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Paper makes no sense for things that can leak. Which is the vast majority of the use cases for these bags. That’s everything from meat or poultry to a pack of b
by koolba 4y ago
Paper makes no sense for things that can leak. Which is the vast majority of the use cases for these bags. That’s everything from meat or poultry to a pack of berries. One bad pack or bump on the way home and it’s soaked through to all the rest of your groceries.
- bombcar 4y agoThere is a very wax-impregnated paper (maybe it's plastic impregnated) that works pretty well for meats, at least. The butcher wraps the meat in it, and it can leak but not through the paper (usually through the cracks).
- orev 4y agoMost meats in a grocery store aren’t bought from the butcher directly, they’re pre-packed in a styrofoam tray then covered with plastic wrap. The seal is far from water tight, so the meat liquid leaks out on all the other packages sitting on the shelf, and then in your cart and bags/everything else after you pick it. You need a bag for these, otherwise you have cross-contamination everywhere.
- bombcar 4y agoI've noticed some (but not all) meats are becoming more and more "factory packaged" with tight (and sometimes even resealable) bags that are more like ziplock. I suspect as the number of grocery stores with actual butcher/deli counters continues to decline, we'll see more and more of that, especially as leaking into a plastic grocery bag is annoying but leaking into your reusable bag is really annoying.