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In France they don't normally offer or ask you if you want a bag and if you do, they have to go fumbling around for one and do charge for them. In France most people, including men, have baskets they take with them for food shopping.

I recently tried to buy a shopping basket in the UK because my French basket, which is about 6 years old and has been in constant use, is starting to weaken around the edges, but couldn't find anything other than flimsy frilly things that would be no use whatsoever.