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Hummus lids

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Carrotmccarrotface · 11/10/2024 15:59

Sainsbury’s seem to have stopped putting lids on their hummus. I assume it’s to reduce their plastic footprint but I don’t have any reusable lids so am using cling film. Is there somewhere we can buy these lids?

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Auburngal · 14/10/2024 13:58

@MissSueFlay charges to carrier bags have been in place for 9 years (England) and still get people who NEVER go shopping without a bag!

MissSueFlay · 14/10/2024 13:53

This is exactly the kind of thing we need to be looking at to reduce our single-use plastic consumption. We've mostly got used to taking shopping bags with us now, this is another version of that. Surely it's not so massively inconvenient to source some reusable stretchy lids that will fit a lot of different pots? There's a lot more massively inconvenient things ahead precisely because of our love of things like single-use plastic lids!

Auburngal · 14/10/2024 13:49

I remember putting out a case of some product on the shelf and said “now in plastic free packaging” yet the case was wrapped in, plastic!

Auburngal · 14/10/2024 13:47

I’m sure reducing plastic on certain items in supermarkets has increased waste -both the supermarket and the customer.

My previous employer stopped wrapping boxes of tea bags in plastic a while back yet they came in all open. Hardly had to dispose or reduce them when wrapped in plastic. Same goes for loo roll as now in paper wrapping.

Customers find that if using cling film or foil to cover opening- food goes off quicker than using the former supplied lid.

MonCoeur · 14/10/2024 13:34

I just decant my hummus into Tupperware tub these days, although the jalapeno hummus I just bought from Morrisons still has a proper lid.

showmethegin · 14/10/2024 13:31

Just buy ramonas hummus; it's 10 times nicer, has a lid and is sold in Sainsburys

JazzieC · 14/10/2024 13:26

I've been quietly muttering to myself about this too - very pleased to see it's not just me!! Tesco have stopped the lids too and it's driving me nuts.

frijolito · 14/10/2024 13:10

Waitrose and M&S hummus still have lids

DiscoBeat · 14/10/2024 12:59

I just use stretchy silicone lids

marshmallowfinder · 14/10/2024 12:56

Lots of lid options on Amazon.

Ladyof2024 · 11/10/2024 19:06

Also Waitrose potato salad, as I've found out today.

Ladyof2024 · 11/10/2024 19:06

Also Waitrose potato salad, as I've found out today.

napody · 11/10/2024 18:40

I love mumsnet- I have been quietly fuming about this and now find out that it has guardian coverage and loads of people are equally outraged! Morrisons and Lidl for my houmous then.

elrider · 11/10/2024 18:38

BiscuitlyBoyle · 11/10/2024 17:51

Moopops are an answer. I have them for my milk bottle but I’ve only just discovered that they do yoghurt ones too. www.moopops.co.uk/shop

The issue is that the hummus pots aren't the same width as the yoghurt pots so most of the reusable lids sold won't fit. I linked upthread a stretchy one that I think will work. I can report back next week if it does!

muddyford · 11/10/2024 18:11

They did the same with their cream and yoghurt ages ago. Jolly annoying as clingfilm doesn't seal as well. Just virtue-signalling - so much stuff in unnecessary plastic that they carry on sellng.

Brefugee · 11/10/2024 17:53

old jam jars are good?

BiscuitlyBoyle · 11/10/2024 17:51

Moopops are an answer. I have them for my milk bottle but I’ve only just discovered that they do yoghurt ones too. www.moopops.co.uk/shop

Paperclipp · 11/10/2024 17:47

Co-op's still have lids & they fit the Sainsburys pots so I wash them & keep them for re-use on Sainsburys/Waitrose fresh pesto pots which also only come with a film.
Incidentally Co-op hummus is delicious - won the 'good housekeeping' taste test

Octopusgreen · 11/10/2024 17:41

I think they want us to use it all in one go and therefore buy more …I suppose the other options is the little multipack of four if they still do those

BiscuitlyBoyle · 11/10/2024 17:39

Yes large pots of yoghurt.

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Carrotmccarrotface · 11/10/2024 17:38

I guess they are happy as long as it’s our plastic footprint not theirs. Looks better in their annual accounts. The y really ought to stack a pile of purchasable lids next to the hummus to remind us (to buy hummus, and infact our whole shop) elsewhere.

when it comes to cling film, I think the cling film that worked was deemed not environmentally friendly so now you can just buy the crap stuff.

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Noodlesmumm · 11/10/2024 17:36

And large pots of yoghurts

Ibloodylovetea · 11/10/2024 17:36

I stopped buying cling film years ago (much to DH's frustration) but it's so bad for the environment as can't be recycled.

Octopusgreen · 11/10/2024 17:34

Areolaborealis · 11/10/2024 17:16

Although I appreciate Sainsbury's efforts to reduce plastic, some of the fresh items are no longer sealed properly because the flimsy film covering burst open too easily. I like to check the seal before using and find many are not airtight. My worry is contamination and bacteria growth because I don't know how long they've been sitting open.

Also disappointed about the organic hummus. I bought it specifically because of the lid. I now place the tub in a sandwich bag.

This 100% …

Octopusgreen · 11/10/2024 17:33

This irritates me too - I don’t have similar size boxes and I don’t really want to buy wraps to put over them and I don’t use cling film .. currently using plastic sandwich freezer bags which were an occasional use but now aren’t - so it’s made my plastics use worse !