Coworker Brought an Original Tesco Plastic Bag to Work Today… How Old Could This Relic Be?!
October 2, 2024
Coworker Brought an Original Tesco Plastic Bag to Work Today… How Old Could This Relic Be?!
by PixelPoppah
21 comments
17th century
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It belongs in a museum!
That bag has seen the inside of a few cupboards I know!
That bag was once hung on a cupboard door knob and once held lots of bags within it.
Some people have no respect for the past! Our ancestors mined plastic for 18 Hours a day just to build the future.
I have an old Morrisons one
That’s insane. My mum used to tell me about those
Bet the great british museum is running to take this one
Expect calls from the V & A.
Late 90s early 00s
My guess is 9yrs 🤔
About 10-15 years, can’t say for certain because that design was around for a long time. It predates the everyday value range being largely removed from stores (or having a significant package design for the products that were kept), but I definitely remember this packaging when I was still doing just checkouts, and that was 10+ years ago.
I would lean more towards the 13-15 years mark.
For clarify I left Tesco a while ago – I just have a long memory and I’m sad as fuck lol
Must be pre the self destruction bags. Ancient!
So this was the bag for Christmas.
Post 1980s, back then the Tesco logo had a tick next to it.
Older than time itself.
I was still very young for these to be around before they were discontinued. Around reception age. And yet I still remember this distinct packaging. My packed lunch was made up of the Tesco value range too. Thankfully I was also too young to ever be embarrassed by it.
Jeeze, I thought they were the first biodegradable bags, ours usually dropped the bottom out into the car boot.
Have we no only had these like 4 years? Feels wayy longer though. The bag charge came in at 2021. it was only a year or so before that most places still used the older bag, right?
Random article from 2017 shows that design. Fuck 2017 was 7 years ago.
The most disturbing thing is how pristine it is. That tells me the newer bags that degrade after a few months must be giving off a lot of micro plastics.
21 comments
17th century
[deleted]
It belongs in a museum!
That bag has seen the inside of a few cupboards I know!
That bag was once hung on a cupboard door knob and once held lots of bags within it.
Some people have no respect for the past! Our ancestors mined plastic for 18 Hours a day just to build the future.
I have an old Morrisons one
That’s insane. My mum used to tell me about those
Bet the great british museum is running to take this one
Expect calls from the V & A.
Late 90s early 00s
My guess is 9yrs 🤔
About 10-15 years, can’t say for certain because that design was around for a long time. It predates the everyday value range being largely removed from stores (or having a significant package design for the products that were kept), but I definitely remember this packaging when I was still doing just checkouts, and that was 10+ years ago.
I would lean more towards the 13-15 years mark.
For clarify I left Tesco a while ago – I just have a long memory and I’m sad as fuck lol
Must be pre the self destruction bags. Ancient!
So this was the bag for Christmas.
Post 1980s, back then the Tesco logo had a tick next to it.
Older than time itself.
I was still very young for these to be around before they were discontinued. Around reception age. And yet I still remember this distinct packaging. My packed lunch was made up of the Tesco value range too. Thankfully I was also too young to ever be embarrassed by it.
Jeeze, I thought they were the first biodegradable bags, ours usually dropped the bottom out into the car boot.
Have we no only had these like 4 years? Feels wayy longer though. The bag charge came in at 2021. it was only a year or so before that most places still used the older bag, right?
Random article from 2017 shows that design. Fuck 2017 was 7 years ago.
[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tesco-charity-plastic-bag-sales-fund-admin-costs-a7938296.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tesco-charity-plastic-bag-sales-fund-admin-costs-a7938296.html)
Good coincidence – [we found this relic in our garage recently](https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1fuo2v0/my_tesco_carrier_bags_older_than_your_tesco/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button).
The most disturbing thing is how pristine it is. That tells me the newer bags that degrade after a few months must be giving off a lot of micro plastics.