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Stop & Shop: No More Reusable Bag Rebate

The supermarket chain is testing the policy change regionally.

Grocery shoppers in Port Chester with their reusable bags in tow may be surprised to find that Stop & Shop is no longer giving back 5 cents per bag.

Stop & Shop New York Metro spokeswoman Arlene Putterman said Monday it was a regional policy decision to stop the rebate as a test that includes the Port Chester store.

"We had been doing it for years," she said of the 5-cent incentive, "but there's really not much changing on the meter.

"We feel the program has reached a plateau," Putterman said.

She said the company will be making a donation of $10,000 to the environmental group Connecticut Forest and Park Association and will still be encouraging people to reuse plastic bags.

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