date:Jul 02, 2013
Stop Shop stores in the New York Metro area will discontinue its policy of providing rebates for shoppers who bring their own bags effective July 7.
Stop Shop for several years had provided a 5-cent discount for every reusable bag customers filled at checkout, a policy the company said has helped save millions of paper and plastic bags. In a letter to shoppers, Don Sussman, president of Stop Shops New York Metro division, said that the program has reached a plateau in its effectiveness to en