The Dogmother Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Was at Tesco last night and they are selling lovely (big) jute bags for 97p each!!!!! How on earth do they do it?????? I got two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 By ripping the suppliers off who in turn pay the workers pennies to produce them probably! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I bought sme really gorgeous hessian ones from there with ladybids all over them They are massive, & were only 99p (I think.....) You can even put them onto the compost heap when you are finished with them - but they are really robust & look like they will last ages anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 By ripping the suppliers off who in turn pay the workers pennies to produce them probably! This is always my worry with a company like Tesco. On the face of it, they're joining in with all the right concerns, but are they actually doing it ethically or is just another 'make money, look good to the public' scheme? Where and how were these bags produced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 What really annoyed me recently is that I was sick for a couple of weeks & had to use Tescos home delivery service. They are bleating on about reusing bags - which I always do- then my shopping cam with literally 2 items in a bag. No exaggeration - I had 4 bottles of wine EACH IN ITS OWN CARRIER BAG Not even a wine carrier - ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I get that every month Sarah! It drives me mad! One tube of tomato paste in a bag! I now unpack any bag which has less than 4 things in it and give them back to the driver, along with all of last month's bags. But I have changed A year ago, I am really to admit, I complained when the shop didn't pack loaves of bread into bags, but left them loose in the box. Now of course I make my own bread and don't ever buy it, but if I did, I would be rejoicing if they didn't use carrier bags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I have to say it is annoying when they do that, but you can hand the bags back to the driver for recycling I have noticed they are using more recyclable packaging on veg. I bought some organic tomatoes from them and they were in packaging that you could put in the compost bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I have to say it is annoying when they do that, but you can hand the bags back to the driver for recycling I just took all the bags down to the store next time I went.They have a carrier bag recycling thingy outside the frount doors. It just made me so cross though,them trying to encourage recycling of bags then wasting them like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 But I have changed A year ago, I am really to admit, I complained when the shop didn't pack loaves of bread into bags, but left them loose in the box. Now of course I make my own bread and don't ever buy it, but if I did, I would be rejoicing if they didn't use carrier bags. And there you go - the reason you get so many bags. When the staff pick your shopping, there is nothing to say 'Ginette from Horley - understands about excess packaging, so don;t use too many bags'. It has the order number, to help the driver identify the address it is destined for. People complain when things get squashed into too few bags, so the home shopping staff use as many bags as they can get away with, so there are so such complaints. All Tesco shops will take back used bags for recycling, and if you continue to use home-shopping, then you can give them back to the driver, as Debs said. Sorry, but as an ex-employee, I'd be the first to do some 'Tesco-bashing' (pretty bad employers, with a poor take on personnel management), but not everything is their fault! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Those sound like the same ones Sarah. We order online from Tesco for our work supplies and they always send loads of bags, but I just give them back to the driver, who will take them for recycling - it tells me that on the bottomof my delivery note. I always take my own bags when i shop there, but they eventually break - these ones look much stronger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Clare are the jute bags plain? Or do they have a design on? Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 They're like Sarah's - Tesco logo (small) and ladybirds marching over them - they are very spacious and strongly made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Would you be able to take a picture? Doesn't matter if you can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 Sorry, no time. Rosie's been pesterign me for days to download some photos for her and I haven't done that yet! Do you want me to get you some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Martin, if you look at the Edinburgh photos, they are a bit like the ones Carl and Shona are carrying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Thanks Debs and Clare. I will investigate when I next go to Tesco. They seem good value! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I always take my own bags when i shop there, but they eventually break - these ones look much stronger Clare, if you collect green points,make sure they give you 2 points for each bag. They easily hold as much as 2 carrier bags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 I always do when I have bigger bags, thanks anyway though Sarah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Ooh, I have some ideas coming along. Hopefully the local Tesco extra will sell them. Might be a job to find them though! It's massive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Ooh, I have some ideas coming along. Hopefully the local Tesco extra will sell them. Might be a job to find them though! It's massive! I can guarantee your idea will be very similar to my idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 What are you two cooking up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Profit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Quick question Clare- what are the ladybirds and tesco label made out of? Stitch, Iron on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 They seem to be printed onto the bags Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I can probably get them off and put my own transfers on! Personalise them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
