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Online shopping- no bags

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Imustbemad00 · 12/08/2019 18:20

I like ordering my shopping from tesco, but after their recent email saying they will no longer have the option of delivering in bags, I’m considering switching which is a shame as I like my clubcard points.
I don’t know why they can’t use the bag return scheme like ocado.

How does everybody who doesn’t get bagged deliveries get their shopping in? I think I have mild anxiety in social situations, especially with strangers and my home so it’s stressing me out. The delivery driver coming through my front door is not an option. So will I leave him standing there whilst I carry what I can in, or put it in bags at the door. Will they think I’m ridiculous? It seems such a waste to stand there putting it all in bags just to take it to the kitchen and take it out again. It would also make me feel really awkward as I’d feel they were becoming impatient

Also, I’m not sure I like the idea of my shopping loose in the dirty sticky crates.

OP posts:
adaline · 12/08/2019 19:18

@raisinsraisinsraisins have you ever seen a Supermarket warehouse? They're hardly bastions of hygiene!

TinyMystery · 12/08/2019 19:20

Will they carry them to the kitchen even if it is a walk?

Pretty sure one of the press releases (it may have been Asda but I could be wrong) has said that they will be happy to bring it through for you. When I was heavily pregnant I had several delivery drivers offer to bring my shopping in for me.

Oysterbabe · 12/08/2019 19:20

I just hoof it all onto the floor in the hall and sort it out later. Several of the drivers have mentioned it's really annoying for them.

ilovesooty · 12/08/2019 19:24

Asda driver helps me put it into bags for life at the back door. It isn't a problem. It's sorted into perishable and non perishable on arrival.

Applejack5 · 12/08/2019 19:24

I agree it's annoying. I usually have them take it through to the kitchen and I can quickly unload the bags onto the kitchen floor / worktop. I suppose it will just take a bit longer to unload with no bags.

If I didn't want the driver coming in I'd use large bags for life at the door.

MadisonAvenue · 12/08/2019 19:27

I'm with you OP, YANBU.
Perhaps if they put more than one item in a bag it'd start to make a difference but I reuse the carriers as bin bags in my sons' bedrooms so rather than carrier bags it'll now be bin bags going into landfill.

Another thing. With my shopping bagged up I can have it out of the crates and the driver can be on his way in a couple of minutes. This will slow deliveries down so either there'll be less delivery slots available or they'll end up putting more vans on the already congested roads which isn't going to be environmentally friendly.

Not sure how it'll work with the dog either. It's easy to say shut him in a room but he can, and will, open doors regardless of whether they have to be pushed outwards or pulled towards him.

Deelish75 · 12/08/2019 19:27

I have a delivery once a week, I take the crate from driver into kitchen and unload fruit/veg, chilled and frozen onto kitchen table, then I have a couple of big collapseable crates and I transfer dry foods, household goods and toiletries into those. DP is normally home to help.

Delivery normally comes on a Friday evening 9-10pm although it normally arrives bang on 9, it’s usually the same driver and we’re usually his last/second to last delivery. Driver waits by the door and seems happy to have a breather.

PhantomErik · 12/08/2019 19:31

I ask the driver to put it on the doormat just inside the front door then I unload it into the hall & transfer it to the kitchen when they've gone. Easy!

CloserIAm2Fine · 12/08/2019 19:34

I unload everything into my hall then once the driver is gone I move it into the kitchen at my own pace.

As for it being lose in the crates, get a grip! It’s no different to using a basket or trolley at the supermarket. Only packaging will touch the crate.

Brightwell12 · 12/08/2019 19:34

I get the driver to carry the crates into the kitchen, I unpack onto the work surface.

WhyBirdStop · 12/08/2019 19:36

We do click and collect with Tesco, so one of us picks it up on the way home from work, full cast bit with empty bags for live or IKEA bags, Tesco man (ours is always the same man) stands next to the boot with the create I load the food into the bags. Fruit and veg comes in paper bags (unnecessary) and raw meat and fish in thin red plastic bags (also unnecessary).

AuditAngel · 12/08/2019 19:37

I hadn’t realised this was happening. I guess I will have to start buying bin bags for the inside bins

CrisisCrunchie · 12/08/2019 19:37

They really won’t mind standing there while you transfer everything to bags if that’s what you feel you need to do, it’s not a big deal & certainly wouldn’t take any longer than them taking crates to your kitchen for you.

Personally I always ask for no bags anyway (we collect enough of them elsewhere!). What will work depends on the layout of your home I guess but I just take everything out of the crates at my front door & dump it all on my dining room floor (which is straight off my hall) and then move everything into my kitchen once the delivery driver is gone ... In my old house I used to dump it all on the bottom of the stairs as my kitchen was off the hall...

As for your last point, they are still going to use the red hygiene bags where needed so it’s not like you will have loose unpackaged items rolling around in a dirty crate!

Poochandmutt · 12/08/2019 19:38

I’m wasting money
I signed up for a 6 month plan with Tesco
Then they decided to stop bags
There are 7 adults in my house ,£150 shop
Rediculous no bags .
I get it about plastic bags I honestly do
So Tesco should provide paper ones like America do

Lazypuppy · 12/08/2019 19:40

I just take it and put it all on lounge floor/sofa, then when delivery driver is gone i move it all to the kitchen

wlucy · 12/08/2019 19:41

I had my bags for life ready at the door (Asda have changed too btw).
Then I just held the bags open as he )delivery driver) put everything into them.
I get weird overthinking anxiety about stuff like this too.
I just said 'I bet this makes your job a lot harder' and he spent the whole time chatting about the difference it has made to his day.
Nowhere near as bad as you think it will be and your driver will have dealt with some really arsey reactions so they will probably just be glad you're not too bothered.

TheInvestigator · 12/08/2019 19:42

Collapsible crates at the door and transfer into those.

raisinsraisinsraisins · 12/08/2019 19:49

Adaline and pinacolada - I know how dirty the warehouses are, with mice etc. But the majority of the food in the warehouse is packed in cardboard boxes, piled up in cardboard crates or wrapped in plastic.

dicdicnurse · 12/08/2019 19:49

I always empty the crates in the hall way and then put the shopping away once the driver has gone. My mum struggles to lift and bend so she prefers to ask the driver to carry the crates through to the kitchen and she unpacks on to the counter.

Runbitchrun · 12/08/2019 19:50

What an odd issue. I didn’t realise so many people still got carrier bags, I have literally never got my shopping delivered with bags. The driver carries the crates through to my kitchen and I unload them onto the worktop while they get the next one. The dog is shut in either the living room or his crate. Never had any problems. Surely carrier bags are one of the easiest plastics to cut down on - why wouldn’t you do that?

Sandybval · 12/08/2019 19:51

I use the laundry basket too! Everything will be in packets, or loose fruit and veg in a bag so it's just for ease of transportation.

TerrificEchidnaSpikes · 12/08/2019 19:55

I have a massive "thing" about people coming into my house too. Although in my case because I'm so embarrassed about the horribleness of it especially the kitchen.

So my method: delivery person puts crates on door mat at the front door, I flurb everything out into the hall (carefully with eggs, carelessly with joyous abandon with loo roll), delivery person takes empty crates away, I convey the items into the kitchen at my leisure.

Merename · 12/08/2019 20:02

Wow this is why I love mumsnet, so fascinating hearing how other people’s minds work so differently!! I’ve always gotten them to come through to kitchen and I unpack food onto table. But if that’s not your thing, the IKEA bags or similar in hall sounds good. I am surprised how many people would still get bags - seems such an easy way to care for the environment not to get, to me. Does anyone have a way of stopping them putting fruit and veg in a small bag? Or freezer stuff? Whenever I order I only see the option of note to delivery driver, not to the picker.

adaline · 12/08/2019 20:02

@raisinsraisinsraisins it's really not though.

The fruit and veg sits in the warehouse in plastic crates just like the ones you get your shop delivered in. It's not cellophane wrapped once it hits the warehouse because it needs to be as quick to access as possible.

Everything else is plastic wrapped anyway so I don't know why it sitting in a crate would be any different to it sitting on a shelf or in a shopping trolley?

raisinsraisinsraisins · 12/08/2019 20:04

I do think of the environment, I use public transport and hardly ever holiday abroad. But considering the amount of packaging and waste they produce, I am a bit cynical of why supermarkets are pushing this on customers.

I do actually re-use the carrier bags as bin liners, for dirty wellies/shoes, to put dirty/wet clothes from nursery while potty training my ds, in my handbag so that I don't have to buy any while out shopping. Well I guess I'll need to go out and buy bin bags, and a load of bags for life instead.