Paper or Canvas? (Adios, Plastic)
Last July, we talked to Whole Foods Mid-Atlantic marketing director Sarah Kenney about the plastic bag ban. She said the average shopper still thinks in terms of paper-or-plastic, and it'll take time before grocery stores adjust this lifestyle norm. Well, it's been nine months and adjustments have happened. Today on Earth Day, Whole Foods officially yanks plastic from the normal duo-bag option, replacing it with an emphasis on canvas. Paper or canvas? Er, it'll take some getting used to.
For almost $30, about the price of a few essentials at the national grocery chain, you can get your own "Feed 100" reusable bag, exclusively created for Whole Foods. The 100% organic cotton and sustainable burlap bag—which niftily collapses into a zippered pouch—was designed by first-niece Lauren Bush.
