Tesco Tray Liners Home Delivery

mowg

I know it's not very environmentally friendly but I like my supermarket deliveries to be delivered in bags. It just makes it much easier to bring everything into the house much faster. I used to use Sainsburys but now they've gone bagless I have switched to Tesco. Because having to empty the delivery crates myself one item by one whilst the driver simply waits to take the crates back was too much. Now Tesco have replaced their bags with tray liners and I don't really know what they are. Do the drivers lift them out of the trays and leave them on the floor so they can take the tray and go, just like they would with bags? Or do they still expect me to empty the tray myself whilst they wait at a safe distance due to covid?

maman

I suppose it depends where you live etc. I just put some boxes on the doorstep ready for the delivery and the driver puts my shopping in there. 

KxMx

The liner is like a large, long shallow handle-less bag, which sits in the tray. 

I lift the tray liners out myself, I'm sure if you ask the driver what you'd like to happen they will accommodate you if they can. Obviously there is more weight in a liner than there is in a bag. 

newlywed

We ask them to take the shopping in tray liners out at the door, they take their trays away and then we bring them inside and unpack them in our own time. 

If you have one with quite a few bottles and jars Then they can be awkward to pick up. 

mowg

newlywed said:

We ask them to take the shopping in tray liners out at the door, they take their trays away and then we bring them inside and unpack them in our own time.

This is what I'm hoping they can do for me.

GaleSF63

Mine are lifted out of the crates and left at the door. I drag them in; they are usually too heavy to lift and things fall out anyway. Then I transfer contents to other bags and small plastic veg rack which slides nicely on the laminate floor. 

I don't like them, but they are better than nothing. Not very useful for re-using either so they are building up because I don't want to throw them away and haven't come up with any efficient ideas yet. 

Clowance

tray liners are awful, however we use them to line the cat litter tray. Its about all they are good for.

Teapot55

In the sixties the customer would put their shopping into reused cardboard boxes at the checkout in the local Co-op and a few hours later the Co-op man would deliver them to the house.  

Mickey666

First world problems
I’d be happy to unload the delivery van myself in order to save a 25 mile round trip to my local supermarket and an hour traipsing around the aisles, queuing for the checkout, loading everything into my car and then unloading everything from my car.
Anyway, my delivery people let me keep the crates if I want them - they’re great for garage and workshop storage

KxMx

I've had a build up of them too. 

So I've decided it's back to bagless as a trial, TBH this worked fine pre Covid, much better than I had anticipated, crates were placed in the kitchen for me and I unpacked.

I think I'll leave some bags/boxes in porch then put the shopping into them then bring into kitchen and unpack again. 

Unfortunately with having ME this is going to take at least double the normal amount of energy so may end up having to go back to liners...

makingmehappy

Mickey666 said:

First world problems
I’d be happy to unload the delivery van myself in order to save a 25 mile round trip to my local supermarket and an hour traipsing around the aisles, queuing for the checkout, loading everything into my car and then unloading everything from my car.
Anyway, my delivery people let me keep the crates if I want them - they’re great for garage and workshop storage

Hi Mickey666, I'm not sure what you mean by first world problems. I'm glad for you that it's more convenient to have your shopping delivered and that you have the good health and strength to be able to unload your shopping from the van. Unfortunately, my 87 and 85 year old parents no longer have that strength, indeed they are too frail now to make the 25 minute round trip to the supermarket, let alone traipse anywhere inside. Having the shopping delivered gives them the last little bit of control over their own lives, as they at least still get to choose their own shopping and what they eat. A couple of weeks ago, the young man who delivered their shopping refused to help my father to take the tray liner out of the trays when my father asked as it was too heavy for him to lift out. Luckily, this young man was unusual amongst the delivery drivers and obviously was in the wrong job, as the other drivers will take out the liners and leave on the path for my parents to take things out and move them inside at their own pace. 
I'm a bit surprised that drivers let you keep the trays, is this Tesco? I'm wondering why I'm paying more delivery prices and in prices generally to pay for the replacements for your garage storage!