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.

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