Just sayin'...
If you saw us on WCPO's "Try it out Tuesday" (http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/money/try-it-out-tuesday-cresbi-crates) they forgot a few things. The $29.50 mentioned includes two collapsible, dishwasher-safe crates, PLUS a cooler insert, and an adjustable strap to carry one or both crates. CRESBI Crates will never wear out like reusable bags will, your food arrives home safe and upright, and you stay healthy since less people are handling your items! Plus you can't put your products in your bags as you shop -- with a CRESBI crate you can! This is the iphone of grocery containment! Of course it's going to be a little pricier! And with the Cooler 5 Pack or Colossal 6 Pack you most definitely can go FULL ON grocery shopping! In fact, a customer in Texas got through a Walmart checkout with over $300 worth of groceries in under 3 minutes!
Plus the challenge to compare CRESBI crates to the reusable bags was originally given to WCPO's John Matarese as a topic for his "Don't Waste Your Money" segment. Think about your next GREEN investment of your "green":
PLASTIC BAGS
Rumor has it Kroger may be starting to charge for plastic bags. Stores in California already charge $0.05 to $0.10/plastic bag if someone forgets their own form of bag. The average family of four uses around 15 bags a week. Even if they reuse those bags a couple times, the bags ultimately end up in landfills taking thousands of years to degrade which is bad for the environment, in addition to your wallet. $1.50/week x 52 weeks = $78/year. Side note: These bags cost stores between $0.01 - $0.02 to purchase.
CHEAP NONWOVEN POLYPROPYLENE RUSABLE BAGS
The cheap bags that sell for $0.50 (Walmart) to $1.00 (Meijers, Kroger) are actually a green farce (otherwise known as "Greenwashing"). The bags probably cost less than $0.10 for them to buy, given their large economies of scale. Because they are so cheaply made (and can't be anything other than hand-washed) they quickly fall apart or become an excellent source of bacteria. Average number of uses by a family of four could be between 5-10 times depending on level of care before the bags start falling apart. They can hold more than plastic ones but at 10 bags every 3 months that could cost $40 minimum every year once companies stop giving them away as promotional items. But the worst part is that there are only a handful of #5 recycling centers in the US so most of these grocery store and promotional corporate bags end up in landfills. Here they take longer to breakdown than the plain old plastic bags they were meant to replace in the first place.
CLOTH REUSABLE BAGCan hold as much as polypropylene ones but can be machine washed. Usually $7- $10 per bag. Expense isn’t bad as long as they are washed. Family of four would spend $70-$100/year initially.
PLASTIC BAGS
Rumor has it Kroger may be starting to charge for plastic bags. Stores in California already charge $0.05 to $0.10/plastic bag if someone forgets their own form of bag. The average family of four uses around 15 bags a week. Even if they reuse those bags a couple times, the bags ultimately end up in landfills taking thousands of years to degrade which is bad for the environment, in addition to your wallet. $1.50/week x 52 weeks = $78/year. Side note: These bags cost stores between $0.01 - $0.02 to purchase.
CHEAP NONWOVEN POLYPROPYLENE RUSABLE BAGS
The cheap bags that sell for $0.50 (Walmart) to $1.00 (Meijers, Kroger) are actually a green farce (otherwise known as "Greenwashing"). The bags probably cost less than $0.10 for them to buy, given their large economies of scale. Because they are so cheaply made (and can't be anything other than hand-washed) they quickly fall apart or become an excellent source of bacteria. Average number of uses by a family of four could be between 5-10 times depending on level of care before the bags start falling apart. They can hold more than plastic ones but at 10 bags every 3 months that could cost $40 minimum every year once companies stop giving them away as promotional items. But the worst part is that there are only a handful of #5 recycling centers in the US so most of these grocery store and promotional corporate bags end up in landfills. Here they take longer to breakdown than the plain old plastic bags they were meant to replace in the first place.
CLOTH REUSABLE BAGCan hold as much as polypropylene ones but can be machine washed. Usually $7- $10 per bag. Expense isn’t bad as long as they are washed. Family of four would spend $70-$100/year initially.
CRATESCollapsible crates can be purchased at Lowe’s, Home Depot, etc but most are usually too big and get too heavy to fit more than one into a grocery cart. CRESBI crates are collapsible, too, but they also fit into every cart in existence and can be stacked to ensure your food doesn’t get crushed. Plus they’re dishwasher safe and feature an extra hook for your grocery cart to keep them out of the way while you shop. Or you can save time while you shop by opening the crates when you start and then placing your items barcode up in them. Then the checker scans the items and never removes your products from the crate. All but the crates themselves are made in America. Single one time investment for a family of four: CRESBI 5 Pack& Cooler ($86) or CRESBI Colossal ($89).
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