'People take off with them. I don't know if they don't know that they aren't free sometimes.'
Grocery store employees say stolen baskets have been an issue for a long time, and some major stores have stopped carrying them.Does your local grocery store always seem to be out of handbaskets when you need them? It might not just be bad timing.have stopped providing shoppers with hand-held baskets after losing too many baskets to theft. While corporate denies the practice, employees from three Denver metro grocery stores toldReports from shoppers spread even further.
A manager of the King Soopers at South Buckley Road and East Quincy Avenue in Aurora confirmed that the store no longer provides handbaskets because of issues with theft. They declined to discuss the matter further. "We continue to offer handbaskets as an option for customers shopping in all of our stores," says Jessica Trowbridge, spokesperson for King Soopers, adding that individual locations are not allowed to stop providing the baskets."All stores should have them available."
, saying that shoppers take the handbaskets when they forget to bring reusable bags. Under the ban, grocery stores had until June 1 to use up their inventory of plastic bags. Grocery chains including King Soopers, Target and Safeway swapped the plastic bags for paper alternatives, charging customers ten cents a pop. Walmart doesn't offer any single-use bags.
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