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Woman shares genius $5 Kmart grocery shopping hack

In the wake of the Woolworths plastic bag ban. - by Georgia Mars
  • 27 Jun 2018

Following Woolworth's nationwide decision to ban single-use plastic bags, customers have had to come up with inventive and resourceful ways to get their groceries from the store to home.

One Western Australian mother has shared her shared her simple hack online, and people are loving it!

Ashleigh Hair took to 'Kmart Mums Australia' to share a picture of a plastic tub filled with her groceries. 

kmart tub hack
Ashleigh Hair/Kmart Mums Australia

'With the plastic ban looming here in WA I now keep one of the $5 Kmart flexible tubs in my boot,' she wrote.

'I find it a lot quicker and easier for my shopping!'

Ashleigh added, 'Can't complain about the price either - $5, bargain!' 

kmart tub
Kmart

Many were quick to praise Ashleigh's inventiveness. 

'You're my new hero,' one fellow group member wrote.

'I was thinking cardboard boxes but this is much better!'

What do you think of this genius hack? Head to our Facebook page to let us know!

This article originally appeared on New Idea.

Georgia Mars
Georgia Mars is a Digital Content Editor at New Idea Magazine. As a self-professed celeb expert, Georgia claims to know everything about everyone! When she's not digging deep for the next big celebrity scoop, you can find Georgia catching up on the latest reality TV.

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