It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

YoungBlueEyes

I’m not over 70, but I object to sains ethos on the mince too

Listen to your customers, or lose your customers. 

Your move sains. 

New_in_the_fens

Looks as though I’m in the minority, but the new Sainsbury’s mince is fine with me 😃 

Doom_and_Gloom

New_in_the_fens said:

Looks as though I’m in the minority, but the new Sainsbury’s mince is fine with me 😃 

My OH can be really fussy with his meat products yet he has bought the mince a few times now since the change in packaging and has found it fine.

The thing we both dislike about the change is that the packaging now isn't recyclable at all which seems rather counter productive to the reducing and recycling plastic message being touted out.

Katiehound

Doom_and_Gloom said:

 

The thing we both dislike about the change is that the packaging now isn't recyclable at all which seems rather counter productive to the reducing and recycling plastic message being touted out.

AFAIK you can put the (washed) plastic in the bins for soft plastic which should be in all major supermarkets. 
Locally Aldi have a big green bin, Co-op have a teeny dustbin thingie and then the big stores have the facilities with large wire container.
This means all of it can be recycled rather than just the tray, or if very unlucky with a black tray... not at all!

euronorris

Doom_and_Gloom said:

New_in_the_fens said:

Looks as though I’m in the minority, but the new Sainsbury’s mince is fine with me 😃 

My OH can be really fussy with his meat products yet he has bought the mince a few times now since the change in packaging and has found it fine.

The thing we both dislike about the change is that the packaging now isn't recyclable at all which seems rather counter productive to the reducing and recycling plastic message being touted out.

Yes, I also don't get this. The other packaging was like 95% recyclable and the new packaging isn't recyclable at all. Doesn't make sense to me.

Doom_and_Gloom

Katiehound said:

Doom_and_Gloom said:

 

The thing we both dislike about the change is that the packaging now isn't recyclable at all which seems rather counter productive to the reducing and recycling plastic message being touted out.

AFAIK you can put the (washed) plastic in the bins for soft plastic which should be in all major supermarkets. 
Locally Aldi have a big green bin, Co-op have a teeny dustbin thingie and then the big stores have the facilities with large wire container.
This means all of it can be recycled rather than just the tray, or if very unlucky with a black tray... not at all!

Will have to look into that but it said on the packaging not to recycle. Usually if their plastic is soft plastic recyclable it will say so with the following 'Recycle with bags at larger stores bag' which it doesn't so I don't believe it is.

pumpkin89

euronorris said:

Yes, I also don't get this. The other packaging was like 95% recyclable and the new packaging isn't recyclable at all. Doesn't make sense to me.

The old packaging was recyclable but most people didn't recycle it (I read somewhere credible that roughly 1 in 3 plastic trays gets recycled - of course, I can't find the article now  )

All of the new packaging going to landfill would still be less waste than 2/3 of the old packaging.

Plus, as Katiehound explained, the new one is recyclable in most supermarkets (including Sainsbury's).

YorksLass

On the subject of recycling, it's a very complex problem with no one size fits all.  I'm quite happy to do so but am thwarted by the communal bins we have.  Because some residents put stuff in the wrong bins, all our refuse goes into the same wagon (to eliminate cross contamination).  And our council doesn't do a glass recycling service, you have to take it yourself to a bottle bank.  There isn't one within walking distance from where we are, we don't have a car and I'm not making a special bus journey to get there. However, I do take my soft plastics to the local Co-op, re-use or re-purpose what I can and take stuff to the CS so I'm trying to do my bit.

Chicken, bacon & mushrooms pasties have been made, as have jam tarts.  For some reason, there's 11 not the usual 12, so the odd one will be a "sampler".  

Had a text this morning from my credit card provider to remind me there's a payment due by the end of this week - yes, I know and will be paying it tomorrow.  It's not something they've done before so it's set me wondering if they're finding customers are missing payments due to the current financial crisis.  Just a thought.

YoungBlueEyes

@YorksLass do any of your charity shops take glass jars and bottles? 

A couple of the ones near me have crafting sections and they sell them there  

Katiehound

I've just cut & pasted this from a Guardian article- nothing on the Sainsbury's website about recycling just about reduction in the plastic\!

Some shoppers said the new packaging was not as easily recycled as the previous version. Because they are made from “flexible plastic” the packs are not accepted in most councils’ kerbside bins and must be taken to specialist collection points in stores including Sainsbury’s.

which is what I understood!