DH doesn't care, but I'm with whoever's husband who doesn't want to bring a competitor's bag into a store. I recently bought Kroger bags because I was getting self-concious about bringing the Meijer's bags into that store.
DH humors me. "A bag is a bag is a bag" is his motto, but he just rolled his eyes when I came home with the Kroger bags. He helped me put the groceries away - that's all that really matters.
If I could find a generic canvas bag that had the little tab on the top that goes over the "hitch" that's on the plastic bag holder (and they didn't cost too much), I'd probably change all my store-bought bags over to those.
It seems that, like actually doing the recycling thing at home, reusing these bags depends on how important recycling is to you. You make an effort when it's something you believe in and want to do. Since it's fairly important to me to cut down on my landfill contribution, the recycled bags are always kept in the trunk and I make it a point to remember them when I go into the store. After I put the groceries away at home, the first thing I do is go right back out to the car to put the bags back in the trunk. Always. No excuses.
Every once in awhile DH or I will get our groceries in the plastic bags because, let's face it, they work wonderfully for lining small wastepaper baskets (bathroom and bedroom) and picking up after animals. I'd rather reuse the grocery store plastic bags than buy brand new can liners. But we don't have nearly the amount in my recycle bin that we used to.
It's important to me. That's all that matters. DH doesn't care one way or the other except that he likes being able to fit more groceries into the recycled bags. What everyone else in the store is doing isn't any of our business.
