Paper, plastic -- or designer label?
Those were the options at a handful of Whole Foods stores in the metropolitan area Wednesday, when the organic- and natural-foods chain offered shoppers the $15 Anya Hindmarch bags emblazoned with the phrase "I'm not a plastic bag." True to its reputation, the reusable cotton shopping bag -- which was being sold as a one-time event -- drew more than 200 people to the Whole Foods in Jericho at 6 a.m., and more than 600 lined up at the newest Manhattan location at Bowery and Houston.
Many may have been motivated by the low price of one of the London designer's bags, which can run upward of $1,400. The point of the campaign, however, is to make people think about reducing the use of plastic shopping bags.
