Comment Re:Happened in New Jersey a few years ago (Score 1) 276
Baskets were generally available before the bag ban and not after, so it's not just a New Jersey thing. What happened most likely is people would get to the checkout, not have bags, and just take the basket to the car. And some people would not dump their stuff into the car but just take the basket. And so the stores saw increased costs from replacing the baskets so they pulled them all instead; after all, the point of the stores supporting the bag ban was to reduce their costs, not increase it.