Some tips for people thinking about hauling groceries home:
1. I like paper since the bags stand up nice and straight
2. If you get plastic, then knot the bags at the top so things don't fall out
3. Make sure you balance your bike left and right, front and back
4. If you have a spare jacket or a sweater with you, put it under the eggs and beer
5. When you go through the check-out lane, group all the cans, all the jars, and all the breakables.
6. Ideally, each paper bag will have some weighty cans or jars in the bottom and some lighter/breakable things in the top.
If any one else has some tips, put them here.
1. agree on paper over plastic (some stores no longer have paper BTW) I use the
Reusable Bags
4. Eggs and beer go in the front basket, or buy canned beer
5,6 I usually bag my own groceries to get the bags balanced the way I want them the first time. The people at my store are used to it by now. In fact I stopped by one day on the way in from work, and forgot to bring my reusable bags with me
and they weren't quite sure what to do
Aaron
