Oxford Waitrose Unpacked

[Chippy_Tea]

Would you use one of these stores after the novelty wore off?

A Waitrose store in Oxford is on the second day of an 11-week trial in which customers can fill their own containers with groceries, including lentils, pasta and rice, as well as beer and wine. But what do the customers make of it?

Declan Smith, 44, said his teenage daughter had been pushing him to be more mindful of how much plastic he used, "so fair play to the younger generation".

Seeing the displays, he impulsively bought wine in a refillable bottle for his sister.

He said: "I came to get my lunch and I happened to see the new facility so I thought I'd try it.

"I'm going to have a wander and see what else is available.

"People have realised at last how much waste we produce so it's overdue but I'm still glad they've done it."


Elise Engim, 20, came straight to the store in Botley armed with containers after seeing BBC coverage of Waitrose's Unpacked campaign.

"They should continue it past the 11 weeks because everyone loves it and is really into it," she said.

"Oxford is very eco-conscious and I think Waitrose have acknowledged that, and I think it's a good step forward in the right direction, especially with what's going on with Extinction Rebellion and all these new movements.

"I think this is particularly focussed on the youth generation and we're a lot more conscious about it. My friends are all ecstatic that it's going in this direction."


Read in full https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-48517126

 

[Gerryjo]

Aye read that earlier on my news feed and thought it was a cracking idea.
We used to have a scoopamarket years ago but never lasted where you would have went in and bought cereals,sugar,dried items all without packages and paid by weight.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Pick n Mix on a massive scale.

 

[Drunkula]

There's a wine shop near my friends' that does "eco wine" but they only let you use the bottles that they supply. Eleven quid for a litre flip top bottle, then the wine on top of that. Of course the bottle's been in the back of the pantry for over a year after one visit.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Another rip off hiding behind the word eco, why can't people take their own bottle?

 

[Spudhead94]

So would we get any funny looks rocking up with kegs or a fermenting vessel?

 

[GerritT]

I buy malt in 5 kg lidded buckets, reusable. That's most of the waste, hop and yeast hardly cause plastic rubbish.

 

[LED_ZEP]

So would we get any funny looks rocking up with kegs or a fermenting vessel?

25l FV full of pasta or pearl barley, that would last a while.
I do know a few on here that wouldn't be able to resist doing an experimental brew with the pearl barley though.

 

[Spudhead94]

25l FV full of pasta or pearl barley, that would last a while.
I do know a few on here that wouldn't be able to resist doing an experimental brew with the pearl barley though.

Annoyingly I drove into Oxford today too handy only living 13 miles away haha.

 

[Clint]

It'll never catch on...people are too idle.

 

[MmmBeer]

I remember seeing something like this 25 years at a french wine co-operative, where wine was dispensed by a machine akin to a petrol pump . Lorry drivers would turn up with half a dozen 30 litre plastic jerry cans and fill them with van de table.

 

[Clint]

Bit like my house last night...mate and his Mrs come round and we filled them up with beer and gin...

 

[Richie_asg1]

So would we get any funny looks rocking up with kegs or a fermenting vessel?

- Better than the carrier bags idea I would think.

Remember this is early days for this sort of thing - and if you bring a clean container for everything else, and they measure what they dispense like a petrol station then I don't see why not use your own bottles too.

Now where have I seen the idea of selling goods without any packaging before?...Oh yes - Markets

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Bit like my house last night...mate and his Mrs come round and we filled them up with beer and gin...

I hope they didn't leak on the way home Clint.