The ‘Unpacked’ test at the Waitrose in, Botley Road, Oxford has been well received by people, in Oxford and area, and so the experiment is being extended to Abingdon and Wallingford from November. Waitrose have closed off an area at the back of the Abingdon store for refitting. Features are likely to include a refillable zone and frozen pick and mix with the aim of using less packaging. In Oxford they also had a lot less packaging on fruit and veg, and paper packaging round flowers. People brought along their own reusable bags and containers, or brought some in the store.
At the same time there is a revamp of the cafe area.
Some areas in the car park have been closed to hold work plant. Work started on 29th September and will take 8 weeks.
Thanks for the warning, Backstreeter. It’s St Michael’s fair next week too!
‘Extending the Cafe at the same time, Appears to be fitting glass panels to the currently open area (under canopy). They don’t have any toilets at the moment, either. The whole side of coffee shop/tables/toilets, are being ‘refurbished’. Layout changed. and are blocked off.
i’ve always loathed excessive packaging not from any save the planet point of view but just because I don’t like waste.
Bet they manage to make the provision for cycles even worse.