I don’t know how it works in New Zealand, but in the US fruit is weighed for cost. The plastic bags don’t really weigh anything, but imagine if you have cloth then that could add to your cost. Of course you could just take the fruit out, but what if you bought 10 separate apples (which I do a lot) or something like that? There’s probably a work around. I’m just not aware.
The official government guidance discusses that. It’s illegal to charge for weight of packaging under the weights and measures act, so they’re encouraged to program in known-bags and empty/tare customer provided bags.
I don’t know how it works in New Zealand, but in the US fruit is weighed for cost. The plastic bags don’t really weigh anything, but imagine if you have cloth then that could add to your cost. Of course you could just take the fruit out, but what if you bought 10 separate apples (which I do a lot) or something like that? There’s probably a work around. I’m just not aware.
The official government guidance discusses that. It’s illegal to charge for weight of packaging under the weights and measures act, so they’re encouraged to program in known-bags and empty/tare customer provided bags.