Subj : Minced Garlic
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sun Feb 09 2020 09:22:00


Hi Nancy!

 BM>> Here it's difficult to get the paper sacs.  Well, the full-sized ones;
 BM>> the 'lunch bag' sized ones are common.
 NB>> Up until recently, the paper grocery bags were available for the
 NB>> asking, and kept stocked at the checkout aisles... as of Jan 27, when
 NB>> they removed the plastic, they also have started to charge 5 cents for
 NB>> the paper bags (which is taxable, just like if you were purchasing bags
 NB>> from the regular aisles), but are donating that nickel to FoodLink, our
 NB>> local food bank... They are pushing for people to buy and use the
 NB>> reusable bags (99›) instead.... We've already obtained a large
 NB>> collection of both those and the paper bags, which we bring with us
 NB>> when we shop...
 BM> Years ago Hy-Vee was would take 5› off per bag if the customer used
 BM> their own reuseable bag.  I don't recall them charging for a bag but I
 BM> do recall shopping and being charged for a bag at other stores.
 NB> We've not had that at Wegmans, but a natural foods store we shop
 NB> at (Lori's) will take off 25› per order if you bring your own
 NB> bag(s)...

That 25› seems to be a good psychological price: Hy-Vee's nickle per bag
adds up but five cents is almost nothing to a lot of people: "not worth 
bending down for" if they dropped.  (I picked up a lot of change over 
the years and deposited quite a few dollars: became a free something!)



 BM>> The credit union had a shred event a couple months ago and wanted the
 BM>> to-be-shredded items in paper bags, preferably no boxes; we did
 BM>> scrounge up from our 'collection' but that's running very low.
 NB>> I'd probably have brought items in boxes or reusable bags or totes,
 NB>> and just brought the containers back home with me... or did one have
 NB>> to just drop off and leave, to be shredded later...?  I know I'd
 NB>> rather see the stuff actually be shredded before I left... ;)
 BM> The items to be shredded are dumped into a overgrown trash can on
 BM> wheels and when filled the can gets wheeled over to the the shredding
 BM> truck (usually about 20-50 feet away - within eyesight).  Can is
 BM> inserted in to a 'slot' in the truck and "sucked up" into the shredder.
 BM> Probably a small platform slides out and lifts the can, just looks
 BM> like the can get pulled in.
 NB> So maybe the truck takes it to a different site to do the actual
 NB> shredding, too, then...

Did my usual understating: after the can got sucked inside the truck it 
sounded like some shredding going on while the can was returned to the 
ground.  Sounded to me like there was shredding occurring within the 
truck.


 BM> As for seeing one's items actually shredded, no.  In process to be
 BM> shredded, yes.
 NB> I think I'd rather do my own shredding, then....  ;)

Same thoughts after that update?

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