# Prof. Bryan Bollinger's research on the impact of reusable bags on grocery shopping habits is featured

1 Faculty News March 25, 2015 ![New York Magazine logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_035440.gif?itok=tfYuio90)>

Excerpt from [New York Magazine](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/03/reusable-bag-users-might-buy-more-junk-food.html) -- "After analyzing the transactions, Karmarkar and [Bollinger](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/bryan-bollinger) found small but statistically significant trends associated with bringing reusable bags. First, those with reusable bags were slightly more likely — 0.25 percent — to buy organic basics like milk and eggs. One green behavior may provide a gentle nudge into another, the researchers conclude. But those who brought their own bags were also slightly more likely — 1.24 percent — to buy indulgent (nonorganic) items, like potato chips and candy."

[Read more](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/03/reusable-bag-users-might-buy-more-junk-food.html)

Additional coverage appeared on [Big Think](http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/reusable-bag-users-may-reward-themselves-with-more-junk-food), [Blisstree.com](http://www.blisstree.com/2015/03/26/mental-health-well-being/reusable-bags-users-buy-more-junk-food/), [Fast Company](http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044776/reusable-grocery-bags-make-you-more-likely-to-buy-organic-kale-and-also-candy-bars), [Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2015/04/reusable-bags-make-people-buy-organicand-junk), [Metro](http://www.metro.us/lifestyle/the-double-edged-sword-of-reusable-shopping-bags/zsJodt---K2904KgjOyluA/) and [The Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11525223/Shop-with-a-reusable-bag-Then-youre-more-likely-to-buy-junk-food.html).