I have cloth bags that have to be folded back up and put back inside of a zip-up bag. When I go grocery shopping, it’s extra time with the cashier helping me bag my stuff after they ring it all up while other people in line are sighing and giving me dirty looks, extra time taking all of my groceries out of the bags in my kitchen to put them away and then more extra time to put the bags away and put them back in the car. So, my preference at this point is throwing everything back in the cart after purchase and then bringing as much as I can carry at a time in a laundry basket from the car to the house. Overall, it’s actually faster and less effort that way, especially since I end up forgetting to take the damn bags in the store half the time anyway. A garage is a necessity to make this strategy work, though.
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I’ve never really had that problem, because I almost always carry a large-ish backpack with a cotton bag folded inside, but it would be neat if stores had a box near the checkout where you could leave your extra bags for other clients to use for free.
One of the libraries I go to does something like that, they keep some bags near the front desk and give them to users who need something to carry their books. I’ve given them two bags I had no use for. And I know a bulk food store where you can leave empty containers for other clients to use.
I do like to collect them but I never need a fifth examplar of that bad quality overpriced one they are offering...
Always fold mine and put them next to my shoes. Then next time I leave the house, I put the bags in my car 🙂
Or you wear the bags on your feet and put the shoes in the car.
I leave a pile by the front door so I take them to my car next time I go out
Keep one in your back seat at all times, keep another in your trunk, then remember to bring one every time you go to the store. If you forget, you have the one in the back seat, just put a new one there later. If you forget to do that, you got the trunk backup, just replace that later.
Wanna get real fun? Keep all of your reusable bags in the trunk.
What if I forget to replace them though. That's my issue.
Again, keep ALL of them in your car, then you'd need to forget like 36 times in a row before it comes a problem.
The collection must grow
this could be a case where you should consider having groceries delivered to your home.
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If you live in an area with bag fees, you probably also have yard waste / compost bins. I take the paper bags for gardening and compost. 5 or 10 cents for a compost bag ain't too shabby.