Lack of publicity over England's shops charging 5p a bag

System

mufi wrote: »

Not in my local Tesco; however, they have emailed delivery customers.

I nipped in Tesco yesterday and they had signs on the self scans.
Asda have the signs at the basket self scans.

peachyprice

Ilona wrote: »

Nothing to prepare, unless you make your own cloth bags. Just buy a few 10p bags for life, keep on using the same bags until they fall apart, then swap them for new ones. Take them with you when you leave the house, they fold up small to go in a handbag, or keep them in your car. Easy.

Ilona

You'd think. But it's obviously too much for the op to cope with

System

peachyprice wrote: »

You'd think. But it's obviously too much for the op to cope with

I'm prepared as have two bags folded in my bag. For others it's going to be an issue and hurl abuse at the poor till staff.

Still no.sign at the Sainsburys near me where the majority of customers are thick. If there is no sign, they think this Sainsburys is exempt. No its not!

tomtontom

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I'm prepared as have two bags folded in my bag. For others it's going to be an issue and hurl abuse at the poor till staff.

Still no.sign at the Sainsburys near me where the majority of customers are thick. If there is no sign, they think this Sainsburys is exempt. No its not!

The number of people that will have a problem with this is negligible, as evidenced by this thread. For someone to "hurl abuse" at any shop worker they'd need to be pretty unhinged, it's certainly not going to be a common problem.

Your comment about the Sainsburys customers is ridiculous. Just ridiculous.

System

tomtontom wrote: »

The number of people that will have a problem with this is negligible, as evidenced by this thread. For someone to "hurl abuse" at any shop worker they'd need to be pretty unhinged, it's certainly not going to be a common problem.

Your comment about the Sainsburys customers is ridiculous. Just ridiculous.

I have seen customers hurl abuse at shop staff for being refused to buy more than two packs of painkillers. Chances are these are the customers that will do the same 're bag charges

I have informed a few customers and many are still unaware of the charges.

custardy

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I have seen customers hurl abuse at shop staff for being refused to buy more than two packs of painkillers. Chances are these are the customers that will do the same 're bag charges

I have informed a few customers and many are still unaware of the charges.

Well heres the thing.
It isnt the supermarkets bringing in a policy,its law.
So is it their 'job' to do anything but meet their legal requirement?

Bay

skintpaul wrote: »

Is this 5p a set fee, or ON TOP of what some shops charge for bags, anyway..?

Aldi are only ones that I know of, at present, not to give bags free.. regardless of home much you spend!

- though they don't seem to mind you taking the empty packing boxes..

M&S do not 'give bags free'.

donnac2558

Bay wrote: »

M&S do not 'give bags free'.

Way back they started giving out heavy duty 20p plastic carrier bags free. I still bring my ripped ones in and get a new one FREE.

We do have the bag charge here in NI, BUT M&S gave these free bags out years before it started. They had a campaign to stop waste of plastic bags. I always have one in my handbag.

The-Truth

tomtontom wrote: »

For someone to "hurl abuse" at any shop worker they'd need to be pretty unhinged, it's certainly not going to be a common problem.

Having said that I work in retail in England. I once had a Welsh customer come in and want a carrier bag, I gave her one. It was the standard size (eg normal supermarket size) & she said it was too small, for larger/stronger ones we charge 5p. She went mental saying that any carrier bag in England no matter what size should be free! She was having none of the 5p charge for a large strong bag. I just told her that was the case, she kind of tried to block me from serving other people in determination to get a free large bag but the next customer & I shifted ourselves to enable me to serve her whilst ignoring this mad Welsh ladies ways until she went on her way with her standard bag.

The long and the short of it is some of the public are stupid and mad. You have to work in retail to see it if you don't believe it.

mttylad

Asda have signs up on every till & more signs as you walk in and out.
The till staff are mentioning it, poundland are mentioning it.

I suspect that Sainsburies do have signs up but they have just been missed.

FWIW I have been taking large bags to shop with for the past few years although I think I may change to Asda's bag for life at 1p more than the other bags (6p) as the 38p one handles go after a while.