Amy, this is for you...I have always been impressed by how "green" Seattle is - and in Seattle, I try to do my part to protect the environment. I recycle and compost, I use my re-usable grocery bags at the store, we are currently a 1 car family and when I was working, I usually walked or took the bus.
Well, Seattle, Cape Cod is on to this as well! At entrance to the Stop and Shop supermarket in Dennis, there is a kiosk covered in re-usable grocery bags. There is also a staff person stationed there encouraging shoppers to make the switch to the re-usable grocery bags. At the kiosk, there is also something that is clearly designed for Moms shopping with small children - the easy scan.
The easy scan system has made grocery shopping a pleasure for Talya, Ayelet and I since we have been at Cape Cod. We take our reusable grocery bags with us, I get Ayelet set up in the cart and I get Talya set up with the scanner. As we shop, she scans each item and I put it directly into our reusable grocery bags. When we are done, we take our scanner to an easy scan check out stand, scan the end of shopping bar code, and then pay - cash, credit, debit, check. It is so easy and so quick and I get to pack my grocery bags just the way I want to.
Now for the entertaining part - Talya LOVES to scan. Before we discovered the easy scan system, she was quite the grocery store complainer. She wanted to ride in the cart, she didn't want to walk, why does Ayelet get to ride in the cart? can I get this Mom? why not? but I'm HUNGRY, you get the picture. Well, now she has a job to do and a fun one no less. She carries the scanner around and every time I select something (from our list of course), she scans it and I bag it. She doesn't even notice what it is we are buying, she just thinks it is so cool.
Amy, hopefully easy scan will come to Seattle soon, then Naomi can ride in the cart, Talia can scan, and Samuel can read product labels!
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