Sainsburys got rid of clear plastic bags in bakery and produce

SSmith99

Why couldn't they do brown paper bags like traditional greengrocers do? Because they wouldn't be able to sell the reusable bags. I use the reusable bag to wash my tights and go to Waitrose where they do biodegradable free bags.

KxMx

Paper has limited re use, is heavier to transport so uses more fuel, also produces harmful gases during production and decomposition. About the only plus is it doesn't entangle wildlife or break down into micro plastic.

I think in this case a re-usable bag made from a recycled bottle is much better than paper.

NBLondon

As Zandoni said - my local Sainsbury has paper bags for bread products (just like LIDL have always done). I bought one of the re-usable produce bags and that's it. Mind you - much fruit and veg is pre-packed anyway so it it's not a massive issue. Did you really need separate plastic bags for spuds, onions, carrots etc. ? OK - it takes a bit of effort to place them together in the basket/trolley but if you are going to wash or peel them before use anyway...

Bacman

Best way supermarkets could be greener is not to throw away perfectly good food when it is perfectly clear it is fine to eat. For example, fruit and veg, they have sell-by dates, so let's say for discussion the sell-by date is today - so it is fine up to 11:59pm however as soon as the clock goes to midnight suddenly the food isn't fit to eat? What's this, Cinderella? Dairy you need to be careful about but fruit and veg you can see if it is ripe, under ripe or going off.

SPOWER

Why does the menu scree shown this post as being startyed by user ScarletMarble. Then when you look it says n/a archived user?

od244051

If you are going through a manned till, you can put your loose produce in one bag and put the barcode stickers on the bag. The other day, I was queuing up and the customer in front used a bag for life and had 5 or 6 barcode stickers and cashier got the scanning gun and scanned them in quick succession. You weigh each item in the bowl individually.

Sheel

SPOWER wrote: »

Why does the menu scree shown this post as being startyed by user ScarletMarble. Then when you look it says n/a archived user?

How odd. Probably it's someone who wanted to delete their account or change their username.

NBLondon

od244051 wrote: »

If you are going through a manned till, you can put your loose produce in one bag and put the barcode stickers on the bag. The other day, I was queuing up and the customer in front used a bag for life and had 5 or 6 barcode stickers and cashier got the scanning gun and scanned them in quick succession. You weigh each item in the bowl individually.

Potentially open to abuse though? Weigh 3, get the sticker and put 5 in the bag? Does the cashier look in the bag for a quick check that it contains the same items as the stickers?

od244051

NBLondon wrote: »

Potentially open to abuse though? Weigh 3, get the sticker and put 5 in the bag? Does the cashier look in the bag for a quick check that it contains the same items as the stickers?

The cashier did look inside the bag to check the things in the bag matched the stickers. I think those who work on the checkouts know roughly how many loose carrots you can get for 25p etc

jon81uk

I've not used a bag for loose fruit and veg in years. Just pick up what I want and then put it in my carrier bag at the till. Should be washing fruit and veg anyway before use.

Loose bread may be a bit harder as can't wash that so I do think paper bags should be provided.