What is this green coins thing in Asda?

fluffnutter

likelyfran wrote: »

OK, thanks, at least there's a bit of choice involved.
Still think it seems a bit stupid though.
We'll (whoever the benefactor is) give you some money as long as we get lots of shoppers to run around like little clockwork mice, putting green things in slots.
Why not just give the flaming money without the fiasco? And Asda can see how many customers have been through the tills without all this.

I think you're missing the point a little. This is how it works in Waitrose - each month three local charities have a box behind the tills. You read about each one and decide which of them you'd like to support. If you don't like any, you don't have to post your token. You can give it back, leave it in the bottom of your bag, or whatever.

At the end of the month, the number of tokens is converted into pounds and Waitrose gives the three charities the money. It's a way of supporting local charities, and allowing the consumer to decide which ones they'd like to give their money to.

I hardly think putting a green token in a slot as you walk past is behaving like a 'clockwork mouse' and I think it's a real shame you seem so antagonised by being given the opportunity to support your local community.

I've learnt so much about the good works that charities in my town do since Waitrose started this scheme. So often we only hear about the big ones, e.g. Cancer Research, Help the Aged, Oxfam etc. It's great to think that I can help support smaller ones that help my local community.

ThumbRemote

DCFC79 wrote: »

Was just about to say waitrose do this,

I don't mind the supermarkets copying ideas from one another, but do they really have to copy the pointless ideas as well?

fluffnutter

ThumbRemote wrote: »

I don't mind the supermarkets copying ideas from one another, but do they really have to copy the pointless ideas as well?

Raising the profile of local charities and encouraging people to engage with their community is pointless? Nice one.

peachyprice

I really hope you miserable sods are never in a situation where you/your family need help from your local charities you can't even be @rsed to put a plastic token in a slot to support.

Kite2010

ThumbRemote wrote: »

I don't mind the supermarkets copying ideas from one another, but do they really have to copy the pointless ideas as well?

So you prefer the supermarkets to keep the money they would have paid out to local charities.

£300 to a local hospice or to a local help-the-aged group is better than £300 sitting in Walmart's bank account

SailorSam

I've never been offered any green coins, do you have to ask.

paulwellerfan

no but you have to spend a certain amount before they offer you one.

Shelldean

in ours you need to use your own bags to be offered the green tokens.

So not only are they trying to help local charities like scout groups and homestart they're trying to save the planet by making us re use our plastic bags - Shame on Asda for being so helpful!!!!

Shelldean

according to the asda website .........

A token should be given out at every transaction with an extra token per child and double if they use their own bags.

see HERE

Bowling_4_Gold

It's just a rip-off of Waitrose's scheme- but very badly implemented.

It relies on:

a) the Community Colleague finding charities
b) aforementioned colleague bothering to create signs with details of each charity
c) the signs then not getting vandalized
d) the coin bins being emptied on a regular enough basis
e) the colleague counting the coins and doing the admin side of things properly
f) members of the public not filling the bins with coppers, receipts and other general litter

Only then can a meaningful contribution be made to a charity.