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Pound in trolley

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Khjponti · 03/07/2023 18:59

Aibu to say sainsburys was the first supermarket to introduce putting £1 in the trolley?

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Khjponti · 04/07/2023 18:07

@RubaiyatOfAnyone dubious on that

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Khjponti · 03/07/2023 21:58

Arewehumanorarewecupboards · 03/07/2023 21:12

If I wanted to pinch a trolley I would pay the pound. It’s quite cheap 😂

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Arewehumanorarewecupboards · 03/07/2023 21:12

If I wanted to pinch a trolley I would pay the pound. It’s quite cheap 😂

VioletCharlotte · 03/07/2023 21:03

I remember Sainsbury’s trolleys taking coins in the early 80's (think it was 10p at the time!)

eetee · 03/07/2023 20:39

@Needmorelego

it’s not really about it “costing” £1 - that’s just the size of the slot.
You can use a re usable token instead of a £1 coin, round bit of some types of keys or (allegedly) two 20p pieces glued together.

It was about the cost though. That's the whole reason it was £1 which was a long time before trolley tokens. The idea is whatever goes in it makes it worth returning and also too much to justify taking it. £1 is worth much less so people are more likely to take the trolley away, be it to get their shopping home (and dump in the street as is common in some parts) or teens messing around.

saraclara · 03/07/2023 20:35

I still have a French Intermarche trolley token in my car from about 30 years ago. I use that.

But yep, it varies hugely. My nearest Tesco doesn't have coin operated trolleys. The one in the next town has had them for many years

pinguins · 03/07/2023 20:31

A 2p coin works in the 2€ ones in Ireland.

CindersAgain · 03/07/2023 20:31

OP, how would you know though? They don’t all have them/didn’t all bring them
on at the same time? So your Sainsbury’s might have got them before your Asda, but in a different area it might have happened the other way round.

SoSoSoSo · 03/07/2023 20:30

Home Bargains sell trolley tokens for 39p. They're usually besides the shopping bags in my local store.

Needmorelego · 03/07/2023 20:29

@Khjponti just get a trolley token. Charity shops always have them. Attach to your keys or put in your purse.

Needmorelego · 03/07/2023 20:25

@eetee it’s not really about it “costing” £1 - that’s just the size of the slot.
You can use a re usable token instead of a £1 coin, round bit of some types of keys or (allegedly) two 20p pieces glued together.

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Khjponti · 03/07/2023 20:21

It’s so annoying as we never have change!!

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CaptainMyCaptain · 03/07/2023 20:15

We don't need a coin here for Tesco, Morrisons or Sainsbury's. Only aldi and Lidl.

eetee · 03/07/2023 19:58

Definitely early 90s Tesco had them I remember wishing I would get to keep the pound (my mother was unpredictable) each time I took it back.

What I don't understand is why it's still only £1 - the value of that pound has dropped so much its not the same incentive to return or prevent theft

Cotswoldmama · 03/07/2023 19:56

I don't think I've ever seen them in Sainsbury's trolleys!

harriettenightingale · 03/07/2023 19:51

We have a euro we use as a trolley token for this purpose, works in both Sainsbury's and Lidl trolleys.

regustering · 03/07/2023 19:47

Loverofoxbowlakes · 03/07/2023 19:23

They had them in Europe way before that, we went many summers up to 1987 and they were in many many supermarkets then.

Continental Europe? Because the uk is Europe

Blueuggboots · 03/07/2023 19:37

I remember putting 10p in the trolleys at Bishops in Milton Keynes in the early 1980's.

BaronessBomburst · 03/07/2023 19:35

I use a trolley token on a key ring and am quite nifty in pulling the token out just as it gives so I don't even need to leave the token in the trolley.
Apparently you can use a rounded headed key too.

Vitriolinsanity · 03/07/2023 19:30

Here (SE) it was Asda and Morrison's. I don't recall Sainsbury's ever doing it, but they had those trolley grids to stop you leaving the perimeter.

Needmorelego · 03/07/2023 19:26

I am sure I remember it from when I was a child (80s). Probably a different coin. I think it used to be 20p. The Euro coins started 2000 (?) and wasn’t it meant to be you could use a £1 coin or a €1 coin cos they are the same size ?

F1ymetothetoon · 03/07/2023 19:26

IAmAnIdiot123 · 03/07/2023 19:09

No idea but it gives me the absolute rage. I know it's my fault for forgetting one and I know iabu but that doesn't stop me arguing with the air in the trolley bit about how the supermarkets ridiculous lack of trust has now lost them a sale 🤣

Trolly tokens are your friend. I have two always in my purse - one the old round pound coin shape and the other latest pound coin.

Loverofoxbowlakes · 03/07/2023 19:23

They had them in Europe way before that, we went many summers up to 1987 and they were in many many supermarkets then.

SocksAndTheCity · 03/07/2023 19:14

pinguins · 03/07/2023 19:06

The first one I saw was Kwik Save in the early 90s.

+1

I'm sure it was Kwik Save.

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