The Oxford branch of the upmarket chain was selling 160 types of vegetables and fruits, plus cereals, grains, couscous, lentils, wine, beer and other items in bulk, in what was initially planned as an 11-week trial. Itup to the supermarket to as opposed to us, isnt wholesale Heat Shrink SLEEVE film it?" .It has now extended its trial in the branch and announced that it would soon introduce the scheme in three other stores."If all the big players globally start to deal with this in their own shops and put pressure on the big manufacturers, things will shift," Thornton said.But among those products still delivered to the shop in plastic is cheese, which the staff cut into slices and then re-wrap in clingfilm made of sugarcane.

The pledgefour tenets include eliminating all single-use packaging and making the remainder recyclable or compostable by 2025."Ive just done my first-ever plastic-free shop," said May Stirling, who travelled 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the village of Ramsbury to Oxford for the university city"unpackaging" event at the local Waitrose supermarket."While the priority is the environmental benefit, we clearly need to ensure (the trial) is commercially viable," spokesman James Armstrong said.But Budgens shopper Richard Brady still said he felt guilty about being caught holding a plastic container of sushi.Part of the problem, he said, stemmed from the marketing of plastic in the 1960s when it came to symbolise modernity and practicality.

"I just wish there were a few more things I could have got today," said Stirling, who added in particular that she would have liked more choice of non-packaged cereals for her son."Itso liberating," the 49-year-old mother said, carrying her own containers for the loose products.Plastic packaging is cheaper than some of the other possible options."It comes like that and my wife is hungry.Now retailers in Britain -- where even bunches of bananas are often sealed in plastic to keep them fresh and # undamaged during long-distance shipping -- are gradually following suit.