To boycott Sainsbury’s for their mince packaging!!

[daydi]

Light hearted (ish) but I shop at Sainsbury’s and since they changed their mince packaging I’ve always hated it every time I buy it! It’d be a pain to buy only mince from a different shop so thinking it’s time to part ways!! It’s all so compact together and doesn’t cook as nicely anymore. Does anyone else have this issue or is it just me? Or does anyone have any tips for cooking it?!

And it was contamination at the supplier not a decision by Tesco to put horsemeat in the pack.

I think the horse mince was in ready meals, lasagna rings a bell.

This plastic film can be recycled in store, in their soft plastic recycling bin. I just wash mine off, let it dry and add to my huge bag of bags.

Me too, only Tesco seem to do proper packaging now.

This

I just did a top up shop in Lidl and had a peek at the mince. It is only beef mince (and beef/pork mix) that is vac packed.
All other meats.... chicken, turkey, pork... are still in plastic trays.

I also dislike it. It goes all mushy. It’s fine for burgers and meatballs but when doing bolognese and you want a more defined strand of mince it doesn’t work as well

Ewww why do you want strands of meat in bolognaise?

Yes! Same here. I make a lovely chill con carne, and the wormy mince (you know what I mean) is the best. Not the squashed vac packed stuff that should be renamed paste instead of mince. It makes a huge difference.

Can't say it bothers me. I just cut the packet open, press it out onto a plate and leave it for 5 minutes or so. It helps to get the air back into it to aid separation. I read that tip here on MN. Can't tell the difference when eating.

DH and I had a conversation about this a couple of days ago as Lidl use the same packaging (and it's over £7 for a large pack FFS). Anyway we said although it's a pita, we kind of like it a bit lumpy as it's a bit like meatballs...

@Mummytummy888@GandTtwiceNope M&S still use trays

And M&S

It works perfectly fine in Bolognese 🙄

Exactly

@Skdj8448djfnot strands perhaps but defined not mush

@BallerinaRadiobecause it’s more meaty soup and it lacks substance as a result

Morrisons were doing it in trays as well as Tesco & Marks - haven't bought any for a while though.

I didn't get on with the vac packs - it's too compressed.
I also saved the trays and used them as seed trays for starting off annual plants, so they get a re-use before recycling.

Well they’re clearly not customer focused on this issue!

Its disgusting. I get mine from the butchers,

I don’t buy it. It’s gross.

Ah possibly, yes. So that’s alright then 😀

Yes, I hate it too. It tastes simultaneously more gristly and mushy, no matter what I do with it. Waitrose have it about right. Theirs is packaged in a plastic bag type thing but it’s loose not vacuum packed, and there’s no plastic tray.

I changed my weekly delivery to Tesco because of things like this. The fruit and veg are so much better at Tesco as well.

It's utterly revolting and I refuse to buy it.

A previous poster was right, it's to do with packaging taxes. Another hidden way your food prices are being forced up.

Revolting because exactly the same mince is a different consistency. Ok🤔

I and many others gong find it revolting at all. Many applaud it and Sainsbury’s attempt to reduce plastic. I’d like to see more.

Life is going to change and we’re going yo be inconvenienced due to global warming. There are far bigger things to worry about than consistency of mince due to reducing plastic which is very much needed.

Change is hard to bear. In 10 years time if we're all still eating minced beef, no-one will even remember this. Its like when Quality Street and Roses changed to paper wrappers people said they wouldn.t buy them