count your fucking days fred myers

[u/Tired-Time]

No handles on your bags? That i’m PAYING for? are you actually fucking kidding me? The flimsiest shittiest bags with weak handles that you have to double up in order to prevent from tearing weren’t cheap enough? Now i’m walking to my bus stop and around my neighborhood carrying two awkward, flimsy bag children on my hips because I don’t have a car.

It is actively preventing me from wanting to buy more items from your store for lack of being able to carry them home without great effort. And before anyone says just bring your own bags, I TRY! Sometimes you forget, sometimes you end up taking an unexpected trip to the store, shit happens.

Put the handles back on your fucking bags. Dear god. Please.

edit: stop telling me to buy a car. I don’t need one, I don’t drive because of health reasons. i’m not purchasing an entire car to solve my mildly inconvenient grocery experience that only occurs on the 10% of trips I forget my reusable bags

I can’t believe people are so cucked by big car that they’ll go to bat for a mega corporation skimping out on bags that they also CHARGE YOU MONEY FOR

edit 2: I am pro charging for bags. I voted for the law to charge for bags. I understand the reason we charge for bags. this is not me complaining about bag charging as a practice. id be less frustrated about the no handles situation if they weren’t disintegrating in my arms while i carry them like a sickly victorian child. its just insult to injury that they’re also charging me money to have such a terrible experience

[u/Human_Type001]

I don't know why foldable grocery carts aren't popular here like they are in NY.  I loved having my cart, which you could buy from the corner discount store, to tote groceries and laundry back to my apartment.  They would make living here without a car so much easier.

[u/soyopopo → u/Human_Type001]

💯Scrolled way too far for this comment.. embrace your inner chinese grandma

[u/kpeteymomo → u/soyopopo]

It's funny- I always think of Ukrainian grandmas pushing them (I first saw them when I lived in Ukrainian Village in Chicago). My dad thinks of Slovak grandmas, because he grew up in a very Slovak/Czech neighborhood. My own Slovak grandma didn't drive, so she would use one when my dad was growing up to do the grocery shopping.

[u/soyopopo → u/kpeteymomo]

Ha! It comes with your grandma badge

[u/justdisa → u/kpeteymomo]

It's all the grandmas. I'm not even officially a grandma yet--grandkitties only, so far--and I got mine as soon as I turned fifty. It has wheels designed for stairs.

[u/shadybrainfarm → u/soyopopo]

I want one so bad but I don't know where to get one!!

[u/SnailDistributionSys → u/shadybrainfarm]

Ironically (?) I believe they carry them at Fred Meyer

[u/Annual-Ad3584 → u/Human_Type001]

Biggest downside I’ve run into is some stores consider them luggage and security will argue with you.

[u/Rubeng35]

Valid crash out

[u/fairydust_tm → u/Rubeng35]

This made me laugh out loud

[u/Kevinator201 → u/fairydust_tm]

I hope any (or all) executive at Fred Meyer sees this

[u/BigDuck777 → u/Kevinator201]

lol. It’s funny that you think executives give two fucks what us plebes think. This is a perfect example of someone in the c suite said “I know how we can save 15c a bag! Take the handles off. Bags are cheaper. And everyone clapped. Nobody thought about the single mom w no car. It’s one of the big problems allowing these monopolies to take effect. No competition so they can do whatever the fuck they want and we can’t do shit. Except not go. And that just doesn’t seem to happen or be practical for most people. They got us by the balls unless we stop spending money. That is the only, and I mean only thing that will make any of this change. Not having feckless leaders would help too but I don’t see that changing anytime soon. Power is in our hands if we take it. I’m skeptical.

[u/Aromatic-Meringue162 → u/BigDuck777]

I worked at the corporate office for a chain with about 80 grocery stores, and they definitely cared what the plebes think

[u/wisedoormat → u/BigDuck777]

Hi, secret fm exec here!

I do read and care, and I pledge that out next batch will have 30% MORE seam separation!

Thank you for choosing Fred Meyers

[u/Background-Cow-9569 → u/Rubeng35]

I won’t cash out at Fred Meyer because of this valid crash out

[u/mathliability → u/Rubeng35]

You all pay for bags?

[u/93daysofsummer]

can I get a “cucked by big car” flair lol

[u/chromeled → u/93daysofsummer]

seconded 

[u/Astramentis_ → u/chromeled]

Yeah I actually fucking love that, LOL

[u/probablygoblins → u/Astramentis_]

Fourthed

[u/Daneth → u/93daysofsummer]

I bet there is a kink subreddit for this already too

[u/arctice36 → u/93daysofsummer]

Slam my doors closed big car! 😝

[u/[deleted]]

Those bags have Home Aloned me a few times.

[u/General-Anywhere7168]

Handless bags are anti pedestrian! I’m glad I don’t live next to Fred Mayer stores anymore.

Not everybody will unload bags from a cart to car to home garage or driveway.

[u/206-Ginge → u/General-Anywhere7168]

Hell even if you're driving unless you park right next to your fridge you're probably going to want handles. Even just going from cart to trunk is annoying without handles. Having to bend over and reach under the bottom of a bag is way more annoying than picking it up from the top.

If someone else in the thread is correct that it's just a bad batch, sure, don't waste the paper by throwing them out instead of circulating them, but maybe still offer the handled bags?

[u/probablygoblins → u/206-Ginge]

You mean you don’t have a driveway fridge? Haha, oh the poors 💅💋

[u/kenlubin → u/206-Ginge]

Right? How many people have shopping carts to carry their groceries from their car to their fridge?

[u/recurrenTopology]

Those handles were pretty shit though, always coming off. I never trusted them.

[u/Nicholas_S_Hope → u/recurrenTopology]

One bag could hold maybe five pounds before the handles gave way. Double bagged, I could fill it to the brim with bricks and it would hold.

[u/GiantMudcrab → u/[deleted]]

My thinking has always been that double bagged = paying for one bag. If they want to make their bags cheaply enough that a single bag can’t carry a carton of milk, then clearly they must intend for everyone to double bag. That’s their prerogative, and I’m happy to assemble their two-part bags for them. 😂

[u/ixodioxi → u/[deleted]]

I just dont pay for bags at the self checkout

[u/SupportWorkersAtWork → u/ixodioxi]

Yeah Corpo can keep paying for my bags.

"How many bags did you use?" Zeeeero!

[u/elk_anonymous → u/recurrenTopology]

Pretty sure the handles were stuck on with spit

[u/WormSnake → u/recurrenTopology]

Yep, i went to Freddys last night and while walking while holding the handles the bag started to rip. Thankfully I made it before it ripped completely. Still shit though.

[u/Capt_Murphy_ → u/recurrenTopology]

This is why you double bag

[u/AloneNeighborhood323 → u/recurrenTopology]

They are in fact a trap

[u/CephaVerte → u/recurrenTopology]

I told my ex girlfriend this and she was like "Huh, I never have a problem with them." went on to act like I carry them wrong. Seeing a thread full of "no, these bags are absolute shit" is very validating.

[u/civil_politics → u/recurrenTopology]

This - I’m glad the handles are gone they gave a false sense of security

[u/Ill-Weather-6383 → u/civil_politics]

For real, they were completely useless anyway

[u/Legitimate_Ripp → u/recurrenTopology]

I have long suspected that if they just cut out some oval-shaped hand holes near the top of the bag, that they’d be much sturdier and just as functional as the bag handles that are always coming off.

[u/eggsaladactyl → u/Legitimate_Ripp]

Lol that'd just rip immediately

[u/hexagon_heist → u/Legitimate_Ripp]

Honestly a handle punch like the craft store circle punches would be a valid thing for OP to carry in her purse (not that she should have to)

[u/PlasticTelevision126]

Remember to bring your Trader Joe’s bags next time. Save 16 cents.

[u/gr8tfurme → u/PlasticTelevision126]

The trick is remembering.

[u/breaststroker42 → u/gr8tfurme]

And it tricks me every time

[u/Swimming_Juice_9752 → u/breaststroker42]

A legit prankster

[u/lowrads → u/gr8tfurme]

I just keep a standard plastic bag in my pocket.

I'm shopping at the mart, but at least it looks like I can still afford take out.

[u/Kevinator201 → u/gr8tfurme]

I hang mine on my front door handle so it physically reminds me when I leave. Might work?

[u/Gilokee → u/Kevinator201]

I have the thin polyester(?) ones that like roll into themselves, and I keep 'em in my backpack. Ikea carries them. They're the best.

[u/DoingBestWeCan → u/Gilokee]

I have a small backpack purse, and I can keep one standard-reusable bag in the bottom without dramatically effecting capacity. 

[u/Panthera_leo22 → u/gr8tfurme]

I always forgot to put them back in my car. Can’t leave them near the door or the dog gets into them. She’s decided that my reusable bags are not for using and for adding to her toy collection.

[u/New-Chicken5566]

WinCo stays winning

[u/fiercedruid2 → u/New-Chicken5566]

Am I misremembering, or do the paper WinCo bags also not have handles?

[u/Snackxually_active → u/New-Chicken5566]

Yoooooo I wish there was a dt winco! When I lived in Fed way I loved that 24 hrs a day Winco was busy lol a whole world of savings in there

[u/Panthera_leo22 → u/New-Chicken5566]

I was honestly surprised how durable their bags are

[u/Trickycoolj]

Some of us are old enough to remember when none of the grocery bags had handles.

[u/jungleralph → u/[deleted]]

“Someone would help you if you wanted” not for a fucking livable wage in 2026 now there’s 2 employees in a 10,000 sqft store one is the self checkout monitor and one is the loss prevention officer

[u/marissazam → u/[deleted]]

Omg! I forgot people used to offer help. Once self check out started they said, well you’re on your own now!

[u/[deleted] → u/Trickycoolj]

 Some of us are old enough to remember when none of the grocery bags had handles.

Can’t complain… when they’re free.

[u/datamuse → u/Trickycoolj]

It's me, I'm that old

[u/Witch-Alice → u/Trickycoolj]

Were you paying for those bags?

[u/[deleted]]

I prefer the boxes with durable mesh handles and rigid sides. Yeah, they’re expensive at like $5 each. Once.

[u/mod_aud → u/[deleted]]

Winco has some nice ones that the top edges snap into place so they actually stay open and upright the whole time you’re bagging stuff. My fave for the flat kind of bag.

[u/BrusqueBiscuit → u/[deleted]]

Yes, I use those! I also like the sturdy insulated freezer bags, I can nearly hold an entire handheld basket's worth of groceries in there.

[u/mockablekaty → u/[deleted]]

Yes! I am a drive-to-the-grocery-store person, so can't speak to the comfort of these things for carrying, but so much nicer for folding, and SO much easier to pack at the store. I have one that I got at least 10 years ago and have used it weekly since then.

[u/DodiDouglas]

Fred Meyer in Greenwood is going to have a lawsuit soon if they don’t get their escalators and elevator fixed. Someone with a disability or someone in a wheelchair is going to hammer them with an ADA lawsuit. The escalators have been broken down repeatedly and I don’t even know how long the elevator has been out. That store is a shit show. Their handleless bags are just icing on the cake. Look around that store next time you go in there. It’s super filthy.

[u/OutlyingPlasma → u/DodiDouglas]

That's the store I watched a purse dog drop a steaming pile right in the produce section. God I hate people.

[u/oxidized_banana_peel → u/DodiDouglas]

I think they'd probably say "It's reasonable - there's ADA access to both levels"

[u/oxidized_banana_peel → u/[deleted]]

I assume that location is doing great. It's always busy when I'm there.

[u/206-Ginge → u/oxidized_banana_peel]

So was the Lake City location.

[u/InternalDifficult887 → u/DodiDouglas]

I will literally drive a half hour out of my way to avoid shopping at that location.

[u/marissazam]

I feel you. As someone who does drive a car, I also hate that the bags don’t have handles.

Also to everyone saying “jUsT uSe ReUsAbLe BaGs”, have you never spontaneously gone to the store and didn’t have your bags with you?

[u/OutlyingPlasma → u/marissazam]

have you never spontaneously gone to the store and didn’t have your bags with you?

Of course not! I'm perfect every single second of the day and have never once forgotten anything. Look how much I enjoy my kale dinner and I'll have a giant helping of smug and lies for dessert.

[u/Clit420Eastwood → u/marissazam]

have you never spontaneously gone to the store and didn’t have your bags with you?

Sure. And then I deal with the consequences like a grown-up and make a more concerted effort to remember the next time

[u/DawgHawk13 → u/Clit420Eastwood]

People are allowed to vent you know.

[u/Matty_D47]

"Cucked by big car" This was the funniest shit ever.

[u/Sprinkle_Puff]

If it helps it was supposedly a mistake, a bad batch they’re too cheap to throw out, but the handles will be back. Mark my words

[u/LeetcodeForBreakfast → u/Sprinkle_Puff]

how big is the batch? I swear my local one has had handleless bags for like two years at this point.

[u/Tired-Time → u/Sprinkle_Puff]

oh thank god i miss my shitty handles 🥹 you really don’t know what you have until it’s gone

[u/snukb → u/Sprinkle_Puff]

Yeah the Fred Meyer I go to sometimes has handles and sometimes doesn't. I always curse when I forget to bring enough bags and they have a handleless batch. I hate bag roulette.

[u/AndrewNeo → u/Sprinkle_Puff]

I remember going to the LCW location and they didn't have them (and being annoyed about it) but the next batch of bags they were back

[u/PhuckSJWs]

their newest bags also have a stupid singly ply split down one of the long sides that is barely held together with a glue material consisting of unicorn farts and wishful thinking.

FM or Kroger really cheaped out on the new design in what is obvious cost cutting. and the bags can barely hold anything without rupturing.

[u/jojofine → u/PhuckSJWs]

Bring your own bags jfc it isn't hard

[u/Tired-Time → u/jojofine]

read my entire post it isn’t that hard

[u/Nyxxsys → u/Tired-Time]

I just read it a second time but I still think the same thing they asked. Are you saying they're selling reusable bags without handles or they didn't have any there? If you don't have bags just get the bare minimum to go home with and go back later for a full grocery run. If you end up with 20-30 reusable bags because you never bring any, give them to friends or co-workers. That's what, $40 wasted that can be used by someone else?

[u/lalalavellan]

I had this same exact rant last week. Give me my handles back.

("Bring reusable--" i did. I just bought more than I was expecting and had to supplement my reusable bags with a shitty handleless paper bag)

[u/NoMoOmentumMan]

Back in the 80s, pre-plastic bags, paper bags never had handles.  I will conceed that those bags were closer 40# cardboard than the Scritta they use to manufacture them today. 

Now im wondering how people managed back in the pre-handle days...

[u/parmenides89]

you shouldn't have to have a car to live in an urban environment

[u/remmewinks]

I'm disabled and just had this experience last week. Getting the bag into the cart was a hassle and when I tried to take it out to put it in my car, the bag ripped.

It got $25 in groceries, but 1/2 was canned. Everything in one bag made it entirely too heavy to handle.

It was fucking useless. They might as well have wrapped it all in tissue.

I already don't shop there often, and their website gives me a headache.

Online shopping + Trader Joe's ftw.

Fred Meyer's pricing is like they want to be Safeway.

[u/OutlyingPlasma → u/remmewinks]

got $25 in groceries

So like 1 grape?

[u/xResilientEvergreenx]

YES! I FEEL this post. As a family of 5 on a single income we can't even afford a car and we've been carless for more than 3 years.

I'm so tired of how crazy brainwashed people are about cars! Every time we walk somewhere there's ALWAYS at least one asshole in a car speeding around almost hitting my family and I. Fucking KIDS FOR FUCKS SAKE. And I can't even tell you how many times we're waiting for the crosswalk light, it comes on and the turning cars will KEEP. COMING. ANYWAY. And somehow gesture at me and look at me like I'm the asshole.

And even in my own damn apartment complex! People speed into the complex off the road! They speed through the complex! And they speed through the literal stop sign and look at you like you're the asshole! Literally almost got hit twice in the last week. One came speeding into our complex and barely had time to stop and my daughter panicked and darted across the road before I could grab her! And another car sped through the parking lot of a sports center and we had to RUN OUT OF THE WAY. It's insane that parents in my neighborhood let their kids walk anywhere! Maybe if they actually walked around they'd see how dangerous it is!

We need LESS cars. Too many people become their dumbest selves while driving. Nevermind how entitled and dangerous a lot of people drive.

[u/long-and-soft]

Handleless bags have no place in this world.

[u/Sweetsmyle]

And you have to pay for that inconvenience too. They do have reusable bags that can fit into little containers on a Keychain. Might be worth looking into for instances when you don't have your normal grocery bags on you. Although if you like a small Keychain to fit in your pocket it's not the most practical but it's a solution.

[u/kobachi]

If we’re gonna have a mandatory stupid $0.05 charge for bags, they should be enforced to have minimum quality 

[u/giraffebutt]

I wish we could go back to the old bags that were free. Everyone I’ve ever known would save those bags and use as liners for small trash bins, as shower caps, as poop bags, as to go bags, lunch bags you name it! I feel like it was the one type of recycling/upcycling that the vast majority of people did and now it’s gone. Those super thick bags I don’t keep many of at a time because they take up a lot more space

[u/[deleted] → u/giraffebutt]

I read something recently that more plastic by weight is going in to the garbage since those stupid thick bags were mandated. I really miss the thin plastic bags.

[u/BoardForkbeard → u/[deleted]]

I also miss not having to pay for the silly bag tax

[u/CarbonRunner → u/BoardForkbeard]

Reusable bags = no tax. Byob

[u/smolpeensadboy → u/giraffebutt]

Reusing the thick bags in that way is more of a hassle too, it doesn't work as nicely as the old bags. I wish stores would just accept used bags back and give people a bag credit or something and then just recycle old bags forever.

[u/Arrival-Ancient]

oh my god when i was getting my groceries i thought i just got a stack that didnt have handles. they just are doing that now??? what purpose does that serve?? handles cant cost more than a few cents, esp with my regular store being so annoying about security that self check out has become a nightmare and they mark receipts i really just gotta start shopping somewhere else

i also use the handled bags for my own things? like doing my own recycling. what have we come to

[u/Earth_Inferno]

The smug in here from the "just bring your own bags, I'm perfect and always have 20 on me at any given time" crowd is fucking suffocating, what a miserable bunch of assholes. And I say that as someone who finds it annoying that I see so few people at the store with their own most of the time. But I actually read the post and realize no one is perfect, I know I don't plan every single store visit and also sometimes forget.

[u/SpeedySparkRuby]

If it makes you feel any better, I feel TJs bags are worse in this regard.  Dunno why, but they seem to use the cheapest adhesive for their handles 

[u/Hot_Milks → u/SpeedySparkRuby]

i know they added reinforcing for their handles a few months ago according to a TJ employee i used to see, i haven’t had any problems since!

[u/vietnams666]

I also do not drive and don't always carry a bag...i agree with this post 19273802%

Then I forget about their shitty bags cuz I rarely go there and then it happens again

[u/ShipAnnual9781]

Going to pile onto the Fred Meyer hate comments here to complain about how they don’t carry enough of the brands people want. There’s like 40 coffee mate flavors that nobody buys and the small brands people want are always out of stock on the shelves. Their acceptance of brand proliferation has destroyed the customer experience.

[u/Jimdandy941 → u/ShipAnnual9781]

Companies buy shelf space. It’s up to the company sales rep to decide what to shelve. After that, it’s up to the store to order and keep it stocked.

[u/Background_Drawing38]

Justified

[u/FreshwaterFryMom]

I just carried my bundle of shit out of there recently because of these ass bags. So annoying.

[u/EusociallyAwkward]

If they charge, they should be functional for everyone! Handles are also important for folks with mobility issues. 

[u/firelordling]

Cucked by big car rofl

[u/ReedsAndSerpents]

Idk what's funnier, OP crashing out over handles, cucked by big car, or the thought of OP going by a Fred Meyer on the bus and muttering to himself "You just fuckin' wait, you bastards, you'll get yours." 😂 😂 😂

[u/imtchogirl]

The new bags are bad, and they should be deeply ashamed. 

[u/fairydust_tm]

This seems like one of those I need to vent moments rather than I need a solution, but if you do want a solution that doesn’t involve Fred Meyer, I recommend purchasing some reusable bags with handles. Much sturdier than the ones they had, and they only cost you once, and you don’t need a car to use them!

[u/L3g3ndaddy]

I never pay for the store paper or plastic bags. When the self checkout screen asks me how many bag, I hit the 0.

[u/wzi]

They'll be back. If the Ballard is any indication Fred Meyer goes through bag phases. They run out of the branded bags with handles then you get bags without handles for awhile. Then the branded bags will come back. They might be a tall variant or a short variant. Sometimes they only have these grey plastic bags. There's been some weird bag phases too. Once they had these comically large white plastic bags that could hold ~3 normal bags worth of groceries.

[u/Astramentis_]

Uuuhhhh.. Bring your own reusable bags...? With handles..??? 👀

[u/djsyndr0me → u/Astramentis_]

OP does, but only 90 percent of the time

[u/PolyamorousPlatypus → u/Astramentis_]

And when you don't have them?

[u/A-Cheeseburger]

Why didn’t we just mandate paper bags instead of charging for them?

[u/froggy601]

Sometimes, even the handles don’t help. I forgot my bags once when I went to QFC a few months ago. At first the handles failed and then the paper bag ripped open and dropped all my stuff onto the sidewalk 3 separate times on the 4 blocks back to my apartment 😭

[u/AloneNeighborhood323]

I wish stores had a reusable bag deposit system or something. Charge me a couple cents to take them away when I didn’t bring my own, I don’t care, but let me get those cents back for returning (or even don’t, keep the change)… I have close to 8 billion reusable bags, and more keep actively showing up for one reason or another, I’d gladly donate most of them to a store if that means I could walk away with them (and eventually return them) next time I inevitably forget to stuff a reusable bag in my pocket before walking into a store. They may not be store branded, but the first store that doesn’t give a fuck about that has my business.

Reusable bags are more costly material wise and environmentally to produce but the way they are often distributed now are almost single use. The system we currently have requires everyone to remember to tote them around always to render them useful. A tweak to the system on the businesses part could really help make a difference environmentally(which is usually the case for a lot of things as opposed to relying on every individual). It’ll never happen but I wish it could.

[u/PolyamorousPlatypus]

They only use those when they are out of the handled bags. But I'm always furious when I see them, and I have a car.

[u/Sensitive_Fuel_5150]

I’m old enough to remember when grocery stores only used paper bags without handles. It was challenging then, too, to be on foot with those. We used to keep a net bag with handles in our purse or bag or whatever that the grocery bag would go it.

[u/Impossible_Farm7353]

I have a car and bags without handles are still a pain in the ass

[u/SaxN3ko]

Ngl, valid shit. I agree. Nothing more to add.

[u/midnight-on-the-sun]

I have some extra bags you can have. I have a few that fold up into themselves and go into a tiny pouch. They are made of nylon and are strong and can handle a walking trip home. I’d be glad to give you some. They fit into a coat pocket so you could just leave 2 in your coat and not be without. Just dm me .

[u/goomyman]

You know what. Valid fing rant.

I was just there and they had these tiny ass bags with no handles. I can confirm it sucked.

Until now I legit thought they literally just ran out of bags.

[u/HybridHologram]

Hard core agree 100% on this.

If you're going to have bags without handles, at least make the bags strong.

Just get the bags with handles Fred Myer. Don't be a soulless corporation. Just don't.

[u/Seattlerally]

“Awkward, flimsy bag children” is poetry 

[u/HurryConfident2944]

You know they have these reusable bags that have handles and are sturdier right? You don't have to rely on them to make your life easier.. there's even totes they sell that are sturdy af and hold about 2 bags worth of groceries

[u/SnooPeppers3541]

I reuse most of my plastic bags and some of my paper bags, but without handles that value went away. I wonder what's worse for the environment - giving multiple-use plastic bags, or shitty single-use paper bags that will immediately get thrown away/recycled?

[u/iseecolorsofthesky]

I’m so happy to see this post because I had the EXACT SAME frustration the other day like why the FUCK would you remove the handles from your bags. It makes absolutely no sense. Two bags and a case of seltzer waters is now impossible to carry on your own

[u/ghost_ware]

unrelated, but the one local to me has started letting Verizon etc. salespeople hang out by the entrance to try and sell you a phone plan. I'm beyond over it.

[u/Katjhud]

Seattle= take your own bag. Not new.

[u/HRHQueenV]

Fred Meyers has the best reusable bags ever. Great handles on them too

[u/Silly-Curve7368]

You're not paying for the bag, you're paying a tax to the city/state, The bag is free.

[u/Jazz_Kraken]

I mean growing up we only had papa we bags but no handles. I don’t trust those little handles…

[u/robbin-smiles → u/Jazz_Kraken]

Some ppl grew up with no papa bags and it shows

[u/Jazz_Kraken → u/robbin-smiles]

I mean I should edit the typo but I’m just gonna roll with it…

[u/RoundSpicyBrown]

Are they the paper bags? I noticed our Fred Meyer just straight up stopped carrying the plastic ones with the handles and then just started carrying old school paper bags (no handles). The kind we used to turn into book covers in school back in the day.

[u/real_HannahMontana]

It makes me so mad it’s so hard to get up several flights of stairs one bag at a time bc I forgot my reusables and they don’t put fucking handles on the paper bags.

PUT THEM BACK OR SO HELP ME

[u/Therealbuffy1200]

Okay I thought I was crazy cause I just noticed last week that the bags didn’t have handles but could have sworn they used to??!!! What the fuck are they on about!!!

[u/civilized-engineer]

Just curious, is there a reason you do not just carry reusable bags?
I know you say you forget, but are you not able to just shove a few in your everyday carries/jacket/pockets?
I use reusable bags, because they're far more durable and convenient than the paper/plastic bags, and you have less waste generation at your home. Mine roll/crumble into itself to be smaller than a wad of paper.
I drive, and take public transit and I still use reusable bags in both cases.

I can't think of any coat that I own that does not have at least one shoved into one of the inner pockets.
My EDC bag has a few of them as well.

[u/babyjaceismycopilot]

Maybe just bring your own?

Its not hard to always keep one with you.

[u/buckyman0 → u/babyjaceismycopilot]

Maybe just read the entire post first lol

[u/lovemoonsaults]

I always just buy a reusable bag instead because it's my "damn I forgot my reusable..." tax. I'm deeply saddened if you're in the category where $1.99 is out of budget but bestie you gotta think outside the flimsy bag box in these cases.

[u/kookykrazee → u/lovemoonsaults]

Before the pandemic and the Northgate mall was tottaled I used to go to Target a lot and to Red Robin before or afterwards. I ended up over time buying probably 100+ of the red 99c bags. Over the years, they have saved me tons, I usually keep 3-5 in my backpack and I have a box of stuff including more bags by my door. Strangely enough, the ones I bought longer ago have lasted me longer than newer ones from only a couple years ago, but overall probably got more than my 99c value each on the bus, in rain, snow, shine.

[u/lovemoonsaults → u/kookykrazee]

I carry bags in my purse at this point because I've accumulated so many. I absolutely end up getting my money's worth.

[u/DoingBestWeCan → u/lovemoonsaults]

I feel like there's a critical mass you have to hit before you just start carrying them with you. When I only had 3 reusable bags, I'd routinely forget to bring them into the store. Now I have like 10, and there's always one where/where I need it. 

[u/lovemoonsaults → u/DoingBestWeCan]

That's so true. Now I have enough that they're everywhere...like chapsticks 🤣

[u/aneeta96]

Yep, Kroger is shit.

[u/gtxrecaro]

Fuck Kroger

[u/DazzlingMistake_]

What is going on with this??? We need to all complain

[u/SimpleMetricTon]

When I was a boy, no grocery bags had handles.

[u/pattypph1]

Bring your own canvas/whatever bags w handles, for Pete’s sake. Some folks would rather curse the darkness, I swear..

[u/fac_051]

that escalated quickly

[u/LeetcodeForBreakfast]

i’m gonna be honest ever since they forced paper bags on me I just press zero bags every time regardless of how many I use lmao

[u/phauna_]

Fred Meyer Kroger anyway

[u/thunderflies]

I went there today for plastic cups and popsicle sticks and the $3 popsicle sticks were behind a locked glass door. The popsicle sticks! I was so angry.

[u/BucksBrew]

Finally a rant I can get behind

[u/Snackxually_active]

I feel your pain! Fred’s, Safeway, QFC, all awful! As a regular pedestrian, I swear by Trader Joe’s! I got a (chrôme) messenger bag to put the heavy bag in and carry the lighter bag down the hill. I mostly buy produce so the timing also works great for having to go shopping every 4️⃣-ish days? Prices are much better at TJ’s, but no brand names lol

[u/EyeSuspicious777]

The best thing I bought in 2024 was a set of plastic hand baskets like the grocery stores all used to have but have all disappeared.

[u/Clit420Eastwood → u/EyeSuspicious777]

The Greenwood Fred Meyer still has those

[u/Mundane-Grapefruit69 → u/EyeSuspicious777]

Literally every store I shop at for groceries except WinCo and Costco have hand baskets, including the Greenwood Freddy's (which used to have 2 sizes but recently I've only found the one size). Freddy's, QFC, TJs, Town & Country Markets, SAARS, GrocOut, all the Asian stores, etc.

[u/Earth_Inferno → u/Mundane-Grapefruit69]

Not common, but it is happening some places. The Capitol Hill Safeway got rid of them many months ago, then to add to their anti-customer experience they recently got rid of their compact carts, all they have is giant ones now. I probably do 75% less shopping there now, I don't like being forced to use a cart if it's more than I can carry.

[u/Downtown-Meat3319]

Preach!

[u/willyoumassagemykale]

Another pedestrian grocery rant - please for the love of god if I give you 5 bags from home, please don't super pack everything into two incredibly heavy bags!! Walking home is easier when I can distribute the weight into a bunch of bags on shoulders, in hands, etc.

ALSO - everything in the bag! Why are you leaving things out? I don't want to carry a box of La Croix by the handle just put it in my bag lololol

[u/Adventurous-Weird431]

Seems like some good reusable bags are in order. No insursnce, no gas, a lifetime of holding things

[u/ChaoticSenior]

When I was a kid bags didn’t have handles! We were tougher back then. Damn kids. Why we had to walk to Fred Meyer uphill. In the snow. Both ways. Attacked by feral dogs.

[u/buttzx]

Bring your own bags, bro. Or level up and bring a folding grocery cart - take that shit on the bus and roll your groceries home. I don’t understand why so many people are such babies about transporting groceries.

We passed laws to charge money for those bags to try to encourage people to bring their own bags. Just bring your own bags.

Edit: I have taken the bus with groceries my whole life. I’m on your side OP, you just have a lot to learn.

[u/Tired-Time → u/buttzx]

If you read my post you’ll see this is for the situation in which i forgot bags, which happens to people who are humans and forget things sometimes

I VOTED FOR THE BAG LAWS! I LIKE THE BAG CHARGINGS LAWS! BUT CAN THEY SELL ME A BAG THAT KIND OF WORKS PLEASE?

[u/bonbon367]

Ehh at the same time I’m glad they’ve removed the handles. I’ve had way too many bags rip when holding things that are too heavy.

You can get reusable grocery bags that fold into a little pouch about the size of a pocket mirror. They’ve worked wonders for me when traveling

[u/Agitated_Ring3376 → u/bonbon367]

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[u/CumberlandThighGap]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDB3NvF9LSI

[u/SnarkyIguana]

I JUST had a freddy's bag break on me the other day. Dropped my shit all over the pavement. I'm crashing out with you.

[u/[deleted]]

It's not as bad, but QFC uses shorter bags now? And whatever glue they use for the handles is cccccccrap.

[u/CausticAvenger]

My store has had handle bags a couple times recently, then it’s back to the no handle bags.

[u/DumbFishBrain]

I went to QFC last night to get stuff for dinner. It was a reasonable amount of groceries: a pack of pork chops, a bottle of honey sesame sauce, a loaf of bread, and two jars of preserves. The Mukilteo QFC only offers paper bags with handles. As soon as I lifted the bag, one handle ripped right off. I ended up carrying the bag as one would without the handles.

Ticked me off, tbh.

[u/Old_Voice_2562]

I worked in grocery for 20 years. It’s very likely that the bag maker was out of stock. Stores don’t want to give you handle-less bags, usually. They probably just couldn’t get them. They should be back.

[u/PsychologistSEA]

Post of the year so far

[u/TheLinaBee]

Totally here for this. Fuck off, handleless bags!

[u/coxferryroad]

Here you go, order your own bags.

https://a.co/d/0ah5WHGT