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

custardy

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Yes I appreciate that, but if some stores can offer unchained trolleys they must consider customer convenience is more of a priority.

Some have a locking device fitted to their wheels, so that they can't be taken beyond a certain point. Seems a good practical alternative.

or they have found less theft in their particular area/geography.

custardy

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Actually I told an untruth there ^ - in some Asda stores trolleys do have to be released from the stack with a coin or token. Quite often there are loose ones lying around though. I shop regularly in two branches in two different towns, one does chain them and the other doesn't.

So it's just Morrisons and Waitrose where you can use one without all the faffing around. As far as I have found, ALL the Morrisons have stopped chaining them up. They still have the same trolleys but have put their own fixed tokens in the slot. It's probably all part of their campaign to claw back their customer base, after a difficult few years.

Waitrose customers would, of course, never dream of stealing a trolley! :rotfl:

Well its not all Morrisons,as the last one I was at still required coins.
The one at the Gyle Centre doesnt. However it is in walking distance of very few houses.

Torry_Quine

custardy wrote: »

or they have found less theft in their particular area/geography.

The ASDA I go to doesn't lock trolleys and neither does my local Tesco so we must be honest here. :rotfl:


I do use a basket if only a few items to stop being tempted to get more or use a small trolley.

balletshoes

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

I do in Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose, as they have returned to civilisation and don't require a £1 coin or trolley token. Those shops get more of my custom purely for this reason, as I can put my handbag (actually a small backpack) in it, plus any other shopping I'm carrying.

Not everyone shops by car. My OH will drive us to Asda once a week, but most of the time I'm on the bus, either with or without him. Have to remember to get all the heavy things on the Asda trip.

I do an online shop, once a fortnight or so, and get all my heavy items then (either click and collect or delivered to my door, without bags). I still find that the cheaper way to food shop for me, as I don't impulse buy anywhere near as much doing the online shop compared with wandering round the aisles in person .

Its obviously a localised thing with the coin/token slot for the trolleys, and actually I'm struggling to think of any in my area where they don't have the coin slot in use (including Morrisons, Waitrose and Sainsburys).

JReacher1

Many supermarkets have upgraded their trolley theft prevention systems so instead of charging £1 they have a device on them that locks the trolleys wheels if you take it past a certain point in the car park.

I always think the best way of judging whether an area is nice or not is by checking the local supermarket to see if they've had to take steps to stop people nicking the trolleys!

enfield_freddy

I wish they would make supermarket trolly wheels bigger ! , I broke 5 eggs after I pushed my shopping home this afternoon.


I do believe in recycling , I swopped it for a goldfish from the scrap man

Nick_C

enfield_freddy wrote: »

I wish they would make supermarket trolly wheels bigger ! , I broke 5 eggs after I pushed my shopping home this afternoon.


I do believe in recycling , I swopped it for a goldfish from the scrap man

I hope he didn't charge you for the plastic bag. They should be free for live aquatic animals.

System

It baffles me why one of the Asda I use has no £1 locks or things that lock the wheels if anyone tries to push the trolleys beyond a certain point.

Within 20 minutes walk, there a group of uni halls of residence and in the other direction, a rough housing estate.

Now the checkout assistant I was served by on Friday said about 40 small trolleys have been nicked. Guessing this will be 65 now

A quick drive through these areas above, would find almost all of them.

The parade of shops, 15 mins walk from Asda, I often see trolleys.

I have visited supermarkets with the £1 lock and customers have left the coin in the trolley.I use these and have bought a Thunderball ticket with a left pound. That ticket won me £10.

pelirocco

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Actually I told an untruth there ^ - in some Asda stores trolleys do have to be released from the stack with a coin or token. Quite often there are loose ones lying around though. I shop regularly in two branches in two different towns, one does chain them and the other doesn't.

So it's just Morrisons and Waitrose where you can use one without all the faffing around. As far as I have found, ALL the Morrisons have stopped chaining them up. They still have the same trolleys but have put their own fixed tokens in the slot. It's probably all part of their campaign to claw back their customer base, after a difficult few years.

Waitrose customers would, of course, never dream of stealing a trolley! :rotfl:

I'm sure our waitrose trolleys have the £1 release

Azari

custardy wrote: »

Its a cost,but for a reason to cut down on trolley loses.

In Tesco's case it varies on the individual shop. I dare say some may do it to avoid trolley theft (although, quite honestly, I can't see someone who is going to go to the trouble of loading a trolley into their vehicle or risk pushing it along the streets is going to be that bothered about £1 - but who knows?)

Ours introduced the £1 'deposit' because too many idle chavs were just leaving the trolleys anywhere and cluttering up the walkways/car park.

The improvement was immediate and dramatic!