Anyone else feel the rage at Sainsbury’s wrapping paper

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Just WHY?!

They really need to change the wrapping paper, it is so hard to remove and feels so wasteful.

I like the mince being in the vacuum packed wrappers, although I agree with Rainydayinlondon that keeping the meat counter would have been better, they are cutting down their staff so much though with the removal of the staffed tills as well. I hate it.

I hear you with the lids!
Not hummus as it's the food of the devil, but dips, yogurts, cream - give us back our lids!
It's definitely not helped the environment in this house as I've bought so many different sort of silicone / reusable lids but they never seem quite the right size!

If anyone has the holy grail of reusable lids please post links!

So annoying, lids, wrapping paper and the mince is so hard to break up and really unappetising 😡

I put cream and dips in jars once I’ve opened them.

I was in France recently, they still have their plastic tops. I can see it’s like wrapping veg in plastic, it prolongs the item so it’s less likely to waste which means your using less resources to grow / make more. But. Then. Your left with the plastic.

I have no problem with the mince wrapping. Happy to have something I can remove easily and chuck in the bin without dealing with a tray with blood in it. It makes it easy to rinse off the mince, too.

I hate this so much. I get that it's to save plastic but the houmous dries up so quickly.

It is exactly what we want to happen though - shifting responsibility from the individual needing to recycling to the big corporations for plastic use. There's a long way to go, of course, but I'm glad that the supermarkets are trying and not just telling us to recycle (when, in our case, we can't bloody recycle anything easily anyway!)

God it’s AWFUL. I nearly threw some of the window the other day. It gives me the rage too

Doesn’t bother me, they give you extra paper in case some edge bits get ripped. Happy to have this new packaging for the environment

OMFG I was absolutely cursing at the exact same thing this morning. DD Birthday wrapping and half a fucking role wasted just trying the take the stickers off. What a crock of shit!!

All the shops are doing this now. Floppy plastic seal thst you can't reseal.
Does my head in

This reminds me of someone complaining that some oranges are too hard to peel.
With the wrapping paper the first 10cm or so is designed to be trimmed off.
Houmous pots can be covered with reusable silicone lids or decanted into another container.
Meat that doesn't come in rigid trays can be put on a plate or baking tray in the fridge.

This!!!

They could use carboard or string - just get a better bloody design., instead of infuriating your customers.

Right?!

I think sometimes cardboard or string isn't as environmentally friendly as you think. Like how paper bags actually use a lot more energy to produce and weigh more so affect pollution from shipping etc (Link to plastic Vs paper ) So the answer, at the moment at least, is plastic but less of it.

They’re all like that now. I agree really annoying.

Agree re the paper - I only buy if desperate . With the humous I’m now wasting a freezer bag to keep it fresh so not exactly environmentally friendly

Oh yes I had this dealy yesterday wrapping a present for my nephew. It definitely doesn’t peel!

I bought 12 rolls of christmas wrap last year. Never again.

OMG YES!! This gave me the RAGE the other day - ridiculous and added about an hour to my wrapping time 😂 Wasted loads too, because I got fed up and ripped it.

I shall make my protest at Christmas. They will miss my big spend of 3 for £5. I’m still annoyed about it now actually.

I confess to also having an absolute rage at John Lewis wrapping paper

The thing is that even if you accept that you are losing the first ten cms it’s still a bloody hassle getting the things off

and you lose your lovely clean line

I've learn't recently you can freeze humous - been great since I'm the only one who eats it in my house. I portion it up into small pots.

MicroPlastics are polluting our waterways. It never breaks down. . Paper and board are more biodegradable eventually.