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First Lucky Store Opens in San Francisco and Introduces Stiffer Sturdier...

Lucky opened its first of 72 new stores in San Francisco this week and has chosen this occasion to introduce a new item that will be carried in its stores--reusable, recyclable plastic handle grocery bags, which are made from recycled plastic.The bags are the first reusable plastic grocery bags available in the city and they will soon be available in all Bay Area Lucky stores.

Lucky will provide a limited number of the reusable bags free of charge to customers over the next few days. The bags will then retail for 25 cents each. Customers will receive 5 cents back each time they bring the reusable bag to a Lucky store. Since customers will be able to use a single bag at least 20 times, at 5 cents per reuse, they can actually earn money on these bags.

The new bags are in compliance with the San Francisco Plastic Bag Reduction Ordinance, which requires grocery stores to provide only reusable and/or compostable plastic bags to customers at checkout. With dimensions of 18 x 16 x 8 inches, the reusable bag is 15-20 percent larger than a paper handle bag. It can hold approximately 50 percent more volume and weight than a standard plastic bag, holding over 25 lbs. of groceries. The bags are recyclable alongside other plastic grocery bags in the recently mandated supermarket recycling bins.

The Lucky reusable bags are custom-designed and produced by Northern California plastic bag and film manufacturer Roplast Industries, Inc (http://www.EPRaccredited.org For more information on Roplast Industries, including the company's environmental perspective and product line, visit

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