In Australia, after the enforcement of the "plastic ban", major supermarkets have responded. However, it has recently been discovered that Coles has recently offered reusable plastic bags free of charge, and the real reason behind them has finally come to light.
Coles replaced disposable plastic bags with thicker reusable bags and asked customers to buy them, but after strong opposition, the company reintroduced free plastic bags to "appease" those customers. And let them remember to carry their own reusable bags.
But according to sources, Coles offers 15-point shopping bags free of charge because customers don't check out when they check out during the sale of their gadget, "Little Shop." the real reason is that they don't get stuck in the checkout during the sale of their gadget, "Little Shop," according to sources.
An internal letter to employees was reported to require employees to allow customers to settle their bills quickly during peak hours. The leaked document said, "as you know, the team has been trying to get Little Shop into the lives of our customers, and they have had a huge response across the country. "in order not to cause any difficulty for our team and customers during this peak hour, we decided to extend the free 15-point shopping bag until further notice." "this means that you can focus 100 percent on customer service at the cashier's desk, while also giving our customers transition time to develop the habit of remembering to carry their own reusable shopping bags."
Little Shop, a collection of small plastic toys that mimic popular supermarket products, stopped offering 15-point reusable bags free of charge two days after the collection was marketed. Customers can get a collection for more than 30 yuan, and many mini products have been re-posted online by fanatical collectors.
In early July, a few weeks after Woolworths banned plastic, Coles did the same, removing the plastic bags from checkouts at supermarkets across the country. The ban came under heavy criticism from environmentalists, saying supermarkets used paid plastic bags instead of free plastic bags, allowing consumers to pay for it.