06-06-2021, 09:09 AM
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I have seen a number of these shops on TV and one of the local organic shops has done something similar for years but you take your container, hand it to the assistant and they fill it for you. There is often quite a wait.I am have not used it much because with food ingredients I like to know they are as fresh as they can be and not from some out of date sack that has been left partially open.
Wholemeal flour and spices in particular spoil quickly once opened.
It's ok for cleaning products.
06-06-2021, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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It is a good idea - in theory, Dex, but would need to be scrupulously managed - especially in these plague ridden times. 
We used to have a couple of them in town - HS&E plus Environmental Health closed them down - reasons =
1. Irresponsible adults allowed their brats to put their hands in the tubs and play with the contents.
2. Irresponsible shop staff topped up half empty tubs with new on top of of old stock.
3. People had to queue twice - once to weigh things and again to pay at the till.
4. People who had over/under estimated what they had put in their containers had to put back/top up - then queue again.
At Christmas time the queues for dried fruit etc., were so long one could not get in to buy anything else.
Some good points you've made there, Tabs.
I'm beginning to think I would prefer my stuff to be in a sealed container and date stamped.
06-06-2021, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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Some good points you've made there, Tabs. I'm beginning to think I would prefer my stuff to be in a sealed container and date stamped.
I reiterate my idea of people returning their packaging/container to a shop and being issued with a replacement.
After all, if you have a gas bottle for eg BBQ, you return the empty as part of the transaction.
06-06-2021, 03:43 PM
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This isn't a new idea. My Aunty/MiL used to go to shops like this with her mum during WW2.Portishead isn't far from us but I wouldn't make a special trip just to use one shop unless it had something I couldn't get anywhere else.
We had a shop in the next town that had food bins like this thirty odd years ago, but I don't know if it is still going.
Like others have said, the main problems are maintaining hygiene and speed of service.
06-06-2021, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Fruitcake
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This isn't a new idea. My Aunty/MiL used to go to shops like this with her mum during WW2.Portishead isn't far from us but I wouldn't make a special trip just to use one shop unless it had something I couldn't get anywhere else.
We had a shop in the next town that had food bins like this thirty odd years ago, but I don't know if it is still going.
Like others have said, the main problems are maintaining hygiene and speed of service.
And knowing how old the goods are!
06-06-2021, 07:55 PM
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We have such a shop just up the road from us. We did look in there just the once but found that the prices were higher than the supermarket, which is strange considering there is no packaging. It is still trading despite lockdown but rarely do I see anyone in there.
06-06-2021, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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Years ago, l used to go to a shop which l think must be similar to this and they had barrels of different things... spices, pasta rice, dried fruit etc.I only ever bought a little bit of ground nutmeg to put on top of the rice puddings l made!
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