[Magdalen] Whole Foods wins !!!

[Jay Weigel]

Aldi's is owned by Trader Joe's, so many of the "off brands", as I
understand it, are the same with different labels.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> We still have a 20-year-old Tesco bag (mostly unused).
>
> Chad Wohlers
> East Bridgewater, MA USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Stokes
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 9:22 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Whole Foods wins !!!
>
> A nice, useful, and cheap souvenir is the more permanent carrier bag that
>>> better stores sell.  Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsbury's in England have come
>>> through nicely.  The Waitrose one is often admired, being capacious and
>>> made of some sort of hempen material.  I never thought at the time to get a
>>> Whole Foods one.
>>>
>>
> In the past few years (England last October was the last one) the
> various countries in the UK have imposed a mandatory 5p charge on the
> supply of thin bags.  The customer pays and it's meant to go to good
> causes.  A number of stores now sell thicker bags for a modest charge.
> The intention is to reduce landfill and the number of tgose thin bags
> vlowing around.
>
> Roger
>