Whole Foods eliminates its longstanding discount for bringing your own reusable bags.

The 10-cent bag credit program, often referred to as the BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) refund, was implemented in 2008 as a means to encourage customers to adopt using reusable bags.

Whole Foods Market has ended its bring-your-own-bag refund program after nearly two decades, the specialty grocery confirmed in a Wednesday email to Grocery Dive.

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Whole Foods confirmed that as reusable bags have become a standard practice among consumers, the program's initial goal had been met. It wasn't immediately clear when the program came to an end.

The growing stockpiles of reusable shopping bags are noteworthy, said JoAnn Gemenden, executive director of the NJ Clean Communities Council.

Supermarkets are asking customers not to carry their food in reusable bags while still shopping, in order to combat thefts.