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Top tips for bag returns

The people who pack your fruit and veg every week also sort out all the bags you return to us. Here are their tips for easing the process.
 

  • It's completely fine to return bags still with tags attached.
     
  • It's completely fine to return bags and tags separately too.
     
  • It's completely fine to send us carrier bags from other shops.
     
  • Please don't tie knots in the bags as it takes time to untie them.
     
  • Please reuse the clear greens/salad bags as much as you can - then return them to a supermarket that accepts plastic bags eg Sainsbury's or Morrisons (usually larger stores). Read our most recent post about plastic packaging. We're looking into more direct ways to recycle them and we'll let you know as soon as we have an update.
     
  • Please keep them coming.

Thank you!

 

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