Yes they are stronger Kate and should fit in your hanbag if you fold them neatly.[/QUOTE]
Ah well, another item to add to my list of handbag contents.
Thanks for the warning.
Asda Doing Their Bit
- Thread starter BERNADETTE
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Ah well, another item to add to my list of handbag contents.
Thanks for the warning.
They are a good idea, we have a black bin bag full of carriers. But it's just like me to forget to pick up the bag for life on my out.
I take it all this started today?
went yesterday and got the normal bags!
so now bags are no longer free......more bloody expense on me shopping!
it should be the retailers sorting all the bloody plastic packaging out not us!......bodyshop give free carrier bags and they are biodegradable, so why cant asda?...dont they think our shopping bills have gone up enough?
went yesterday and got the normal bags!
so now bags are no longer free......more bloody expense on me shopping!
it should be the retailers sorting all the bloody plastic packaging out not us!......bodyshop give free carrier bags and they are biodegradable, so why cant asda?...dont they think our shopping bills have gone up enough?
I take it all this started today?
went yesterday and got the normal bags!
so now bags are no longer free......more bloody expense on me shopping!
it should be the retailers sorting all the bloody plastic packaging out not us!......bodyshop give free carrier bags and they are biodegradable, so why cant asda?...dont they think our shopping bills have gone up enough?
You don't have to buy them every time.
Save them from the previous week and take them with you to use again next time you go.
Got caught on the hop last week with M & S new policy on this .. must admit the 10p. bag is so much stronger than their last ones. Are Asda's bags stronger now Bernie ? Last week an unlucky customer lost her bottle of wine which went straight through the bottom and smashed on the floor.
M & S do offer you a bag free of charge when it's worn out, so maybe only have to buy the original one ? ...
Need more bags for Asda .. need only one for M & S, but usually four for Asda ... how will these fit in my handbag ? Hummph, will now have to buy larger handbags to accommodate plastic bags.
My 'free' M & S bag tore by the time I got to the front door of the store the other week, though they are normally very good.
I haven't tried the trade in yet either.
Cheap carriers are the perfect size as liners for my kitchen bin, so when there aren't any anymore, I guess I'll have to buy some proper bin liners, which I suppose isn't very green.
JUST DID RIGHT GRANNY C.
I've just ordered my weekly shopping on line from Asda and no mention on there about being charged for the bags and you do tend to get a ridiculous amount of them when they deliver your shopping, often there's just one item in a bag - although you can give the previous weeks carriers to the driver for recycling.
Asda carrier bags have a secondary use for me. I use them for non-recyclable waste so that my bin doesn’t get coated inside with rotting food.
So now I will have to buy some sort of suitable plastic bag to do the same job.
Someone explain to me where the saving is.
My other point is, do the new carrier bags have the Asda logo or name on them? If so then I, and all the other customers, will be getting charged for advertising Asda. Something wrong there.
I can feel an exchange of words coming up on Friday when I go and do my weekly shop.
Yes they do have Asda's name on them all be it not to prominently.
Eeew Jambutty, can we all come and watch please ? .. would love to see you in action...
Prominently or not if the bag has the shop name on it then we will be paying for the privilege of advertising the shop.
Asda and the others should pay us for advertising the store.
I went to morrisons on my lunch break early last week and they had started this... all well and good but..
why not give customers prior notice so they know to bring bags in (which I told them in no uncertain terms was out of order)
and they were giving one longer life bag free per customer and the charity ones were 10p... they may be stronger but you can't fit half as much in as they don't seem very wide!!!!!
I had a right jobsworth too, I do the shopping for the works tuck shop and had bought a massive amount of chewing gum, which is strong mint and I didn't want it to taint any other shopping so I asked for one of the small bags that they wrap meat in and she said she couldn't give me one!!!!!! That was until I kicked up a bit of a fuss, then she said...ok just this once... then I embarrassed the hell out of her by pointing out the next till along who was still giving out the old carrier bags free of charge!!!!!!!!!!
why not give customers prior notice so they know to bring bags in (which I told them in no uncertain terms was out of order)
and they were giving one longer life bag free per customer and the charity ones were 10p... they may be stronger but you can't fit half as much in as they don't seem very wide!!!!!
I had a right jobsworth too, I do the shopping for the works tuck shop and had bought a massive amount of chewing gum, which is strong mint and I didn't want it to taint any other shopping so I asked for one of the small bags that they wrap meat in and she said she couldn't give me one!!!!!! That was until I kicked up a bit of a fuss, then she said...ok just this once... then I embarrassed the hell out of her by pointing out the next till along who was still giving out the old carrier bags free of charge!!!!!!!!!!
Just answering your query please don't fall out with me
Was in tesco today down rawtenstall and i did have my normal bag with me for carrying shopping in but i bought a bit more than i thought i needed - anyway just nabbed the normal carrier bags and wasnt charged for them.
I think the official start date is 1 June, so they are probably just trying to eek out their supply of bags by starting early in some stores.
For those that have cars why not keep the bags in your Boot
Roll up to do your shopping take bag from boot hey presto
Roll up to do your shopping take bag from boot hey presto
I’m not falling out with you BERNADETTE, just pointing out that if Asda want me to advertise their store they should pay me to do so or at least not charge me for a carrier bag.Just answering your query please don't fall out with me
This latest ‘green’ move by the supermarkets is nothing more than a cynical exploitation of their customers.
They know that most of the free carrier bags that they supply are re-used as bin liners of one sort or another.
So we will now have to BUY bin liners (more profit for the supermarkets) and the supermarkets will make even more profit by SELLING us carrier bags for 5p each. And then to add insult to injury they get free advertising.
bloody disgusting behaviour from asda if you ask me , i dont want to have to remember to pick up re used shopping bags when i go out to shop and i certainly dont want to have them stored in my home
disposable carrier bags should be kept for those that want them and those that want to use the others can suit themselves
if asda want to save the planet they could use strong brown paper bags like many shops do in america
disposable carrier bags should be kept for those that want them and those that want to use the others can suit themselves
if asda want to save the planet they could use strong brown paper bags like many shops do in america