"Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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> The UnInmate wrote:
>
>>
>> "maxine in ri" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Jul 10, 3:59 pm, Tracy > wrote:
>>>> Just came across this the boston.com blog:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food...ook_at_this_te....
>>>>
>>>> Kinda pricey though. The site has some interesting things.
>>>>
>>>> Tracy
>>>
>>> Whole Foods has a burlap bag that they've added a zip pouch around so
>>> that you can drop it in your bag. THey sell it for a ridiculous
>>> price, but do donate some of the money to some charitable group.
>>>
>>> Me, I get my bags at trade shows and cons.
>>>
>>> maxine in ri
>>
>> The local chain grocers sell canvas bags that cost 99 cents and hold
>> about 5
>> quarts by volume, which is just enough so the bag doesn't become too
>> heavy
>> when full. They're marketed as "green" shopping bags and have a stitched
>> design on the side that promotes recycling.
>
> The normal mainstream supermarket chain cloth one- or two-dollar
> (depending on when you bought them) bags I have are about 3.3 gallons by
> volume. The ones I see in the other normal mainstream supermarket chains
> seem to be the same size. I've never seen any grocery bags (other than
> specialty bags like for wine) that are small like the ones you cite.

I could be off on my measurements, but these things are definitely smaller
than a standard plastic grocery store bag. (Of course those vary by size too
so maybe there's no "standard.")