It wasn’t an error, they did it on purpose and were hoping they wouldn’t get caught.

Just like the gas tax at the pump that never fixes the roads!

If you shop at Mariano’s you’re already overpaying for everything in your cart. lol

In other words - "We apologize for being caught stealing. We promise to do a better job (at stealing) in the future." You'll save a lot of heartache by just bringing your own reusable grocery bags - no daily charge that's for sure.

Great. The city will fine the store and make more money and consumers are left empty.

When government adds new tax, it never removes it. It raises it.

What is the $78m being spent on? New car for the mayor? New house for the city attorney?

EBT card user’s don’t pay the bag tax

I bring my own bags

Shoplifters aren’t contributing to the tax revenue because they are bringing their own backpacks.

IT'S 10 CENTS BECAUSE THERE'S A 3 CENT TAX ON THE 7 CENT BAG TAX.......

They all are a bunch of Crooks . . we know it's all about greed . . There should be a class action lawsuit 💯

Most corporations are greedy and evil. I HATE living in this society of greedy, evil businesses.

Petco charges 10 cents per bag in all of their stores regardless of if the store location has a bag tax in place or not.

Businesses already calculate the price of the products in the store, to cover their expenses like the bags. Any charge for these bag, is an over charge. Stop paying for these bags, bring your own.

Every customer should take legal action

I’m NYC they charge between $0.25 and $1.50 for bags and it’s killing us out here this is a bad thing and I get the save the environment no more plastic bags just don’t charge us for bags they should be free

Boycott these scammers

Store owner: You caught me! 😂

“We have taken immediate action to rectify the mistake…” because we got caught trying to cheat our customers and broke the law.

They dam well knew all these businesses do this

She mad 😡 over ten cent, why aren't you mad 🤪 that your city is the one ripping you off. Where is the money 💰 really going. 🤔

I’m more upset with the city, getting a nickel for doing absolutely nothing while the grocer has to buy the bag, transport the bag, and store the bag. Why is government getting a free pass? Talk about being ill informed.

In Britain, for as long as I can remember grocery bags cost money, around 10c now. People routinely bring their own bags, take them home to be used again next trip. It's not hard to do this.

You know people are struggling in a city when you have a whole story about an extra 3 cents being charged on a weekly grocery trip.

Food bazaar in the Bronx charges for a roll of plastic bags that we don’t need like around 2 dollars when I just need one bag. Investigate that.

You don't want to pay 7 cents for a bag?!, bring your own then, its free, no brainer!🙄🤣

And remember they put the tax on sugar in the drinks

What’s also irritating is that when you bring your own bag, you’ve gotta pack your own groceries.

If you don't want to pay BRING YOUR OWN BAG

Target is doing the same thing.

I'm here in Maine and all we pay is .05¢ per bag. But they also let it slide a lot too.

I’m confused, couldn’t any business charge their own bag fees as long as they’re meeting the minimum from the law? I know that for years stores have provided bags as a convenience, but what is stopping them from charging for the entire amount, especially for paper bags which usually are more expensive?

They are complaining about a 10 cent bag tax. Where I live in california we pay 25 cents for bags. They don't call it a tax it's called a bag fee.

But the receipt said “Paper bag fee” - *fee*, not *tax*; it’s the store just charging for a paper bag. And the tax only applies to plastic bags, doesn’t it?

In California it has been 10 cents a bag since the beginning. Now they want to ban the bags completely.

I will no longer shop in that store 😢

of course they can find out, the city can request their charge history over a period of time and see when it was changed from 7 cents to 10 cents easy since it shows it on the receipt!

Next would be road usage tax charging per mile of travel 😂 Brilliant legislators 👏🏻

It's not hard to bring your own bags to the store

Los Angeles County has been charging 10 cents for bags since 2010. As someone in the forum said, once they add new taxes, they never remove it. Bring your own bag is the solution.

The problem isn't the overcharge, it's the TAX. No tax, no overcharge. Shame on Ch. 2.

When you fear integrity and accountability, you are NOT the good guys.

City: Yeah, sometimes we investigate. 😂😂😂 Kick backs!

Chicago having a 7 cent bag tax is more outrageous than the fact a grocery store overcharged for the bag tax. My goodness it was not enough that we cannot even buy a pack of gum without being taxed in IL that now Chicago has taxes on a grocery bag. That is insane.

What a shock. They also do that with groceries too.

People actually pay for bags? I hit 0 every time. 🤷‍♀️

Im okay with that.. grocery stores profits are marginal.. they put out an outstanding service & product

There was NO mistake. Bags are a part of the retailers overhead. Tired of being gouged and cheated.

A lot of countries charge for plastic bags at the grocery stores, and people are already used to brining their own. This helps to minimize the amount of plastic bags left out on the streets, actually helps to keep the environment cleaner and safer

Personally, I think every store should charge a bag tax. We should be using reusable bags. It should become second nature.

Government: Bag tax? We'll have to charge sales tax on a bag tax!

Many states you pay a lot more for a bag! And the same in Europe. Just bring your own bags. Stop being lazy and environmentally irresponsible!

If you don't like the price....Then bring YOUR OWN BAG!!!

They call it Crook County for a reason…

a few years back, told the plastic bags cost 3 to 4 cents and paper bags cost 10-12 cents.

just boycott the place simple as that,or they should offer free bags

“Do you want a bag.” Translation “We charge .10¢ a bag. If you don’t want to pay for one then you can carry out what you bought yourself.” Thieves will just use their backpacks. They should be given for free.

They changed it when they got caught welcome to Chicago.

Bring your own bags. Save the environment.

Businesses collecting nonexistent taxes is a hustle as old as time.

If low life criminals can literally rob stores blind without consequences, why should the company be in trouble for its actions? After all they stole less than $1000 on each occurance.

Sounds like it should not be more than 5 cents a bag. 2 cents extra to the store is not justified. Crooks.

Such big news for a small 3cents. I also live in Cali and its 10cents here.

I don't see anything wrong with it, they labeled it a fee not a tax. You have the choice to pay it or not.

So the government steals 5 cents and everyone has to be fine with it. The store steals 3 cents and everyone freaks out.

I keep washable canvas bags in my car for when I go into a store in a city where they charge and tax you on bags but once in Chicago I did some shopping but forgot to bring in bags so after being totaled out I ask the cashier did you charge me for plastic bags I was in a mood (a little more than $7.50). Mz.Thang: Yes! Me: I don't want to be charged for bags I want you to give them to me for shopping in this store. Mz. Thang: No, we charge all our customers for bags and you have to pay too you aint special. Me: lol Is that right? Let me ask you something; if a customer shops here and does not have their own bags and don't want to pay for bags when you have unlimited amounts of bags right here am I suppose to carry items falling out my hands or piled up in a open cart? (Sure I had bags in my car but I don't want to bag all this stuff at my car while also running the risk of getting Jacked mind you I'm in the Chi suspect neighborhood). Mz Thang: Mam you gotta pay like everybody else and you holding up my line (about 5 people). Me: I'm not paying for no M.F bags and you can have fun putting all this sh!t back on the shelf so your line finna be held up! before we both knew it the store manager magically appears from somewhere and says to the cashier bag up her stuff and thank you mam for shopping with us please come again because see he didn't want to let a more than $350.00 purchase walk out the door over some damn bags that should be provided to the customer on General Principle. SN: Everybody checking out in that line within earshot of what happened didn't pay for bags either. Sometimes you gotta call they're bluff!

Wow so they got caught and nothing happened

It's been 10 cents per bag in California for over 15 years. Stop crying about 7 cents.

bag tax? who takes their own bags to a market? The retailer should get paid for collecting a tax for the city.

Mariano’s in the suburbs charges 10 cents per bag. We have no bag tax. They started doing this in 2023.

They have to make up for the looting somehow.

A second complaint! So why aren’t they citing them?

The bag tax is for PLASTIC BAGS NOT PAPER BAGS!

Shame on the city of Chicago.

Here in CT the bag tax is only on plastic bags. So the grocery stores only carry paper bags. Which cost the same 10 cents. But to the store instead of the state.

The bag tax is 7 cents, the bag "fee" is 3 cents. Stores can charge for bags if they want to. Same as charging for debit purchases, deliveries, etc. It costs the store money for the bags. The 2 cents the store gets from the 7 cent tax is to help them offset the cost of collecting the tax. The other 3 cents is to add to the bottom line. The big issue is that the city created the tax to make revenue, not protect the environment. The city will raise the bag tax to increase revenues. Watch the store drop the 3 cents a bag and raise the price of everything one cent. Simple solution is bring your own bags, or shop elsewhere.

You should be mad that the city made you pay the tax in 2017.

You have to pay taxes to do stuff in the US? OMG That's crazy and so new. Maybe leave the country.

It doesn't sound like Mariano's needs to be notified of anything, they are well aware of what they are doing.

Why should they have to provide you with free bags? Bring your own!

I hate to break this to you, but scrutinize your monthly bills for 3 months and see that a lot of companies are wrongfully charging $2.50 here, $5.00 there on your monthly bill. Imagine what that adds up to in the aggregate. Warning: Unless you’ve got a couple of hours to spend on the phone every day with those companies, don’t bother trying to fix it. It’s disgraceful!

How about just bring your own bags...the ones you can keep using over and over. Then you save your .07 cents....Lol

Mariano’s has very nice cloth bags. I’ve had one for 10 years.

I've been charged up to 15 cents here in CA.

I been paying 10¢ for a bag along time already. I live in California.. it just helps me bring my bags with me.

Bag Tax was never about the Environment…. All about Money for the State & Business…

Tax tax tax……like George Harrison said……” Tax the Pennie’s on your eyes”

The city is overcharging. Bag tax doesn't work.

What’s funny is California bag tax is going up from 10 cents to 25 cents!! The state has made millions and now they are going to make even more!!

They care more about the environment

At a store here in indiana you have to pay .10 a bag and .25 for the cart till you bring it back. The store is called ruler and it’s a part of Kroger. The bags are a lot nicer than what they get so not as cheap made.

Well what exactly were you expecting when you live in a U.S. state that is infamous for taxing everything, including the AIR?

Bag tax hits the poor most, typical of politicians. I live in Chicago, bag tax and bike lanes drive me to do my shopping in the suburbs.

We pay .10 a bag at one of the stores here. You also have to pay .25 for the cart but you get that back if you bring the cart back. The store is called ruler it’s a part of Kroger

Solve the problem yourself, take your own bag

Pete’s grocery store charges the same price for every bag that’s outrageous

City and corporate corruption👎☹️

Stealing is up remember that

If they have a “club card” they know exactly who they owe how much to. But retailers won’t use that data to alert consumers that they owe. $16.73 to Susan jones.