Asda - carrier bags

twinklyrach

In all honesty, I think M&S - and Lidl and Aldi before them - have got it right. You want a bag? Great! You'll be paying for it, then. I see very few people in Lidl buying bags these days and lots of people in M&S seem to be bringing their own too. Meanwhile when I go to Tesco hardly anyone seems to use their own bags.

marleyboy

Im still waiting for the invention of the fold away shopping trolley, so i can just bunk everything I buy into the boot , heck I wouldnt even need my car, just wheel the stuff home straight from the cashier.

CFC

Sandieflowers wrote: »

We are both in are sixties and had not planned on a shopping trip today, we decided on the 'hop' to call into Asda in Cwmbran, South Wales, so we didn't have any bags with us. We were treated like 'enemies of the planet' for asking for some bags to put our shopping in and given a lecture on how we should keep our re-usable bags in the car for these 'spur' of the moment' shopping trips.

We are both old enough to know how to recycle these bags and dispose of them without hanging them on trees in the countryside and certainly do not need 'checkout staff' telling us to organize ourselves.

If Asda are so concerned about 'saving the planet' then perhaps they should provide some strong paper bags for people like us who haven't actually planned a shopping trip.

I was all for leaving the shopping (over £70) on the conveyor belt and it was only the thought of leaving someone else having to put it all back that stopped me.

Goodbye Asda, I won't be shopping with you again.

Next time do indeed leave it on the conveyor; yes, someone has to put it away, but there isn't really any difference between stacking a shelf for 30 mins and putting someone's shopping away.

Tigsteroonie

marleyboy wrote: »

Im still waiting for the invention of the fold away shopping trolley, so i can just bunk everything I buy into the boot , heck I wouldnt even need my car, just wheel the stuff home straight from the cashier.

Safeway used to have a scan-as-you-go system, where you could scan barcodes as you shopped and pack the items into (purchased) plastic boxes, which you then just lifted from the trolley straight into the boot of the car.

oldone_2

marleyboy wrote: »

Im still waiting for the invention of the fold away shopping trolley, so i can just bunk everything I buy into the boot , heck I wouldnt even need my car, just wheel the stuff home straight from the cashier.

Go to B and Q and buy a cheap plastic storage box for around £3. Get one that fits into a supermarket trolley, and as you shop fill it. At checkout, after paying, reload the box, and wheel or carry it to your car.

Tozer

118 (now 119) posts about carrier bags. Oh dear.

andyrules

Tozer wrote: »

118 (now 119) posts about carrier bags. Oh dear.

There were even more till some disappeared

fabjenni

re asda bags, I though it was just my store (ayrshire), but reading this, its all over the place, so now after being made to feel so bad for asking for bags, I go to Morrisons to get the things that I can't get elsewhere & they always seem to be giving away their bags for life and then use them in asda for the bigger weekly shop.

54druids

I am sick and tired of being made to feel so awkward when forgetting my bags at ASDA. I am all for recycling and already recycle my bags for picking up dog poop but in my mind it should be all or nothing. I have a dreadful memory but know that if i am out shopping I have the backup of bags at the counter (despite being made to feel like a second class citizen - but only at ASDA) Take them away completely and I will have to remember but don't make me feel really bad for asking for a bag. The staff look at you as if you have committed a crime and then ask if you want to buy a bag for 5p - how is this saving the planet? It just makes an extra 5p for the supermarket. All or nothing does anyone agree?

pennystretcher

I was truly shocked to see free bags in supermarkets when I moved to UK. In the country I used to live in, we had to pay 10p per bag. The charge was a tax - the money collected in this way went towards waste management and handling... I try to carry my own bags with me, but sometimes end up buying more than what I can fit into bags...and I wouldn't mind paying 10p or something for a paper bag - this could then be used to collecting food waste for the green bin etc...

I wish UK would introduce the charge for cans and glass and plastic bottles - we used to collect bottles etc from the roads as kids and get money for them by returning them to the shops. (And now you can just feed them through a machine and get a receipt that you can use against your shopping or get cash at customer services...)

The recycling rate for glass bottles is 98% where I used to live, in UK you can't go for a walk without seeing broken glass on the ground...:mad:

I guess I've been brought up recycling and re-using things...how does that saying about old dogs and new tricks go again...