Tesco : Green Bags And Glowing Checkouts
Posted by keith on January 22nd, 2008
News from the front lines, literally the front lines. Supermarkets around the UK, and undoubtedly around the world seem to have forgotten how to use the off switch. Our reporter sent me the following:
“Just got back from Tesco Beaumont Leys [Leicester]. They have 51(!) checkouts, six of which were in use. All of the other unused ones were powered, EPOS terminal, scales, laser scanner, PIN machine etc. It’s open 24 hours a day so I can only assume that they’re all powered all the time regardless of whether they’re in use or not. Every single checkout also has a pile of their £1 ‘green bags’…”
Thanks, Ewen.
As one of the largest retailers in the world, Tesco seem to have an obligation to control their carbon emissions, but then again, as one of the largest retailers in the world, they clearly don’t have to give a stuff for carbon emissions, despoiled countryside, local shops, empty seas, destitute farmers…
The hypocrisy is in those magical green bags. Make out that you’re green and you can get away with anything. Unless of course your customers decide that using local shops, small food delivery companies and growing their own food is actually a far better way to do things.