hurray...confirmed on national t.v. extra clubcard points for carrier bags

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi.. after a recent threat about tescos offering 1 clubcard point for every carrier bag you take back and reuse..... ..when i asked my local store. and phoning customer service, and no one know about this new policy... it is now
confirmed by being on the itv national news..... and radio 2....

so extra points.... i will pack my bags like the tesco sa do... about 3 items to a bag.... so i will double my bag use..:D

it was ment to read thread..oopps...

maka_2

how do they apply your extra points??

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi maka.. its either maually or they might have a little swip thing at the till that they use.....and they tap in how many filled shopping bags that are in the trolley.....

so dont forget...dont over fill your bags....

. ..:beer: ................means MORE CLUB CARD POINTS..:beer: .......

surfsister

from Rpoints (thanks)

A little more information courtesy of The Guardian:

"In the first such scheme, the UK's biggest grocer is to offer its customers one Clubcard point for every carrier bag they do not use. Clubcard points are usually awarded at a rate of one for each £1 spent.

From September, all Tesco's carrier bags will also be degradable and a new thicker and bigger bag will also be introduced, so that shoppers need less of them and are more likely to re-use them.

The new Tesco scheme to encourage shoppers to bring their own bags starts on August 14 with TV adverts to spell out how the scheme will work. A host of celebrities, including Martine McCutcheon, Paul Daniels, Ronnie Corbett, Alan Titchmarsh and Frankie Dettori have been signed up to front the adverts.

Under the terms of the scheme, all shoppers who bring in their own holdalls or trolleys, or who re-use carrier bags they have received on previous visits or from rival stores, will qualify so long as they have a Tesco Clubcard. There are currently 13m active Clubcard accounts.

Checkout staff will assess how many bags each shopper is saving and agree a number of points to be awarded. The points accumulated for re-using bags will be highlighted on Clubcard statements as "green points".

elisebutt65

surfsister wrote:

from Rpoints (thanks)
Checkout staff will assess how many bags each shopper is saving and agree a number of points to be awarded. The points accumulated for re-using bags will be highlighted on Clubcard statements as "green points".

How are they going to assess how many bags we DON'T use?? Are they going to pack and then unpack to make sure we don't cheat, or what if the Checkout person has had a bad day and she reckons we only need 1????

I'm all for it as I use my trolley, but can't see how this is going to work, unless they assume so many items go in a bag and the till works it out??

littlemissfrugal

all tesco staff have had lovely letter from Tezza asking for support in this initiative and as a gesture we get 3 yes 3 free bag for life each WOW.

Broken_hearted

Someone forgot to tell our local Tesco. Then again our local Tesco doesn't do any of the things its supposed to R&R only exists for staff.:mad:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi.. elsiebutt65..... i can see yuor point. but hayho.....lets not nit pick this one.at the end of the day..its points that we never got before....
and all i can say is make sure you have carrier bags in the car at ALL times... for those impordo...visits to tescos....

if we go by surfsisters info an average of 1 point per £1. spend..on average i spend £60. per week( so thats an extra 60 points a week ) £ 3120 a year.... so if i got this right thats an extra £31.20 which works out at £124.80 in deals....
can some claify if this is right or wrong please....

so basically then their are ging you double points for taking yuor own bags...

hope i got the git of it ..if not sorry for this post...

loopy_lass

ohhhh now do i want clubcard points or do i continue using old tesco carriers for clearing up after my little doggie.... mmm which means buying scented nappie bags...

Mmmm difficult one this

loops

princessmoneysaver

How will this work with online orders? I always hand my carriers back to the driver but if I need to I will have to take them instore.

Funkylilac

littlemissfrugal wrote:

All tesco staff have had lovely letter from Tezza asking for support in this initiative and as a gesture we get 3 yes 3 free bag for life each WOW.

I got the letter from Tezza today also - complete with the 3 free vouchers :T - better than nothing, (but you have to claim them before 1/10/06) AND the letter was on 'paper sourced from sustainable forests' - trying hard to show how Green they are!:D

I was going to post this myself this morning but I just couldn't get my head around how to start a new thread, then this one was posted!:p