOT JUST MADDENING?!

I am glad that here (Kitchener, ON) they have not started charging for bags, because of this bagging practice that seems unique to Walmart -- one bag per two items, it seems! I have even (politely, of course!) asked more than one cashier to please fill up the bags as best they could to minimize total bag count, but have not asked why they do it, as in, if it's store policy to be free & easy with those bags the way they are!

Also, it sounds irritating as heck that they refuse to use your reusable bags, saying it "slows down" anything -- how is it any slower than the plastic bag free-for-all they'd be having, otherwise?

You took the time to bring bags from home, which not only helps the environment but also Walmart's bottom line, and it affects a cashier's performance to the point of outright REFUSAL to bag things the way a customer is reasonably requesting?!
Sounds like some retraining is needed ...

[Cake]

Our Walmart will start charging for bags May 2. They are handing out notices at the till.