Asda Doing Their Bit

[accyman]

i cant edit my previous post but i just found out its not actualy the shops to blame for this its the bloody government yet again

now the government has sorted out the great plastic bag crisis will they now be able to get on with sorting less important things out like crime and poverty etc

one thing i wonder is how far is this lunarcy going to spread

should i save my bag from next and keep it with me at all times just incase i decide to go and purchase a new item of clothing

bloody pathetic

i bet asda for example are making a right pretty proffit at 5p a carrier bag

 

[emzy]

Asda not doing free bags anymore???? I got them yesterday

But if asda start doing this that means I will have to start buying bin bags, i used my carrier bags for my rubbish.

 

[ANNE]

When I went to Asda today, they only had 5p bags at the tills but still had the free bags at the self servis tills.

 

[accyman]

Tesco home deliveries offer extra Tesco Clubcard points if you specify 'no bags' when you order.
That incentive is better than charging for them.
Better to use a carrot instead of a stick, to cut down on bag usage.

just out of curiosity as i have never used home delivery how does teh driver get all yor shopping to your door and if not in bags will your shopping not roll around teh back of the van lol

just dont order eggs

 

[MargaretR]

just out of curiosity as i have never used home delivery how does teh driver get all yor shopping to your door and if not in bags will your shopping not roll around teh back of the van lol

just dont order eggs

They deliver in plastic crates - about the size of milk crates. They are designed to slide on racks in the delivery van and have a number temorarily stuck on each crate so that when the driver looks at them he can get out all those with your allocated delivery number. Chilled and frozen goods travel in a seperate chilled section of the van.

When you specify 'no bags' you still get some - items such as soap powders that smell strong will be seperately wrapped before being put in the crate.

I consider that great care is taken by Tesco to ensure that there is no damage during transit. They have been doing home deliveries longer than Asda and do it better.

 

[Neil]

.... would love to see you in action...

He is too old to give you any action Kate

 

[Mick]

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.

Next time you have to buy an asda or any shop's bag that has there name on just tell the girl on the till to wait while you turn the bag inside out then start loading no avertising and the look on there face is great fun
I did this the other day in M&S the look i got hehe i walked out with a big smile on my face

 

[emzy]

When I went to Asda today, they only had 5p bags at the tills but still had the free bags at the self servis tills.

I cant say that i noticed if they were at the self serve tills but there were no bags out other than the 5p pnes, the person serving never said anything to me about the 5p bags, just said ill get you some carrier bags and got them from under the till

 

[mez]

this remindes me of my days before the plastic carrier bags when we always took our own shopping bags with us ...remember the gondola basket kate? i loved mine.i hve now got a nice colourful stash of "proper" shopping bags & im helping the enviroment too.

 

[katex]

...remember the gondola basket kate? i loved mine.i .

Sort of Mez ... never had one .. bit too open and didn't hold too much.

I like everyone else used the supermarket bags for lining my litter bins and disposing of un-eaten foods, so yeh, never thought that we would have to buy them now, so not saving much for the environment are we ? Good point.

 

[MargaretR]

I have just had a Tesco delivery - asked for 'no bags' (extra clubcard points), but got them anyway, no extra charge.

 

[jambutty]

Next time you have to buy an asda or any shop's bag that has there name on just tell the girl on the till to wait while you turn the bad inside out then start loading no avertising and the look on there face is great fun
I did this the other day in M&S the look i got hehe i walked out with a big smile on my face

Interesting suggestion and worth considering.

 

[jambutty]

this remindes me of my days before the plastic carrier bags when we always took our own shopping bags with us ...remember the gondola basket kate? i loved mine.i hve now got a nice colourful stash of "proper" shopping bags & im helping the enviroment too.

Ah! But in those days people didn’t do a bulk shop once a week. There were no supermarkets apart from the Co-op and most people didn’t have cars so the corner shop ruled and a weekly trip to the local fruit and veg market.

My weekly foray to Asda rarely fills more than 4 bags but there are many people with larger families who will fill ten or fifteen carrier bags. Imagine having to take 15 shopping baskets with you.

 

[accyman]

my gran used to use a tartan trolly pull along kind of thing with 2 wheels and a handle

i dont recall what happened to the trolly but knowing how tight fisted my mum is my gran was probably burried in it

 

[cashman]

called in asda fer a couple of things this morning. when the lass scanned em,she said- have you brought yer own bag sir, i replied no, so she grabbed one of the new green bags n scanned it, - i said i didn't ask fer that i will carry em, did i get a dirty look or what? she had to p*** about cos it showed on reciept, so i also left smiling as i walked away.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

They deliver in plastic crates - about the size of milk crates. They are designed to slide on racks in the delivery van and have a number temorarily stuck on each crate so that when the driver looks at them he can get out all those with your allocated delivery number. Chilled and frozen goods travel in a seperate chilled section of the van.

When you specify 'no bags' you still get some - items such as soap powders that smell strong will be seperately wrapped before being put in the crate.

I consider that great care is taken by Tesco to ensure that there is no damage during transit. They have been doing home deliveries longer than Asda and do it better.

How does that work when they deliver them? Presumably they bring the crates into the house. Do they then wait until you take everything out of the crate and take the crate back?

 

[Loz]

How does that work when they deliver them? Presumably they bring the crates into the house. Do they then wait until you take everything out of the crate and take the crate back?

Yeah when we get deliveries from Tesco they carry the stuff in inside a green tray and wait for you to unload them,it's a really good service and i would highly recommend it.

 

[Less]

When I'm doing the dreaded shop, I always take my rucksack, that way all the heavy items are on my back instead of in tacky plastic bags biting into my hands.

If I can't fit it all into the rucksack then like Mick I turn the bag inside out before putting the lighter items and delicates, (such as eggs), into them.

 

[slinky]

Next time you have to buy an asda or any shop's bag that has there name on just tell the girl on the till to wait while you turn the bad inside out then start loading no avertising and the look on there face is great fun
I did this the other day in M&S the look i got hehe i walked out with a big smile on my face

Hahahaha I can't wait to go shopping now!! because I will certainly be doing just that! I aint paying for the privilege of advertising their company! stuff that.

 

[MargaretR]

How does that work when they deliver them? Presumably they bring the crates into the house. Do they then wait until you take everything out of the crate and take the crate back?

As Loz already said - they wait for you to empty the crates, but not for you to check them against the delivery order list (which Ian Entwisi annoys them by so doing )

It is quicker to lift 2 or 3 carriers out of a crate than to lift out all the items individually, which I think is why carriers are used even when you have asked them not to.