Tesco customers furious after supermarket hikes price of plastic bag to 30p

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Tesco has followed other major supermarkets in raising the price of “bag for life” carrier bags by 50%.The supermarket giant had doubled the price of the bags less than two years ago, and the “hidden” increase in the price of a weekly shop has not gone down well among customers who already suffering from the growing cost of living crisis.Many Tesco customers went to social media to vent their frustration.

One of them, Hugo LeSeux, wrote on Twitter: “Nice to see Tesco helping everyone out by increasing the cost of their bag for life by 10p to 30p.”READ MORE: Man who used plastic gun in scratch card robbery caught when he claimed £4,230 prizeJim Pinkston added: “It's bad enough prices are rising and cost of living is through the roof, but how can you explain a carrier bag price rising to 30p?“It may only be 10p but on top of everything it's unacceptable and alienating!!”Another said: “Can Tesco advise why the cost of their plastic bags has gone up from 20p to 30p, right at the point where there is a cost of living crisis, and punishing those who are poorest and do least damage to the environment, i.e.

those who walk or get public transport to the supermarket?”Consumer champion Martyn James said that increasing prices unnecessarily during the cost of living crisis was an "extremely ill-advised" move.

He said: “But with other supermarkets offering paper bags, many of the people who contact me want to know why plastic bags are being used in the first place.”Supermarkets were ordered to charge 5p for the flimsier single-use carriers in October 2015 - and last year the Government raised the minimum price to 10p.For more incredible stories from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters hereA statement from.