Grocery Store Creates Embarrassing Plastic Bags to Prevent Customer Use
- 5 years ago
Grocery Store Creates Embarrassing Plastic Bags to Prevent Customer Use A Canadian store that specializes in natural
products has taken a creative route to encourage
customers to bring reusable shopping bags. East West Market,
located in Vancouver,
has decided to only
offer plastic bags
that are emblazoned
with embarrassing,
fake store names. The campaign, launched earlier this month, has the
slogan, “Avoid the shame. Bring a reusable bag.” David Lee Kwen, owner of the store, says the
campaign has successfully caused a 30 percent surge
in customers that bring their own reusable bags. David Lee Kwen,
via CTVNews The store’s decision comes just as Prime
Minster Justin Trudeau announced his plan
to ban single-use plastic by 2021. According to Plastic Oceans Foundation
Canada, nearly three billion plastic bags
are used each year in Canada.
products has taken a creative route to encourage
customers to bring reusable shopping bags. East West Market,
located in Vancouver,
has decided to only
offer plastic bags
that are emblazoned
with embarrassing,
fake store names. The campaign, launched earlier this month, has the
slogan, “Avoid the shame. Bring a reusable bag.” David Lee Kwen, owner of the store, says the
campaign has successfully caused a 30 percent surge
in customers that bring their own reusable bags. David Lee Kwen,
via CTVNews The store’s decision comes just as Prime
Minster Justin Trudeau announced his plan
to ban single-use plastic by 2021. According to Plastic Oceans Foundation
Canada, nearly three billion plastic bags
are used each year in Canada.