Bastard Tesco Wrapping Paper

[TodaysFishIsTroutALaCreme]

Ok, I get that it's great to not have plastic wrapping. It's a great idea. What is not a great idea is having a "peel here" label that doesn't bloody peel!!!

WTF is all that about?

Not only does it not peel, it appears that they use my mother's mashed potato as their glue, cause believe me, this fucker isn't coming off.

I have 3 bastard rolls of the stuff too. Is it too early for wine?

Yes, a quick look this morning on Twitter too to convince me I'm not going mad, everyone is complaining about this stuff.

Carried it home the other day in a paper Primark bag and it started to rain heavily also so I am not too enamoured with green alternatives to plastic atm.

I am just sick of that bloody gum on sticky labels too that you end up having to soak off with furniture polish. Wrapping presents has taken forever this year.

I bought paper from Wilkos, exactly the same issue. Bloody annoying.

Mine was a bit better than that but it does say that they’ve added a bit extra paper on the roll so just trim off the end bit, pour that wine, get the Christmas tunes on and enjoy your wrapping!

This reminded me of a few years ago when I bought the dreaded glitter wrapping paper from Tesco! After I had finished the wrapping, my lounge was covered in glitter and all the recipients ended up with glitter on their clothes! It was a universal problem as there were articles about it in the papers on Boxing Day.

I used some of the stash of roll I found at my mums house when we cleared it after she died. I reckon I have enough to last 10 years!

Read the labels! It's not supposed to peel easily, just rip it and lose the extra little bit of paper (that can go in the recycling and isn't plastic). I thought it was great.

I read the label 🙄

And I don't mind losing the extra bit of paper at all. But the label won't even rip off easily.

I was just coming on to say I had a similar issue with the M and S label being difficult to peel off - although the carnage wasn't quite as bad as the OP!

Omg yes. I had that too. It was a bloody nightmare and tape wouldn't stick to it either. By the end of the wrapping session, it looked like I had let off a glitter bomb.

I completely mullered the first role trying to get into it. Those bloody stickers would not budge. The second roll I cut with a Stanley knife, took a couple of the layers below it as well but wasted less than the first role. Wrapping presents is enough of a chore without Tesco adding to it.

Had the same with paper I bought at Co-op. Sticker wouldn't peel off without ripping loads.
There must be a better option surely?

Too late for you know but with the Sainsburys one I peeled from the opposite end that you did and it was much better.

@amylou8 word of the day is mullered - I don't know of anyone else who uses it, you get the 🏅

They need to sort out the peel-off labels @TodaysFishIsTroutALaCreme can you start a national campaign? I've got the same tartan paper as you 👍

@BCBird @Valkirie we saved quite a few of the clear yoghurt pot lids from about a month ago knowing they were going to be stopping them - I think it's either Rachels or Yeo who are still doing them for a limited period so can you buy up a few of their pots before they stop? I would never advise you to nick them off the other pots, never ever 😉

I was thinking exactly the same last night. The ones I bought in jan sales from the coop last year were the worst for not peeling off well and causing a lot of waste and I thought maybe it was because it was from last year but even the ones bought this year were as bad. lots of swearing here too !

Thanks for the recommendation for the yoghurt lids🙂

wrapping paper is all Shite this year. I used a giant roll of proper brown paper off amazon and it’s actually thick and doesn’t rip
i might decorate it or I might not

Hah! When I used brown paper, I decided not to use sellotape either, just string. I stamped a Christmas tree design over the paper and got to work. Impossible! The paper kept coming undone as I tried to get the string around it and pull it tight, I needed another hand to hold it down while I tied the knot! I ended up with the messiest presents ever.

And to add to my misery, I asked everyone to keep the brown paper separate so that it could be recycled but then found that my BIL just bundled all the paper into bin bags and took it to the tip!

Just. Fucking. Don’t.

I lost my shit with a roll of it last night and hacked into it with a stanley knife.

and why does every roll need FOUR of the hideous stickers?! This is the stupid thing that’s sent me into a rage all week, the straw that broke the camels back of stress 😂

It's a fucking abomination. As are lidless yoghurt/cream/hummus etc pots. They've still got a plastic fucking cover on them (the peel off bit) but it doesn't stay sealed so it's no bastard use. If you're going to lose one layer of plastic, keep the layer that keeps it fucking sealed. Arseholes.

This is clearly a new brand name:

"TESCO BASTARD WRAPPING PAPER."

Just need to add the old blue and red striped logo now.

Infuriating, isn't it. I feel your pain 😀

The labels aren't supposed to come off. You just peel it back enough to open the roll, then cut from behind the labels. The label is stuck to itself at the start so it doesn't rip the paper.

Which would be fine if the motherfuckers actually peeled without ripping into a million tiny pieces.