Other Avenues

SF Official, Agency Butt Heads Over Coronavirus-Inspired Ban on Reusable Grocery Bags | Eater SF

"A worker-owned grocery in the Outer Sunset, Other Avenues faces frustration over San Francisco's continued ban on reusable bags: co-owner Emily Huston calls the policy "just unfortunate." She says scores of customers ask when they can bring their own bags, but the current health order means the store's best option is to let customers bring their cart or carrier outside after paying and then bag their items into tote bags on the sidewalk — many do, but not all — or buy paper bags that "may or may not get recycled later." Huston adds the store isn't losing money on paper bags and that they're easy to get, but laments the extra waste, and suggests that allowing customers to pack their own groceries (as Other Avenues has always done) would address worker concerns about touching someone else's bag." - Eve Batey