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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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Original poster
playaaa · 05/02/2022 21:47

@Giraffesandbottoms

Agree it’s very awkward and they have to wait outside whilst you unpack. Our last guy got very shirty about waiting but what does he want?! Make sure you pick slots you aren’t there for so your husband has to deal with the awkwardness - that’s what I do 😆
Good plan!!
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Wafflesnsniffles · 05/02/2022 21:46

Tesco orders did come with bags during the height of the lockdown...... then they switched to utterly stupid "tray liners". Thankfully now back to no bags as they did before covid.

dementedpixie · 05/02/2022 21:46

Unload into bags at the door and give crates back

Mummy1608 · 05/02/2022 21:46

@nonono1

Why can’t they use paper bags? Surely that would be environmentally friendly and more convenient to the customer?
Paper bags require a lot of energy and water to produce, and have a short lifetime. They aren't great tbh. Cloth bags are much better as they can be reused more
Babdoc · 05/02/2022 21:46

It’s good, as it reduces plastic bags and waste. I put some big cotton bags beside the front door when my Sainsbugs or Waitrose delivery is due. The driver puts the crates on my hall floor, and I just quickly throw the stuff into my bags. It literally takes less than two minutes to unload three crates.
He then takes his crates away and drives off, and I take my bags to the kitchen and unpack at my leisure.

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playaaa · 05/02/2022 21:46

@Travis1

Take crate to kitchen. Empty crate onto worktop. Hand crate back. Take next crate. Repeat until all crates empty. Check items and place in their appropriate homes once driver gone.

It is not difficult. YABU. Save a turtle.

Very pleased to save the DTurtles but blimey this still takes about 10x longer than ocado's drop-all-bags-by-front-door-and-leave method! I just felt for the driver!
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Cavagirl · 05/02/2022 21:46

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?

😂

you don't have a waitrose issue, you have a DH issue

Wink
Wafflesnsniffles · 05/02/2022 21:45

Tesco orders havent arrived with bags for well over a year (I think) which is excellent imho. When our guy arrives Im ready waiting with my own plastic crates. I empty theirs into mine. Takes a couple of minutes. Driver leaves and I cart the crates into my kitchen.

No need for single use carrier bags at all.

dementedpixie · 05/02/2022 21:45

@JollyAndBright

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

Easy.

Why are you washing your shopping?
Marmm · 05/02/2022 21:45

@phishy

this harrowing experience?

Pretty sure it’s more harrowing for the whales swallowing our plastic waste, OP.

And David Attenborough who is like DONT YOU REMEMBER BLUE PLANET?!
Iwonderifiwonderwhy · 05/02/2022 21:45

🤣 We went through this last week and switched back to Ocado. Wtf. I get the need to avoid plastic waste but Ocado recycle all their bags… And I’ve got a bad back ache I don’t need to be on my knees bent forward scrabbling around the bottom of a crate every delivery while the embarrassed delivery guy looks at the horizon.

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 05/02/2022 21:44

I just have my bags ready and waiting by front door and quickly empty the crates in to bags at door.

Quick and easy

HW1989 · 05/02/2022 21:44

@JollyAndBright

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

Easy.

This.
nonono1 · 05/02/2022 21:44

Why can’t they use paper bags? Surely that would be environmentally friendly and more convenient to the customer?

CythereaGraye · 05/02/2022 21:44

I unload it into laundry baskets - only takes a minute and then easy to move it into the kitchen and put it away.

Marmm · 05/02/2022 21:44

I just take it all out in the hallway and the struggle to move afterwards

DobbyTheHouseElk · 05/02/2022 21:43

Ocado are the only ones left who use bags. Then they take them back to recycle into more bags. I got £9.90 off my last shop with Ocado for giving them their bags back.

Around here, ASDA have the cleanest crates.

phishy · 05/02/2022 21:43

this harrowing experience?

Pretty sure it’s more harrowing for the whales swallowing our plastic waste, OP.

enjoyingscience · 05/02/2022 21:43

We do the same as others - get it all unloaded onto kitchen sides and table and then put away afterwards. Takes not that much longer than taking bags into the kitchen.

Littlebelina · 05/02/2022 21:42

I just unload crates into bags for life at door, then move to kitchen to unpack

Marmm · 05/02/2022 21:42

@CointreauVersial

Tesco haven't supplied bags for years. I just bring the crates in and unload reasonably smartly (shove it all onto the kitchen table - teens and DH usually pitch in) then return the empties. The driver is used to it.

They used to offer to bring the crates in and assist with unloading, but I expect that's fallen by the wayside because of Covid.

They did in the pandemic when everyone thought you could catch covid off the trays
Mummy1608 · 05/02/2022 21:42

Have bags for life ready near the door when the van arrives. Unload crates into bags. Takes less than a minute.

Single use plastic is bad enough but you want plastic bags for the 2-second walk from your front door to your kitchen?! Yabu

SpikeySmooth · 05/02/2022 21:42

My mum uses Asda and loads up her shopping bags on the doorstep. Bit of a faff but it saves on plastic (and remembering to hand back the bags each week).

DrFoxtrot · 05/02/2022 21:42

I just unload everything quickly in the hall and the kids then take it to the kitchen and put away. We haven't had bags from Morrisons for a while.

Davros · 05/02/2022 21:41

I hate it. My recycling is full of packaging that comes from shops and supermarkets but I can't be trusted with a few bags to put said recycling in