An interesting phenomenon is how differently supermarkets deal with transport containers made available to customers. After customers fill their carts and head for the exit, they can buy "branded" plastic or paper shopping bags at the checkout. Interestingly, these are always paid for. Compared to many other retail stores, that is a strange situation. "Maybe that is because margins are low in grocery retail," you might think, but which supermarket only sells groceries these days? There are TVs, clothing, sports equipment and much more. Only small "vegetable bags" are still free and are also handed out at the checkout for small purchases.
In some supermarkets, however, someone has consciously or unconsciously thought a little further. They simply provide customers with the countless packaging boxes that come with delivered goods anyway. Actually brilliant: customers can find a suitable container, especially when they need to stow several heavy items in the trunk, and the supermarket saves the (not insignificant) disposal fees. Often the chain continues: the box becomes a moving box, a storage container, or a collection box for everyday waste paper, which mostly consists of the flyers from the very supermarkets mentioned above.
