Albertsons stores pulling BYOB incentives

I am constantly amazed by the ability of big business to play down the important of eco-friendliness. On a recent grocery trip to my local Albertsons grocery store I was stunned when made aware that they were no longer giving $0.05 off per BYOB. Of course, I asked the clerk if she knew why this was, and she did not. Well, that answer simply would not work for me because I have people (you) to answer to. When I asked the manager on duty, I was simply told to call corporate as she wrote down the number for me.

You better bet I called! Unfortunately, I am not important enough to speak to anyone and only received a voicemail in which to leave a message. My message was done and now I had to wait for a response. No response after day one, or day two, or day three. Finally! Day four brought news, but not from corporate, the store manager of my local store. It was explained to me that my inquiry was not important enough to receive a response from the person I left a message with. So, here I was on the phone with the manager once again.

Very kindly, the store manager described that Albertsons had removed it's discount for the reason that many cities are starting to charge for the use of store plastic and paper bags. Instead of charging it's customers $0.05 to $0.20 per paper or plastic bag, Albertsons had generously (sarcasm) decided offer these bags free of charge and thereby revoked their BYOB discount.

To sum it up, Albertsons grocery stores (according to the store manager) has made the decision to continue its offerring of paper and plastic bags free of charge whilst disouraging the use of a more eco-friendly option of reusable bags.

Is Albertsons promoting a wasteful environment?

If you are concerned about their "corporate decision" please feel free to write them a letter at the address below:

Albertsons
Attn: Customer Service
250 Parkcenter Blvd.
Boise, ID83706

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