Tesco plastic bags - Vent!

Angela84

Just had an email from Tesco apologising and sending me a £10 giftcard, so thats a nice outcome for my inconvinience.
Also, on the topic of shopping trolleys, I worked for M&S a few years ago and they had a folding shopping trolley, plain black but with the lime green M&S on the front, the wheels folded in and the whole thing would roll into the size of an a4 piece of paper. Really lightweight. I used it all the time, I really didn't feel silly at all. I ended up giving it to a relative who couldn't walk very much.
M&S sold them at the end of their tills and Im pretty sure they weren't for more than £6.
One day they vanished, and never returned! Supermarkets would do pretty well with something like these I think, on their tills.

alexandrajf

I have 10 of the jute bags that tesco and sainsburys sell. i never use plastic bags now because these are so sturdy and easy to carry. i used to get SO p'd off from plastic bags ripping as well. i highly recommend the Bag for Life jute bags.

alexandrajf

MDE wrote: »

Kind of back on the original topic. I split my shopping between Sainsburys and Tesco. I use the plastic bags from both which, whilst not being very eco friendly, means I then have a ready supply of bags to line small bins with, scoop the cat litter into (eww) and take my lunch to work in (not the same bags as the previous use, you understand!)
The Sainsburys bags are infinately better quality, but by the door of Tesco they have one of those "You say.... we say..." boards. One of the comments on it recently concerned how easily the Tesco bags split. The store had responded it was due to "new legislation which requires us to use biodegradable bags". Assuming that Sainsburys are also complying with this legislation, I do wonder why their bags are so much stronger!

No kidding. Amnesty International charity shops sell potato bags that are 100% biodegradable for 10p each. they are twice as strong as tesco bags. tesco is trying to skimp to save money, end of story.

frivolous_fay

Lokolo wrote: »

Do you lot not read the bags?

Oddly enough, had never imagined there was anything worth reading on a carrier bag! :rotfl:

Our local garden centre / greengrocer is always on the look out for carrier bags so we usually take a bundle down when we visit. (I try to give back as many as I can to Ocado Man too) Last time we took Tesco ones, they moaned about how rubbish they are and gave them back

tw1nklestar

tesco bags (the reusable ones) are rubbish anyway - 4 uses out of ours and handle has come away

Storck

Take it back then and ask for a refund or a replacement just like you would with anything else that only worked 4 times.

I_luv_cats

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2010/09/snag_for_tesco_bags.html

On BBC Watchdog (Thursday 23rd Sept) !!

lizziem_2

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

I've been tempted to get a trolley for ages; does anyone know of anywhere cheaper than the Lakeland ones? Don't want tartan, just plain or non-embarrassing print...

This is my one: http://www.vandashop.com/product.php?xProd=5586&s=1

poet123

I think if you are 20-40 you can get away with a trolley and look OK, any older and you look old before your time!!(whatever the design) unless you live in Venice where every resident has one.

Fiasco55

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

I've been tempted to get a trolley for ages; does anyone know of anywhere cheaper than the Lakeland ones? Don't want tartan, just plain or non-embarrassing print...

There is a fab black patent one for £28 in past times

Don't forget Quidco.

Sorry - still not allowed to post links.