Why I love M&S

[CheeseSlice]

those 5p bags at M&S are a dubious scam packaged up as a 'doing the right thing' ploy.

Having asked at several stores over the months for re-assurance that the 5p goes to charity, and been told 'yes it does', i've been satisfied.

Until recently.....

Bags now say on them that just over 1p of 'profits' go to charity.
So effectively this is just a new revenue stream.

The worst bit for me is being lied to or told untruths by poorly informed checkout staff.

[Board Game Geek]

The worst bit for me is being lied to or told untruths by poorly informed checkout staff.

Since when have staff in any organisation ever been told the truth ?

[moorfield]

Sadly M&S is the one place whose trousers fit me these days and I can walk in and get a pair in my size without the pfaff of trying them on.

[Pogle]

Marine animals die from eating plastic bags & balloons and loads of our plastic crap.
I frankly don’t give a toss about global warming, but I don’t like wild animals dying from my shopping bags and it is for this reason alone I have reusable shopping bags. Also my daughter is an embryonic eco-warrior and kicks up a fuss at the checkout if I get a plastic bag

[VectraMan]

WH Smiths charge 1p for a bag, but seeing as most things you buy are still £something.99, the extra penny brings it up to an even pound encouraging everybody to use a bag when they don't need to.

Plus they always try to sell me chocolate for some reason.

I do the right thing at Tescos taking a recyclable bag, but I've realised they give you points based on the number of recyclable bags you use. So I'm going to start taking 10 bags even if it means one item per bag. Every little helps.

[cailin maith]

I tend to keep an M&S bag for life folded up in my handbag and it works quite well, I'd rather do that and pay each time for a carrier bag.