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Supermarkets: Shopping basket theft 'unintended consequence' of NJ's plastic, paper bag ban

Grocery store workers are frustrated at some shoppers stealing plastic baskets in the wake of the plastic and paper bag ban in New Jersey.

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Aug 31, 2022, 4:44 PM

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