Reuse bags
 

I’m glad Sprouts charges for their reusable shopping bags. Their bags are much thicker than the regular plastic bags. I have reused my Sprout bags for months. All stores should charge for bags. Small things like these bags help to improve our environment. Small things add up.

Uh-huh. Yep. I was thinking that also :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: (Sarcasm, Sheldon, sarcasm)

Limited selection? I think maybe you're not going to Sprouts, but some other store. Honey mangos, dragon fruit, no idea if they still have it but they've had durian. Cotton Candy grapes, mineola tangelos, in addition to the usual 10 varieties of apples, 5 varieties of pears, every berry you can think of when available in season, two sections just for greens of all types from lettuce to endive and everything in between, PLUS the Villages Grown section, on top of all of the stuff that Publix has.

And the prices are generally less for the usual stuff than you'd pay at Publix.

You are free to bring reusable bags to any store, and to do whatever you want to improve the environment. Charging 10 cents for a bag is not about the money. But, a lot of people are turned off by those who want to force other people's behavior. The Sprouts policy to charge for bags is just a stupid idea that is costing them business because a lot of people resent being told what to do. If they actually wanted to reduce the amount of plastic, why do they package most of their products in plastic?

Totally agree. If I went there I'd make a statement by bringing my plastic bags from Publix.
I also get all my statements, bills and correspondence by e-mail, except for one. That business did not ask to go paperless because of convenience or because it was saving money. It was to "reduce their carbon footprint"---the perfect phrase for me to continue to get paper from them until I die. And this business is not stupid---they're simply catering to the stupid people who think the global warming sky is falling.

I do believe the business that want to go paperless are doing it to save money. Less printing to be done and savings on paper.

Why should they pay the cost of printing statements when they can email and let their customer print them out.

They are catering to people who have serious digestive issues and allergies. Bags are an afterthought

Which is why, as I stated, everything I do is paperless----EXCEPT this one that threw that "reduce our carbon footprint" garbage out as a reason.

I don't see what one has to do with the other. Regardless, if they stated we are charging $0.10/bag to reduce costs, fine. When they throw that "saving the planet" garbage out there, I'm out.

Love Sprouts
 

I love Sprouts. It is worth the trip and it is the only store in and near the Villages that has some foods that I buy

I certainly don’t need to bring plastic bags into my house that are found later in waterways and on streets I carry many reusable bags in my car. I find it ridiculous when I see the number of plastic bags that some people use in one shopping trip at some stores. Absurd

And I much prefer self check out.

Really love the store Easy in and easy out from the road

As I understand it, all the trash collected in The Villages is burned, so none of the bags end up in a waterway.

Sprouts is becoming more and more my go to place for a variety of items. I keep one of their bags in my car and golf cart. 20 cents well spent.

Plastic bags and bottles are ending up in the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean and hurting the vanishing living CORAL.

Well, people can start getting ready to complain about California requiring all new car sales to be ELECTRIC by 2035.

Percentage in TV will be taking a dirt nap by then so no worries

Sure. Our trash collectors are taking the plastic bags and bottles out of the garbage, preventing them from going to the plasma burn incinerator in Ocala, and driving them to the ocean to dump them and kill coral. (Although I question any "research" that shows something as inert as plastic is killing coral)

Yes, another idiotic law from an idiotic state run by idiots. Perhaps we can dump all the used lithium on the governor's property.

I think that thin plastic bags are more likely to be blown around and end up in a lake or the ocean than the foam plastic food containers which are heavier. I wonder which would deteriorate faster paper of plastic bags.

Paper will get broken down faster than plastic or Styrofoam. Perhaps the ban you seek should be "no plastic bags allowed near the beach"

When we shop in walmart groceries go in plastic bags which we have found works great for tossing 3-4 days of the Sun. Dont think those bags are ever tossed into the ocean or a pond.

Funny about, "people resenting other people telling them what to do". People are told that they must pay their taxes. People in the US are told to drive on the right side of the road. I mean, I don't know too many people that stop for green traffic light and go on the red lights. Laws and convention Sheldon.

Wfpb
 

If you are on a Whole Food Plant Based Diet, then I think you will find the selections for this eating plan better at Sprouts thananywhere else!

Got to hate those Global Warming people. What have they been drinking? smoking?

If Sprouts fails I can still shop fruit, produce other locations no big loss.

Plastic bottles and particularly plastic bags don't ALWAYS make it to the trash cans or bags. That is how they could end up at the bottom of a lake in The Villages or in the ocean. And a plastic bag sitting on top of some coral in a Coral reef would probably kill some. True, excess CO2 is killing more living Coral than plastic bags. CO2 from gasoline cars and golf cart exhaust pipes.

By 2035 batteries may be using something other than lithium. There will be a lot of battery research between NOW and THEN.

If you are interested in organic organic organic and are willing to pay the price, Sprouts is probably the best store in the area. A similar store, Earth Fare, opened and closed a short time later due to lack of customers. But at least it now turned into a PGA Superstore.

The PGA store doesn't open until April 6.

God only knows. Has to be a hallucinogen, but which one? LSD, mushrooms??? Or maybe they are just suffering from a psychosis.

Hertz will buy many of them.

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Love Sprouts but yea, there haven't been many shoppers in there lately. This is the busiest season too. Earth Fare lasted about two years. Hate to see the same happen to Sprouts. I'll keep going though.

If it was convenient to me I would certainly patronize them. I wish it was. One time I bought fresh produce and it was moldy the next day. They have a decent selection of items, and the smaller the store, the quicker the stop, so that is a plus.

There is a big difference between the Government passing a law that everyone must follow, and a grocery store trying to promote an agenda that a lot of people don't agree with and who are not going to follow.

I love the plastic bags from Publix...

I use them to pick up dog poop... I guess I'm recycling the bag before it's recycled again, for the last time...

So happy that we have Sprouts. The store carries healthful and interesting brands and items not found elsewhere. The bulk section is extensive and beautifully maintained. Spend some time looking around. Your health is worth some extra money! Our health is our most important asset.

Sprouts
 

Meats are very tasty. Produce and fruits far better than any other grocery store. You definitely get what you pay for!👍🏻

But not .10 per bag! Those bags cost like 1/100 of a cent and that’s probably too much.

Really unique store. Fruit and veggies are the best. Always interesting to shop there. Whoever picked that spot was not thinking. They really belong in one of the malls and not isolated in that out of the way spot. I can't imagine any store being a success there. Maybe a "Hooters".
:pray:

Never liked the one that was 5 minutes from us before we moved here. Went to this one once and liked it even less. We drive an hour to Dr. Phillips to shop at TJ’s because it’s so much better. Wish it was just around the block from us though like back home.