Buying by the scoop: The rise of unpackaged grocery shopping
As a business model, selling groceries loose isn't a new-fangled approach. It's what market stalls have done for decades. Farm shops, food cooperatives and organic specialists in particular, continue to test the concept of providing sections, where shoppers can fill reusable containers with everything from flours, cereal, grains and nuts to olive oil, frozen fruit and even laundry detergent.
