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Re: [OM] PESO: food shopping in France

Subject: Re: [OM] PESO: food shopping in France
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 10:12:30 +0100
Yup. Never been challenged, but then we look 'mostly harmless'.

(we're only Waitrose customers when we're in Dorchester and need a few
things.  Otherwise it's Saisbury's for us.)

On 1 August 2016 at 10:03, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Another Waitrose customer eh?  Do you carry your bag around the shop
> putting goods into it?
>
> Chris
>
> > On 1 Aug 16, at 09:50, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Chris - we self-scan in Waitrose straight into our own (reusable)
> shopping
> > bags. Wave the cred card at the contactless terminal and we're out.  Will
> > be happier when they raise the contactless limit.
> >
> > I'm ok with the plastic bag tax for groceries, but it really pisses me
> off
> > when I buy clothes and they just push them across the counter.  NEXT is
> > among the worst offenders.  More enlightened clothing shops realise the
> > power of a nice paper carrier emblazoned with their logo.
> >
> > Rant over.
> >
> > On 1 August 2016 at 06:29, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> You appeared to be lifting stuff, if you shopped like that, John.
> >> Waitrose (or any other) was perfectly happy for you to bring your own
> bag
> >> for after you had paid.
> >>
> >> Apparently the UK has used 6Bn fewer plastic bags since the charge for
> >> bags was introduced a year ago.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>> On 31 Jul 16, at 19:59, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Interesting to read about plastic shopping bags being banned in France.
> >>>
> >>> Three years ago I visited a Waitrose grocery store in northern England
> >> with a large over the shoulder canvas bag into which I put my various
> >> items. I was quickly approached by an in-store security person who
> >> absolutely insisted that I immediately empty the bag into a push buggy
> OR
> >> face being ejected from the store with an order banning me from any
> further
> >> store visits. The reason ..............bring your own bags of any
> >> description and you would be viewed as a potential shoplifter! Taking
> you
> >> own carry bags to Canadian grocery stores is very much an accepted
> practice.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps Waitrose [an up market grocery chain] has modernized its
> >> thinking in the last three years :-)
> >>
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