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Tesco Bags

31 replies

seb1 · 14/08/2006 23:18

Tesco will give clubcard points for re-using bags tesco

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 14/08/2006 23:20

and on the subject of tesco bags - you know they claim their bags break down really quickly - well they do. Christmas 2004 I put our nativity set in a plastic bag (tescos), in the box of Christmas decorations in the loft. Last Christmas (2005) I when to take them out and the bag literally just flaked in my hands - it was like paper and got everywhere!!!

seb1 · 15/08/2006 11:03

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Tatties · 17/08/2006 20:51

I got my first points for doing this yesterday!

Katymac · 17/08/2006 20:53

Is it just tescos bags or can you use anyones?

tortoise · 17/08/2006 20:54

So it only works in store? Ive been giving all my bags back to the driver after home del.I don't drive so can't shop in store.

charliecat · 17/08/2006 20:54

I have 4 tesco bags in my bag with me at all times. Use them for all my shopping. People think your are weird for not accepting the carrier bags from the shop your in though. Or is it just me for thinking that?

chestnutty · 17/08/2006 20:55

love the advert with Paul Daniels and Alan Titchmarsh.

charliecat · 17/08/2006 20:55

tortoise your driver on next delivery should give you points if you give them back..heres a code for your next delivery, 750 points for 50 quids shopping xxpfwt

Perigrine · 17/08/2006 20:56

Tortoise, good point!!!

Don't get delivery often, but always have far too many bags afterwards !!!

CountTo10 · 17/08/2006 20:56

They will give you points for taking you shopping in anything other than brand new bags - so you could take any other stores carriers in and use them

nerdgirl · 17/08/2006 20:58

Did you know that in Ireland you get charged a 15c enviromental tax for every plastic bag that you request from any kind of shop? It's brilliant!

tortoise · 17/08/2006 21:01

Thanks cc.

Dior · 17/08/2006 21:01

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Tatties · 17/08/2006 21:02

You can use any bags. But make sure you tell them how many bags you have used.

Charliecat, I definitely get some odd looks in shops when I say, "no it's ok, I don't need a bag." Sometimes they put it in a bag anyway as if I don't understand the implication of what I've just said...

southeastastra · 17/08/2006 21:31

they should sell something like a big robust bag/box type thing that you could put straight into the car. my mum used to bung everything into her wheeler!

jellyjelly · 21/08/2006 10:04

you can use any bags for this not just tescos.

vnmum · 21/08/2006 10:13

i live in germany and they charge you for carrier bags to try and encourge you not to use plastic ones. most people use plastic folding crates and lidl sell reuseable cloth bags for 30c each. we will probably still use these when we come back to the uk

laudaud · 21/08/2006 11:12

we always take a rucksack shopping so never use bags anyway - preparing for that day when we finally return to Ireland...

UrsulatheSeawitch · 21/08/2006 11:30

You only get 1 point for 1 bag though, not for how many Tesco bags your shopping would have gone in, iyswim.

I have one of those huge Sainsburys shoppers, it holds the equivalent of 3-4 Tesco bags, but I still only get 1 point for it

Tommy · 21/08/2006 11:37

Tescos are about the worst for bags on their home shopping though aren't they? One day I had a bag with just one magazine in it and another bag with a nappies in it (which of course has its own little carry handle anyway)
I think this is just a publicity thing.

BTW - I always have a little cloth bag in my handbag for shopping or I put stuff straight in the pushchair basket - you do get some funny looks but I guess it might be just a matter of time before more people realise!

Lmccrean · 03/09/2006 16:50

I posted about this yesterday under different topic - Ive wrote to tesco to find out if I buy 10 things and put each in a reused bag, will i get 10 points, (and pop the bags into my folding crate) but put them all in 1 bag, I only get one...no response yet tho

purpleturtle · 03/09/2006 16:58

Dh got a point for not using a bag for a huge bag of pasta with its own carry handle. Same for the nappies.

We have found in the past that the staff were a bit reluctant to pack into the bags we'd taken with us - even the Tesco Bags for Life. Are they getting better now?

Fauve · 03/09/2006 17:03

You can currently get a free jute bag from Sainsbury's if you buy 5 items of So Organic fruit, veg or salads. It's the most gorgeous bag, and I'm looking forward to taking it to Tesco's...

nikkie · 03/09/2006 20:20

LMC I wondered that!

nikkie · 03/09/2006 20:23

Purple turtle-when the staff pack for you they use loads of bags too!

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