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It was also a time when grocers kept a lot of goods in bulk, and customers were given portioned quantities wrapped in paper, or in paper bags. The additional labor costs were the reason this practice was ultimately replaced, largely by single-use plastics. Of course, capitalism and market forces mean that this is more efficient and profitable (even though they do not take into account externalities and future deficits caused by the damage these products inflict. I would suggest that the costs were more inline with reality, and in a time when folks are already too isolated, I would pay a premium to frequent an establishment that still offered that sort of full-service, more sustainable practice.