<P> The Dixie Bag Company of College Park , Georgia , owned and operated by Jack W. McBride , was one of the first companies to exploit this new opportunity to bring convenient products to all major shopping stores . The Dixie Bag Company , along with similar firms such as Houston Poly Bag and Capitol Poly , was instrumental in the manufacturing , marketing and perfecting of plastic bags in the 1980s . Kroger , a Cincinnati - based grocery chain , began to replace its paper shopping bags with plastic bags in 1982 , and was soon followed by its rival , Safeway . </P>
<P> The Dixie Bag Company of College Park , Georgia , owned and operated by Jack W. McBride , was one of the first companies to exploit this new opportunity to bring convenient products to all major shopping stores . The Dixie Bag Company , along with similar firms such as Houston Poly Bag and Capitol Poly , was instrumental in the manufacturing , marketing and perfecting of plastic bags in the 1980s . Kroger , a Cincinnati - based grocery chain , began to replace its paper shopping bags with plastic bags in 1982 , and was soon followed by its rival , Safeway . </P>
when did grocery stores start using plastic bags
when did grocery stores start using plastic bags
1982
1982