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Waitrose delivery with no bags?!

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playaaa · 05/02/2022 21:32

Just got our first Waitrose delivery after defecting from ocado... Wtf, all the items come just in the crates rather than bags? It does seem more environmentally friendly tbf, but how do people put everything away?!
Do you put everything away properly and make the poor delivery person wait?
Or tip everything (massive shop to last us the whole week ahead) out onto the living room floor like DH did, in a huge mess, in an attempt to get the empty crates back to delivery person as quickly as possible?
WWBU to switch right back to ocado after this harrowing experience??

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phoenixrosehere · 06/02/2022 08:40

I just bring my own bags to the door, the driver and I put the items from the crates into my bags and off he goes. I then carry the bags through to my kitchen. Simples

Same. They still have them in bags in my area and I just take one of my big shopping bags to the door and quickly empty them there so I don’t have to remember to give the bags back.

TheOrigRights · 06/02/2022 08:35

@CakeAmbusher

Not not easy for every one though, I am disabled, Waitrose know this, I was on the priority list with them during lockdown. I have to have a delivery when someone else is home as I can do it otherwise. Bags were a lot easier for me.

What do you mean, Waitrose know this? It must be difficult for you but why shop with them if they don’t meet your needs?

Their website says they will bring you'd shopping in for you if you ask them.
OrinoccoFlew · 06/02/2022 08:29

Harrowing experience?! Supermarkets have been doing this for literally ages. Just keep crates by the front door and transfer them, takes a few minutes.

FlipFlops4Me · 06/02/2022 08:28

I still use Ocado. Each week I give back the previous week's bags. They charge me for the new bags but the bags I give back offset the charge, so it works out even. I wouldn't mind if they decided to stop the bags - I used to get Sainsburys and just took the laundry baskets out and loaded them up. plus a couple of bags for life.

stuntbubbles · 06/02/2022 08:25

Take crates into kitchen
Unload onto kitchen counters
Return crates to driver
Wash and put away shopping.
This except I don’t wash my shopping.

Also the 2yo helps: “There’s someone at the DOOR. :high-pitched shriek: I CARRY THE EGGS!” While in slo-mo I shout “Noooooooooo.”

Last week the driver helpfully picked out some non-breakable things for her to carry, though she did try to heft a crate.

fizzyfood · 06/02/2022 08:19

Hope Ocado don't start doing that. They recycle the bags we return.

JollyAndBright · 06/02/2022 08:15

I didn’t think washing shopping was so controversial. Confused

If you saw the colour of the water in the bowl of hot soapy water after wiping down the weeks shopping you’d be doing it too,
It’s disgusting how filthy it is.

We started doing it at the start of the pandemic but continued because of how dirty the shopping is, I’d rather not put away dirty food/packets/tins that I then have to handle when I’m cooking.

It only takes a couple of extra minutes.

All fruit and veg goes into a big bowl of vinegar and water to soak before being drained, wiped dry and put away, it cleans and preserves it so that it keeps for longer.

CakeAmbusher · 06/02/2022 07:36

Not not easy for every one though, I am disabled, Waitrose know this, I was on the priority list with them during lockdown. I have to have a delivery when someone else is home as I can do it otherwise. Bags were a lot easier for me.

What do you mean, Waitrose know this? It must be difficult for you but why shop with them if they don’t meet your needs?

mirabellemadrigal · 06/02/2022 07:35

Dont be concerned for the driver. That's their job. They're expecting this to happen. It happens at every drop off

Do you have a back door?

mirabellemadrigal · 06/02/2022 07:30

Where have you been? This is totally normal

It takes me about 2 mins to unload everything from the crates.

LemonDrizzles · 06/02/2022 07:28

We use the stairs that is by the front door. Kids help on a Saturday morning. Youngest (2) was recently quite proud that she put away the yoghurt in the cupboard. Then when driver leave, put away freezer and fridge stuff...

Roselilly36 · 06/02/2022 07:28

@JollyAndBright

Take crates into kitchen Unload onto kitchen counters Return crates to driver Wash and put away shopping.

Easy.

Not not easy for every one though, I am disabled, Waitrose know this, I was on the priority list with them during lockdown. I have to have a delivery when someone else is home as I can do it otherwise. Bags were a lot easier for me.
Original poster
playaaa · 06/02/2022 07:26

@Sally090807

Harrowing experience because your shopping didn’t come in plastic bags 🙄
It was sarcasm.......
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Sally090807 · 06/02/2022 07:20

Harrowing experience because your shopping didn’t come in plastic bags 🙄

Muststopeating · 06/02/2022 07:19

I can't believe any shops are still using bags. Thats ridiculously outdated.

I absolutely hated it during COVID when everything was in bags again (for 'hygiene') and I ended up with a gazillion bags.

If I think back the years since deliveries in a bag were a thing then I suppose it was a bit awkward fhe first time but you get used to it very quickly. Quite often I am left unpacking the first few crates while the driver goes back to get the next few so only have the hovering for the last few bits.

If this has surprised you then your current tolerance of plastic use is way way way too high.

BABAHOTEL · 06/02/2022 07:11

@Marmm

Found it hilarious that there are still people washing their shopping though. Get a grip. 😂 no you get a grip. If it says on it to wash it I'm going to wash it.
What shopping says please wash me?
BABAHOTEL · 06/02/2022 07:10

@Marmm

Why are you washing your shopping?

Do you not wash your fruit and veg?

Depends if I'm going to peel it!
BABAHOTEL · 06/02/2022 07:05

@JollyAndBright

Take crates into kitchen Unload onto kitchen counters Return crates to driver Wash and put away shopping.

Easy.

Wash?
Original poster
playaaa · 06/02/2022 07:02

@endlesscraziness

Possibly most middle class post ever! I thought this had been standard for the last 2 years
😳 It was just a surprise that's all! We'd been using ocado for years
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Original poster
playaaa · 06/02/2022 07:02

I don’t understand why it takes any longer to unpack a crate than a bag
The difference is about whether the delivery driver has to wait for me to unpack- with a bag they just drop off all the bags and leave

In France they have gone one step further and banned all fruit and veg is plastic packaging unless it is pre-prepared.
See I really welcome this! Have campaigned for this for years

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StarlightLady · 06/02/2022 01:27

I unload onto kitchen worktops. Unless you are disabled, l don’t understand why it takes any longer to unpack a crate than a bag.

In France they have gone one step further and banned all fruit and veg is plastic packaging unless it is pre-prepared.

endlesscraziness · 06/02/2022 01:15

Possibly most middle class post ever! I thought this had been standard for the last 2 years

OldieWordly · 06/02/2022 01:11

Like @JollyAndBright I wipe down all my shopping. Why are some people so affronted by this. I want to do it, it makes me feel better doing it, so why do you care?

RedCandyApple · 06/02/2022 00:58

Iceland’s still do bags but I struggle to do a weekly shop there so don’t order from there often but I appreciate the bags as it’s so much quicker! Driver just brings them all to the door then knocks and leaves you to bring them in so no awkward hanging around whilst you unload it

MistyGreenAndBlue · 06/02/2022 00:56

There has never been any such thing as a single use carrier bag in my house. They all got reused - some several times, and most as bin liners.

Now I have to buy SINGLE USE bin liners. How is that better?

I'm also disabled and find it difficult to decant my shopping from the crates. For some of us, it IS a "big deal". It's a fucking pain in the arse.