Shoppers visiting ShopRite supermarkets across Lagos in the first week of January 2025 witnessed a significant change the retail chain no longer provided shopping bags for free but instead sold them to customers.
For N500, customers could purchase a reusable bag or bring their own. Weeks later, as of February 2025, this initiative has gained widespread adoption across major supermarket chains in Lagos.
At Ebeano Supermarket in Ikeja GRA, Natalia Zibo experienced this change firsthand when she went shopping in early February.