Tesco's new carrier bags - lies!

vodkachick68

I agree,i put my shopping in one of those bags and i only had 4 items. Lo and behold the flipping thing split on my way home! I usually do take my own bags if i go shopping but sometimes if i forget or do a spur of the moment couple of bits shop then yes i do have to use a carrier. Even the checkout girl agreed that they were rubbish!!

Februarycat

I noticed that Tesco bags are a lot thinner when I use them for my online food shopping, a lot of the bags split as I was carrying them into the kitchen, Sainsburys are much stronger

hybernia

To be honest, I'm glad the bags are getting thinner and thinner. I keep so-called green bags in the boot of my car. If I'm going to the supermarket to shop, then I know I need a bag or bags as much as I need my purse. For non-supermarket shopping, I have a small bag folded inside its own cover, kept permanently in my handbag.

Why is carrying a shopping bag around with you any more of a burden than carrying a purse????

I've just come from our local Tesco where a selfish idiot of a man took an age to load up his tgrolley with no less than eight -- count 'em -- eight Tesco plastic bags. Clearly he couldn 't give a hoot about the environment or the impact of all that horrendous plastic on wildlife both on shore and at sea.

I really really hope every one of his bags splits as he unloads his car. Maybe then he'll realise for the first time that plastic comes at a cost. To all of us.

Catslovelycats

hybernia wrote: »

I've just come from our local Tesco where a selfish idiot of a man took an age to load up his tgrolley with no less than eight -- count 'em -- eight Tesco plastic bags. Clearly he couldn 't give a hoot about the environment or the impact of all that horrendous plastic on wildlife both on shore and at sea.

I really really hope every one of his bags splits as he unloads his car. Maybe then he'll realise for the first time that plastic comes at a cost. To all of us.

More than a bit harsh! Presumably you know the man and the circumstances behind him needing to use these bags on this occasion.

Crabman

hybernia wrote: »

To be honest, I'm glad the bags are getting thinner and thinner. I keep so-called green bags in the boot of my car. If I'm going to the supermarket to shop, then I know I need a bag or bags as much as I need my purse. For non-supermarket shopping, I have a small bag folded inside its own cover, kept permanently in my handbag.

Why is carrying a shopping bag around with you any more of a burden than carrying a purse????

I've just come from our local Tesco where a selfish idiot of a man took an age to load up his tgrolley with no less than eight -- count 'em -- eight Tesco plastic bags. Clearly he couldn 't give a hoot about the environment or the impact of all that horrendous plastic on wildlife both on shore and at sea.

I really really hope every one of his bags splits as he unloads his car. Maybe then he'll realise for the first time that plastic comes at a cost. To all of us.

I don't know why you hope the man's carrier bags split because it'll be Tesco that pays for replacement of damaged items.

Not sure why using carrier bags that are provided for customer use makes this customer "selfish" either. It's up to customers to choose whether they use the carrier bags provided. Worth pointing out that despite your comments about the environment, many people eventually re-use these bags as bin liners (I do). You don't have to parade about with a Hessian bag on your shoulder to be environmentally conscious.

Would you prefer that people bought specifically reusable bags and then bought bin liners? Because that doesn't strike me as being particular money saving and it will only serve to line supermarkets' pockets if they save on the cost of producing carrier bags and end up selling more bin liners.

In Wales, shops have to charge 5p per bag. Has anyone noticed the price of products fall in response to the reduced cost of plastic bag production?

hybernia

@ Crabman. I don't know anyone at all who "parades around with a hessian bag to demonstrate how environmentally conscious they are." Those who do must have problems with self-esteem. Your comment has nothing to do with my post. As to this red herring about bin liners:

@ catslovelycats: It would be good to think shoppers of the kind in front of me at the till tonight re-use their plastic bags as bin liners. But I've no proof that they do and nor have you.

spike7451

Asda's are the same,I put a 1kg bag of spuds in one today & it ripped right down the side.

go_cat

I am more peterbed that everyone can see what I have bought through the bags

thriftymanc

hybernia wrote: »

Why is carrying a shopping bag around with you any more of a burden than carrying a purse????

I don't carry a purse and I would imagine I'm not the only person not to do so! I usually keep a folded up bag in my coat pocket. Wore a different coat yesterday and forgot - someone call the enviropolice!

Norman_Castle

oldagetraveller wrote: »

I used to use a very large, strong bag at Tesco which was purpose manufactured to fit inside a trolley. They used to award about 5 or more "green" points for the trolley/bagful of shopping.
On the last occasion I used this bag I was given 1 point. When queried the checkout operator said Tesco had changed their policy to that of 1 point/bag.
So by using just this one bag, equivalent to about 6 of their supplied plastic versions, I was only entitled to 1 point!
As a result of this I've never used my own bag(s) at Tesco and use about 6 of theirs at every weekly shop.
Foot, shot in or what?:p
Yes, the new bags are rubbish. This means I now use more of them, doubling up etc..

You've stopped using your trolley bag and now take plastic bags because they don't give you enough points?. Pointless in many ways. The Welsh have, next year Northen Ireland will have, and hopefully soon the Scots will have a plastic bag tax. In England we will be ignorantly clinging onto our freebies.