Kroger Bagging Plastics as Reusable Totes Become More Mainstream

The largest grocery chain in the U.S. will phase out single-use plastic bags at all its locations by 2025 as sustainable packaging becomes a growing focus for corporations and consumers alike.

Kroger Co. will eliminate traditional plastic bags at its Seattle-based QFC supermarkets by the end of 2019 before rolling out the change across all its stores. Customers will have the option to use paper bags for now if they don’t have reusable totes, “but we don’t view that as the long-term solution,” said Jessica Adelman, Kroger’s vice president of corporate affairs. The move eventually will eliminate ...