FabSwingers.com forum: 5p bags

By *akedninja OP Man
over a year ago

edinburgh

apparently now all the supermarkets will be charging 5p for plastic bags as of yesterday so i guess that means our weekly shop will have to go down as a result or we're gonna have to learn to balance all our items on our head else face paying out 5p per bad...doh! im just gonna take my bodybag shopping and fill it up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"apparently now all the supermarkets will be charging 5p for plastic bags as of yesterday so i guess that means our weekly shop will have to go down as a result or we're gonna have to learn to balance all our items on our head else face paying out 5p per bad...doh! im just gonna take my bodybag shopping and fill it up

We have a couple of Ikea bags for the big grocery shop. You can fit loads in them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Interestingly enough, legislation was brought in around 2006 / 2007 ish which meant that supermarkets would have to charge for carrier bags - which they all started doing until Asda took the decision to absorb the 'Tax' and all the others followed suit.

I'm going to learn to juggle, lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The rate my son eats, I don't need a bag he sits in the back seat and scoffs all the way home from supermarket trips.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

They should of made it 50p a bag if they wanted to do it for green reasons.

You might spend £60 and fill up x4 bags, thats an extra 20p. Where is the incentive to walk into the supermarket with your own bags.

Im that much of a nutter I buy the 6p ones, the bags for life and like fuck am I going to carry a carrier bag full of carrier bags in my car with me.

Im also the kind of person that if I jogged and reached pedestrian traffic lights, I'd press the button, wait for the green man, and stand still, I wouldn't jog on the spot.

Join an orderly queue ladies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If people are that fussed about paying 5p per bag they'll take a rucksack if they're only picking up a few bits or they'll remembered to reuse bags they already have. The whole point of the 5p per bag move is to stop people using so many bags! They're so bad for the environment in terms of what they're made from, where they end up and how long they take to totally degrade.

crystal

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By *exycleanerWoman
over a year ago

pontefract

when i go shopping i use 2 bags that are from french supermarkets ,one i can fit in the trolley and load from the till

straight in and an extra one ,as i tend to do most of my shopping at lidl and they have been charging for bags for a long time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They should of made it 50p a bag if they wanted to do it for green reasons.

You might spend £60 and fill up x4 bags, thats an extra 20p. Where is the incentive to walk into the supermarket with your own bags."

Totally agree. At 5p a bag I can see myself forgetting to take my own now and again but at 50p a bag there's no way I would forget to take my own!

crystal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

American stores have used brown paper bags for years

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just have re-usable bags........

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"American stores have used brown paper bags for years"

Even Macdonalds have to charge you for one of these - that do decompose in the ground as its paper.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

No you wont becuase it will be the same rule for everyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dont need a bag i have a big metal one in the car park thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Welcome to wales lol

We have been paying for bags for a few years now, it just becomes automatic to take your own.

I use the supermarket jute ones at about two quid each but had most of mine for years now they don't wear out.

I find it really strange when I'm in England and I don't have to pay

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By *hybuthornydanMan
over a year ago

grays

It's not a new thing as Wales have been been charging for bags for at least the last 5yrs

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

No you wont becuase it will be the same rule for everyone"

come and watch .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

You'll be waisting your time more than theirs.

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By *akedninja OP Man
over a year ago

edinburgh

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whoops....predictor text,,,that last part should read "5p per bag" not "bad"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think I'll be able to afford the extra 15p or so a week.

I was going to get a bag for life but I don't think I'm ready for that sort of commitment.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

No you wont becuase it will be the same rule for everyone

come and watch .

No thanks, lets keep it real.

Supermarkets are going to charge 5p a bag. Unless you take your own or pay 5p you will have to lift your sweater up and put all your good in that, whislt using your car keys and making sure the kids dont run off.

Or, you do as you say and leave your food and bits n bobs on the back end of the conveyor belt / packing area. Eventually you will get banned by all supermarkets, they may even wish to prosecute to make sure the banning order is upheld.

You do that long enough your will go a funny colour and then die. Unless you are really good at growing your own shit.

I could be wrong as Im shit at being a mystic meg type reader of the future

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

Its only in Scotland and that's to pay for all the money wasted on the independence vote

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

No you wont becuase it will be the same rule for everyone

come and watch .

No thanks, lets keep it real.

You do that long enough your will go a funny colour and then die. Unless you are really good at growing your own shit.

I could be wrong as Im shit at being a mystic meg type reader of the future"

Its like this poxy self service.

When they give me discount for serving myself I will use it .

All they want to do is put people out of work and make more profit

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Its only in Scotland and that's to pay for all the money wasted on the independence vote

As mentioned above, we have had in in Wales for years, every penny goes to charity

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

No you wont becuase it will be the same rule for everyone

come and watch .

No thanks, lets keep it real.

You do that long enough your will go a funny colour and then die. Unless you are really good at growing your own shit.

I could be wrong as Im shit at being a mystic meg type reader of the future

Its like this poxy self service.

When they give me discount for serving myself I will use it .

All they want to do is put people out of work and make more profit

Self Service is a great idea, a great invention I think.

What a pity it dosent work as it should though, one day they will get it right.

Morrisons are the worst I find, tight as fuck in regards to checkout operators, never enough on, why should you queue at 7.35pm when only 2 are open and 27 are shut. I know not a lot of people are in the store at that time but even so. Im fucked off with 'please place the item in the bagging area', then the machine wont accept your £5 note as the corner is slightly turned over.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The reason Asda and the line have been absorbing the cost of bags is like all of the others they want peeps walking down the road with Asda branded bags. I never thought about ikea bags LoL but makes good sense as they are strong enough to survive some of the plastic containers that's cut through even the bags for life which I use and reuse. Will have to get me a couple of the blue ikea ones or even a couple of I branded garden sacks. If shops are going to charge for bags in fucked if I am going to be doing their advertising for free

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need to remember to take my own decent bags,sometimes I do,sometimes I don't,its not like supermarket bags are any good anyway

When are manufacturers going to look at uneeded packaging on items? Especially that moulded hard plastic that you need an electric saw to break it open with!

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

No you wont becuase it will be the same rule for everyone

come and watch .

No thanks, lets keep it real.

You do that long enough your will go a funny colour and then die. Unless you are really good at growing your own shit.

I could be wrong as Im shit at being a mystic meg type reader of the future

Its like this poxy self service.

When they give me discount for serving myself I will use it .

All they want to do is put people out of work and make more profit

Self Service is a great idea, a great invention I think.

What a pity it dosent work as it should though, one day they will get it right.

That is why Its a waste of time, if I have to weigh my own goods I hold the bag up a bit. I am charging for my time

when I go into a shop I pay to be served

not to do it myself !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a tiny environmental issue compared to things like food and other goods that are packaged excessively. . Then there is industrial waste and fossil fuels . I think it's more about the visible nature of endless bags being made and used just once. It's about each person doing what they can in an obvious way. That might cause folks to think about the bigger picture in terms of voting or getting involved in environmental groups that help prevent pollution. Of course you could view it as a pointless exercise and just refuse to partake. . But if you really can't be arsed to think ahead slightly and bring a bag . . Then you kind of give up the right to be miffed when you see rivers full of spent rubbish etc .

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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago

Wakefield

The supermarkets will soon decide to absorb the charge rather than make customers pay as many customers will simply cut down on their shopping and only buy essentials.

When it was tried in the 70s or 80s I walked out of many shops who tried to charge me for bags but there was choice then as some did not charge.

Today I would leave the shopping and go to a shop that provided boxes to customers for shopping.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"I need to remember to take my own decent bags,sometimes I do,sometimes I don't,its not like supermarket bags are any good anyway

When are manufacturers going to look at uneeded packaging on items? Especially that moulded hard plastic that you need an electric saw to break it open with! "

Buy your Niece a doll for christmas and watch how they cant take all the wire off thats knotted/folded by one of santa's helpers who was in a bad mood that day. Way too much packaging for Tiny Tots Trisha, even if she does a real wee wee or cries real tears

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

"The supermarkets will soon decide to absorb the charge rather than make customers pay as many customers will simply cut down on their shopping and only buy essentials.

When it was tried in the 70s or 80s I walked out of many shops who tried to charge me for bags but there was choice then as some did not charge.

Today I would leave the shopping and go to a shop that provided boxes to customers for shopping."

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

We've been paying for the throwaway plastic bags over here for a good few years now. I think it's 22c each and it's been a huge success in terms of litter control. Pretty much everybody brings their own bag with them when going shopping, although my wife doesn't always want to come with me!

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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago

Bedworth

I refuse to use self scan checkouts. They take one person to man a bank of 8 tills, instead of employing 8 people. It's the supermarket way of cutting the wages bill so that they make more profit.

Asda have opened a new supermarket near to work and I used it for the first time last week. It has only self scan tills and a cigarette kiosk where a real person will serve you. When one member of staff insisted that I couldn't be served at the kiosk and I must use self service in order to pay I said ok no problem, then I left my basket of shopping in the middle of the floor and walked out.

If that's how they wish to run the store then I'll stick with buying my goods from the local butcher and greengrocer across the road.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

when I go into a shop I pay to be served

not to do it myself !"

They don't see it like that, they dont take things off the shelf and stick it in your basket or trolley.

When you go to a restuarant thats when you pay to be served.

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

"I refuse to use self scan checkouts. They take one person to man a bank of 8 tills, instead of employing 8 people. It's the supermarket way of cutting the wages bill so that they make more profit.

If that's how they wish to run the store then I'll stick with buying my goods from the local butcher and greengrocer across the road."

Good on you well done

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over a year ago

"I refuse to use self scan checkouts. They take one person to man a bank of 8 tills, instead of employing 8 people. It's the supermarket way of cutting the wages bill so that they make more profit.

If that's how they wish to run the store then I'll stick with buying my goods from the local butcher and greengrocer across the road."

You should be doing that anyway,keep the local business going

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By *om Tom 1969Man
over a year ago

liverpool

I don't mind paying the price, and can understand the reasons why, just don't like paying for something and then walking around with an advert for that store on it!

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

when I go into a shop I pay to be served

not to do it myself !

They don't see it like that, they dont take things off the shelf and stick it in your basket or trolley.

When you go to a restuarant thats when you pay to be served.

so for 30odd years I have been served now they want me to pay 5p for the bags and serve myself soon they will want to charge me £5 for going in the store

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are people actually moaning about this? It's been this way for years here in Wales. You just buy the 50p bags for life and just remember to take them with you when you do your food shop. All money from plastic bags goes to local charity here and it actually says which one that particular supermarket is supporting that month, shows how much has been raised etc.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Good grief, I'll have to start buying bin bags now

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

You'll be waisting your time more than theirs. "

Probably

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"I don't mind paying the price, and can understand the reasons why, just don't like paying for something and then walking around with an advert for that store on it!"

If you feel that strongly about it turn the bag inside out, takes a bout 2 seconds to do this

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

when I go into a shop I pay to be served

not to do it myself !

They don't see it like that, they dont take things off the shelf and stick it in your basket or trolley.

When you go to a restuarant thats when you pay to be served.

so for 30odd years I have been served now they want me to pay 5p for the bags and serve myself soon they will want to charge me £5 for going in the store

You don't have to serve yourself, its there so you don't have to queue as much.

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By *om Tom 1969Man
over a year ago

liverpool

"I don't mind paying the price, and can understand the reasons why, just don't like paying for something and then walking around with an advert for that store on it!

If you feel that strongly about it turn the bag inside out, takes a bout 2 seconds to do this"
I don't feel that strongly about it, but there isn't any other format where you advertise somebody's logo and they charge you for it. Eg. Does Peter Andre REALLY shop at Iceland

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"I don't mind paying the price, and can understand the reasons why, just don't like paying for something and then walking around with an advert for that store on it!

If you feel that strongly about it turn the bag inside out, takes a bout 2 seconds to do this I don't feel that strongly about it, but there isn't any other format where you advertise somebody's logo and they charge you for it. Eg. Does Peter Andre REALLY shop at Iceland

Im not sure as I don't.

Quite often you buy a football shirt for your team you support and the company that made it have their logo on it in a few places. Thats another example not a good one I know, but similar.

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

when I go into a shop I pay to be served

not to do it myself !

They don't see it like that, they dont take things off the shelf and stick it in your basket or trolley.

When you go to a restuarant thats when you pay to be served.

so for 30odd years I have been served now they want me to pay 5p for the bags and serve myself soon they will want to charge me £5 for going in the store

You don't have to serve yourself, its there so you don't have to queue as much."

I know its a principle to me they want to put people out of work

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

when I go into a shop I pay to be served

not to do it myself !

They don't see it like that, they dont take things off the shelf and stick it in your basket or trolley.

When you go to a restuarant thats when you pay to be served.

so for 30odd years I have been served now they want me to pay 5p for the bags and serve myself soon they will want to charge me £5 for going in the store

You don't have to serve yourself, its there so you don't have to queue as much.

I know its a principle to me they want to put people out of work "

all about profit to them the greedy cunts, I totally agree with you. They pay minimum wage, not at all flexible and are under staffed when it counts.

Unfortunatly I will be in the supermarket at 5.30 as I am everyday.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I need to remember to take my own decent bags,sometimes I do,sometimes I don't,its not like supermarket bags are any good anyway

When are manufacturers going to look at uneeded packaging on items? Especially that moulded hard plastic that you need an electric saw to break it open with! "

Easter eggs have got to be the worst for excessive packaging - all sorts of Krypton Factor style bits to get through before chocolate is achieved! We always take our own bags, but if there are some supermarket freeby bags, we pinch a few for use as bin liners for our little bins.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have a couple of Ikea bags for the big grocery shop. You can fit loads in them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't mind paying the price, and can understand the reasons why, just don't like paying for something and then walking around with an advert for that store on it!

What about on clothing? Most of us have branded clothes that are 3 times the price but not any better than non branded

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

I have been using canvas bags for around a year or so now. Much easier when packing and carrying them in the car/house.

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By *uessWhosBackAgainMan
over a year ago

London

Come on now everybody should own a bag for life by now

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

I still want to talk about carrier bags, I dont feel I've shot my load yet on this one

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By *icefellatwoMan
over a year ago

hastings

"I still want to talk about carrier bags, I dont feel I've shot my load yet on this one"

Cum again

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Fat fucking chance of that mate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I work in a supermarket and people don't realise how expensive it is for these plastic bags.

Some customers who do their weekly shopping and only put a couple of items into each bag, I mean wff? Fair enough if they're heavy items like milk cartons or bottles, but light things? It's stupid.

I don't always remember my bags for life therefore I have to use their bags, and when they start charging for the bags I ain't going to whinge and moan as it'd be my fault for forgetting my own bags.

Supermarkets do have cardboard boxes for free near a checkout so if you don't want to pay for a bag you can use the boxes

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

People are missing the point, they charge and give it to charity here. I imagine the same is/will be the same elsewhere.

They want us to use less bags so we save the fish, trees and shit like that. They dont decompose in landfill sites and use harmful chemicals to make them.

Peace, one love and all that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would like an eco friendly hemp fibre bag.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If they want to charge me i will leave the shopping unpaid and walk out

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no you wouldnt

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By *lttattoocoupleCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

I use mine as bin bags for recycling after so were not that bad

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Ahhh fair enough

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't mind paying the price, and can understand the reasons why, just don't like paying for something and then walking around with an advert for that store on it!

If you feel that strongly about it turn the bag inside out, takes a bout 2 seconds to do this"

I take great delight from using the bags from one supermarket for picking up goods from another. Just like being awkward I suppose!

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Haha. Wear a t-shirt with 'Rebel' across the back

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

They should have a word with the tesco home delivery people then! I had £30 worth of shopping last week. Now I know that fresh and frozen go in different compartments so have a different bag but the other £15 worth of stuff was spread amongst 7 bags!! I could easily of fit into 3 without forcing it. And the fresh stuff one bag had some butter in it. Another 2 packs of ham! It's ridiculous.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't mind paying the price, and can understand the reasons why, just don't like paying for something and then walking around with an advert for that store on it!

If you feel that strongly about it turn the bag inside out, takes a bout 2 seconds to do this

I take great delight from using the bags from one supermarket for picking up goods from another. Just like being awkward I suppose!"

I don't think they'd notice let alone mind to much.

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By *coutin4girlzMan
over a year ago

Moo-Moo land :-)

Theres a lot less plastic bags stuck in trees n hedges since we started charging n what they do charge goes to charities so its a good idea n I don't miss 5 or 10p when I go shopping but if you do just take your own bags.....it is a shame tho that the politicians answer to almost everything seems to involve charging the average person in the street more all the time

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