I live in Metro Vancouver. Haven't seen a new plastic bag in months now. Can confirm it's quite annoying to not have plastic bags to re-use for different purposes.nuxper wrote: ↑ Seeing this makes me believe I got a good deal when I recently purchased 100 bags at No Frills for 5 cents each. Yes the yellow grocery bags you buy at checkout. With the news that most grocery stores are soon going to stop selling plastic bags, I panicked. I find those bags are the perfect size for my under sink trash bucket and they’re very strong.
I just moved from Vancouver to a small area across the ferry...it is like culture shock seeing plastic bags again. Also not having to pay a bag fee everywhere when you are not even getting a bag.
Not to mention very waterproof. I am curious is it 100bags a box? Or did they pull off 100 separate for you? Are we able to buy a box of the stores bags? I'm sure people looked at you funny.nuxper wrote: ↑ Seeing this makes me believe I got a good deal when I recently purchased 100 bags at No Frills for 5 cents each. Yes the yellow grocery bags you buy at checkout. With the news that most grocery stores are soon going to stop selling plastic bags, I panicked. I find those bags are the perfect size for my under sink trash bucket and they’re very strong.
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) For a whiile with suoply chain issues they ended up like Loblaws quality but a few months ago returned to previous quality it seems. More capacity then Walmart/Foodymart. Those No Frills bags are the best but they didn't fit properly for my waste basket under the sink so I ended up splitting a box of these with a friend. 1000 bags for $19.98.nuxper wrote: ↑ Seeing this makes me believe I got a good deal when I recently purchased 100 bags at No Frills for 5 cents each. Yes the yellow grocery bags you buy at checkout. With the news that most grocery stores are soon going to stop selling plastic bags, I panicked. I find those bags are the perfect size for my under sink trash bucket and they’re very strong.
Well....yes if you want clear bags.KevinT277396 wrote: ↑ I just bought 200 kitchen garbage bags at Costco... Was curious if there's a cheaper way of doing it.
. Will only cost you the cost of the cabbage :p
My brother did you just write a thesis on grocery store plastic bagsthedealhunter2000 wrote: ↑ Not to mention very waterproof. I am curious is it 100bags a box? Or did they pull off 100 separate for you? Are we able to buy a box of the stores bags? I'm sure people looked at you funny.
Other bags that are good and water proof you get while grocery shopping or getting take out I have noticed are if the bottom doesn't have a hole in it are :
Congee Wong - waterproof, can handle some weight. perfect kitchen bin size, medium duty strength
Loblaws - waterproof, thin. light can't take much weight, file folder corners or anything similar rips it easily.
No Frills - very waterproof, about 2-3x Loblaws bag thickness, good for watery messes if double bagging or on exterior. IE. Soups/watermelons that went bad.
Walmart - Medium duty strong, can take a some weight
T&T - Pre-2020 bag quality was strong. Can take some weight. Can handle ~ 12-13lb water melon if you don't bounce/sway it (lost one before so I know they max out around that weight
Foodymart - Strong, mostly waterproof, similar to Walmart.
C&C - Same as Foodymart as owned by same company.
Shoppers Drugmart: Like Walmart
Food Basics: Like Walmart size but almost as strong like T&T.
Real Canadian Superstore: Like Loblaws
Sunny Supermarket: A little thinner then FoodyMarts.
Dollarama : Like Walmart
Home Depot : Like Walmart
Princess Auto: Like if No Frills and Walmart got double bagged.
Galati Market Fresh: Like No Frills
That's just off the top of my head. I do like to collect some ofnthe retail shopping bags for preserving some of the retail history.
The bags from decades ago were better quality and over the years companies got thinner and thinner.
Sure reuseable bags are nice to have and stronger then the default store supplied ones but sometimes you just want bags to separate items when shopping for others and keeping the elements off them while delivering it to different people especially during COVID any such. Also to keep meat juices, lawn care/auto oils, windshield wiper liquids, crushed eggs, etc etc from leaking onto you, your car/bike/main bag/etc. For bags that have been used for holding meats/eggs I use them first as kitchen bags.
Always good to reuse them as much as possible before throwing them out.
Noticed some bags last a long time without breaking down. Like the Miracle Food Mart, Consumers Distributing, Simpsons, and Eaton's off the top of my head still not breaking up into confetti like a Princess Auto bag I remember years ago just holding some garden gloves and such. I think the bag was about a decade old.
EDIT:
Maybe some bags like all the store that bought them from the formula changed or something causing a batch to break down sooner.
thedealhunter2000 wrote: ↑ Not to mention very waterproof. I am curious is it 100bags a box? Or did they pull off 100 separate for you? Are we able to buy a box of the stores bags? I'm sure people looked at you funny.
Other bags that are good and water proof you get while grocery shopping or getting take out I have noticed are if the bottom doesn't have a hole in it are :
Congee Wong - waterproof, can handle some weight. perfect kitchen bin size, medium duty strength
Loblaws - waterproof, thin. light can't take much weight, file folder corners or anything similar rips it easily.
No Frills - very waterproof, about 2-3x Loblaws bag thickness, good for watery messes if double bagging or on exterior. IE. Soups/watermelons that went bad.
Walmart - Medium duty strong, can take a some weight
T&T - Pre-2020 bag quality was strong. Can take some weight. Can handle ~ 12-13lb water melon if you don't bounce/sway it (lost one before so I know they max out around that weight
Foodymart - Strong, mostly waterproof, similar to Walmart.
C&C - Same as Foodymart as owned by same company.
Shoppers Drugmart: Like Walmart
Food Basics: Like Walmart size but almost as strong like T&T.
Real Canadian Superstore: Like Loblaws
Sunny Supermarket: A little thinner then FoodyMarts.
Dollarama : Like Walmart
Home Depot : Like Walmart
Princess Auto: Like if No Frills and Walmart got double bagged.
Galati Market Fresh: Like No Frills
That's just off the top of my head. I do like to collect some ofnthe retail shopping bags for preserving some of the retail history.
The bags from decades ago were better quality and over the years companies got thinner and thinner.
Sure reuseable bags are nice to have and stronger then the default store supplied ones but sometimes you just want bags to separate items when shopping for others and keeping the elements off them while delivering it to different people especially during COVID any such. Also to keep meat juices, lawn care/auto oils, windshield wiper liquids, crushed eggs, etc etc from leaking onto you, your car/bike/main bag/etc. For bags that have been used for holding meats/eggs I use them first as kitchen bags.
Always good to reuse them as much as possible before throwing them out.
Noticed some bags last a long time without breaking down. Like the Miracle Food Mart, Consumers Distributing, Simpsons, and Eaton's off the top of my head still not breaking up into confetti like a Princess Auto bag I remember years ago just holding some garden gloves and such. I think the bag was about a decade old.
EDIT:
Maybe some bags like all the store that bought them from the formula changed or something causing a batch to break down sooner.
Did you get these delivered here or pick them up in the US?hill15 wrote: ↑ Those No Frills bags are the best but they didn't fit properly for my waste basket under the sink so I ended up splitting a box of these with a friend. 1000 bags for $19.98.
https://www.samsclub.com/p/t-shirt-carr ... _product_1
That's not panicking, it's a reasonable reaction to the impending disappearance of these bags from stores. MY first reaction was to buy 1000 of these at the checkout the last time I shopped at Dollarama, that's panicking......nuxper wrote: ↑ Seeing this makes me believe I got a good deal when I recently purchased 100 bags at No Frills for 5 cents each. Yes the yellow grocery bags you buy at checkout. With the news that most grocery stores are soon going to stop selling plastic bags, I panicked. I find those bags are the perfect size for my under sink trash bucket and they’re very strong.
Picked up in the US.
Thanks for the link.hill15 wrote: ↑ Picked up in the US.
They sell them here for $36 + shipping in Canada. https://www.uline.ca/Product/Detail/S-1 ... 6-x-21-Red
I've seen the Costco Business Center in Scarborough sell boxes of t-shirt bags in store. I don't remember the prices, but they can't be more expensive than what they list online. On their website, they have 2 sizes when searching for "t shirt bag": https://www.costcobusinesscentre.ca/Cat ... +shirt+bag
those look like the shopping bags you get that tear just by looking at them.. can you confirm? lolhill15 wrote: ↑ Picked up in the US.
They sell them here for $36 + shipping in Canada. https://www.uline.ca/Product/Detail/S-1 ... 6-x-21-Red
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