M&S to charge for carrier bags

[smurfboy]

From May onwards Marks and Spencer will be charging customers in their food department 5p per carrier bag, citing environmental concerns.

Who thinks this is a good idea? I think it will be very inconvenient, but would be less bothered if I thought it was really about saving the planet and not making a few pennies more per customer.

[goldencup]

I think it's a good idea.  10p a bag would be even better.  I never get unnecessary bags from shops and always remember to take my shopping bags.

[oldspice]

I support the charge but I am guilty of not taking spare bags with me very often.

 

Years ago, shops did not routinely provide bags. I remember when supermarkets provided strong paper carrier bags but they charged for them.

 

Freee plastic bags create a demand for a product that is made from a bi product of oil (a precious commodity), that is non-biodegradable and which uses up a lot of energy in production and distribution.

 

However, 5p is rather a lot for the standard of M&S bags -  I find M&S bags split really easily.

[Dansak]

M&S is rubbish anyway. I hate how they give their food a posh name but it's really just the same sh*t you get anywhere else.

[oldspice]

I think M&S food is of a high quality and much less likely to contain preservatives and colourings than cheaper versions of the same dish but I do not enjoy all of their food - I often find their desserts much too sweet.

M&S is rubbish anyway. I hate how they give their food a posh name but it's really just the same sh*t you get anywhere else.

 

It isn't.

You should see the standards that M&S require of their suppliers. It is very stringent and a lot of their food is not made by these companies for anyone else.

 

[MayRae]

I don't have an M&S close enough to make any difference, but I do think that free carrier bags are a mistake, and I'm always amazed by how few items you get in each carrier bag when the people who work at Tesco 'help with your packing'. Three or four items that hardly even half fill a bag a lot of the time!

I always nicely refuse their kind offer, and mostly refuse their carrier bags aswell to be honest. I have boxes in the boot of my car, the shopping goes straight from the trolley to the boxes without a whiff of plastic most of the time.

[smurfboy]

I'm always amazed by how few items you get in each carrier bag when the people who work at Tesco 'help with your packing'. Three or four items that hardly even half fill a bag a lot of the time!

Now that's something that really annoys me. Apart from the environmental cost of spreading your shopping over several bags, the packers are also assuming you have a car - not everyone does! It's very awkward carrying several bags on foot or on the bus.

Given the American's preference for convenience, it seems strange that their bags are brown paper with no handles.

Then again, the store will carry it out to your car for you.

The poor things having to negotiate their driveway with those bags.

Maybe things will change under Obama.

[AVONLADY]

I like the look of those string bags that they use in Neighbours.

[oldspice]

I'm always amazed by how few items you get in each carrier bag when the people who work at Tesco 'help with your packing'. Three or four items that hardly even half fill a bag a lot of the time!

Now that's something that really annoys me. Apart from the environmental cost of spreading your shopping over several bags, the packers are also assuming you have a car - not everyone does! It's very awkward carrying several bags on foot or on the bus.

 

I don't drive either and it irritates when they assume you have come shopping in a car. In Waitrose one day I was asked if i would like my bags carried to my car  and I replied "Well, yes please, it's on my drive three miles away!"

I don't drive either and it irritates when they assume you have come shopping in a car. In Waitrose one day I was asked if i would like my bags carried to my car  and I replied "Well, yes please, it's on my drive three miles away!"

You immediately laughed slightly nervously in the hope that your sarcasm wouldn't be taken as offensive.

[oldspice]

Of course!

[Dansak]

M&S is rubbish anyway. I hate how they give their food a posh name but it's really just the same sh*t you get anywhere else.

 

It isn't.

You should see the standards that M&S require of their suppliers. It is very stringent and a lot of their food is not made by these companies for anyone else.

 

I disagree. There was a thing about chicken on TV a couple of years back and the stands=ards the birds were kept in. They got hock burns on their legs from standing in their own ammonia sh*t. Anyway, I went round all the supermarkets the next day and they all had hock burns, even the fancy named M&S chicken. It's all the same crap, different name.

[loulou]

M&S food is definitely better quality .