5p bag charge - your views

Beenie

Does anyone know what is the policy regarding raw chicken fillets?

I bought some in a pack from M&S and was expecting to get a (free) small plastic bag to wrap them in.

The cashier wanted to charge me 5p for the tiny little bag.

I said that I thought hygiene regs stipulated that bags for raw foods were free.

She said no, not at M&S.

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Kim_13 wrote: »

Part of me wondered if the management miss the free advertising and were telling them to do it.

I doubt the company/management are telling staff to buy bags for advertisement.

Beenie wrote: »

Does anyone know what is the policy regarding raw chicken fillets?

I bought some in a pack from M&S and was expecting to get a (free) small plastic bag to wrap them in.

The cashier wanted to charge me 5p for the tiny little bag.

I said that I thought hygiene regs stipulated that bags for raw foods were free.

She said no, not at M&S.

The law says they can give a bag for free not that they HAVE to. The chicken is already sealed I take it.

Beenie

Yes, the fillets are in a polystyrene tray covered in a layer of cling film.

Having seen various TV programmes about the contamination of chicken during handling and wrapping, I assumed that was the reason for the charge not being applicable. You wouldn't want your cream cake next to a packet of raw chicken for instance (the chicken is factory wrapped and therefore contaminated).

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Beenie wrote: »

Yes, the fillets are in a polystyrene tray covered in a layer of cling film.

Having seen various TV programmes about the contamination of chicken during handling and wrapping, I assumed that was the reason for the charge not being applicable. You wouldn't want your cream cake next to a packet of raw chicken for instance (the chicken is factory wrapped and therefore contaminated).

It'll already be contaminated. It all comes to the shop on the same lorry and the same people put the stuff on the shelves.

Was this way when I worked in a supermarket.

robin58

Beenie wrote: »

Yes, the fillets are in a polystyrene tray covered in a layer of cling film.

Having seen various TV programmes about the contamination of chicken during handling and wrapping, I assumed that was the reason for the charge not being applicable. You wouldn't want your cream cake next to a packet of raw chicken for instance (the chicken is factory wrapped and therefore contaminated).

Think you need to read the earlier posts in this thread.

Has been discussed to the point of internet fisticuffs.

I will not repost the findings here, please read the earlier posts.

teddysmum

Tesco's bags for life seem to have very short lives for me. They need replacing about once a month, as they develop splits from goods in sharp-cornered packaging.

no1catman

Its rare to use the long-life plastic bags, when doing a 'big shop' I take several heavy duty bags - Tesco & Morrisons - probably cost 50p, and a hessian bag for three four-pint cartons of milk.


The plastic ones, are more a case of spontaneous shopping, kept handy in some jacket pocket. The ones we have are by now several years old.

robin58

I buy the Asda's 6p bags for life if I need a foldable bag.

Cheaper than Sainsbury's and Tesco's.

Strong handles, strong side walls not easy to tear.

The only weak spot is the base you have to be careful not to put very pointy things a the bottom or it creates a slit which can run.

But who cares as it's a bag for life,so swap to get a new one!.

teddysmum

Having the bag replaced doesn't bother me, but poor quality,meaning more replacements, does go against the idea of issuing less plastic.

Roxy07

It seems most people are "fallen in line" now and getting use to this new system of packing.