Look after the pennies and the dollars will look after themselves

Notice for the staff at Dollarama

Notice for the staff at Dollarama (Detail)

Many retailers in Canada, especially grocery stores, have started to charge for shopping bags. (The cost is usually 5 cents, although the retailer's cost per bag is a fraction of that.) So far Dollarama has resisted this trend and is still providing bags for free.

I was in a Dollarama store last week and saw this notice for the staff.   (As you can see from the top photo, the notice was not obviously visible to customers, but being the insatiably curious person that I am I saw the notice and took this photo on the sly.)

If 50% of customers supply their own bags, it could save Dollarama close to $1,000,000 per year. I'd take that payback anytime.