Are Cashiers Supposed To Bag My Groceries?

At Organic Garage we try our best to assist customers with the bagging of their groceries. However during busy times we ask for customers to assist and bag their own groceries so that our cashiers can process new orders in a timely fashion. In addition to ensuring that cashiers are freed up to process a greater number of customer orders, having the customer bag their own groceries not only helps reduce bagging errors but also provides the benefit of lower pricing throughout the store because of labour savings.

Why Do We Charge For Shopping Bags?

Our goal with charging for our paper bags has never been to produce additional revenue. The idea was to help discourage customers from using our bags and to encourage them to bring their own. By having customers reuse their bags it helps reduce landfill waste and save the energy used to help make new bags. A portion of the proceeds that we charge is donated to the David Suzuki Foundation which helps support environmental programs.