Kroger, Nation’s Largest Grocery Chain Eliminates Plastic Bags

May 24, 2019 Associated Press

Kroger said Thursday that will start the project at its Seattle chain QFC, where it expects to be plastic-bag free by next year.

New York is Expected to Become the Second State to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags

April 3, 2019 Dakin Andone, CNN

The ban, which would go into place next March, is expected to be passed as part of the state’s 2020 budget deal, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders said they had agreed to on Sunday.

Big Y Phasing Out of Single Use Plastic Bags in 2020

January 25, 2019 Big Y

Big Y Foods, Inc. has announced its plan to eliminate single use plastic bags at the checkouts from its 70 supermarkets and specialty stores along with its Big Y Express Gas and Convenience locations in 2020.