Big Y Foods Inc. has announced that its supermarket chain will stop providing single-use plastic bags at its stores in 2020.
The company added that uses 100 million plastic bags and 3.5 million paper bags at its checkouts annually. Big Y will offer special discounted pricing and promotions on its reusable bags during this year as part of the transition from single-use plastic bags.
Big Y is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, and operates 70 supermarkets, 39 pharmacies, Fresh Acres Market, Table & Vine Fine Wines and Liquors and nine Big Y Express Gas and Convenience locations across Connecticut and Massachusetts, with Fairfield County locations in Bethel, Monroe, Newtown, Shelton and Stratford.