https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62414352
I was pretty shocked to be honest, I actually received a reply from M&S on Twitter, but no replies from other retailers I tweeted.... yet! Thank you M&S! There are plenty of scrumptious picnic foods in M&S without adding a barbecue to your shopping bill!
https://twitter.com/Pennyshotbirdin/status/1552430689630490624
What is this trend with taking barbecues to the beach and parks anyway? What's wrong with a good old fashioned picnic pack-up, such as sandwiches, rolls, cold veggie stuff, meats (not for me), salad, so many choices, no one needs to bring a barbecue on their trips out, save it for your garden events! If you can't be bothered to do that, have fish-n-chips/take-away or eat out in a local cafe/pub/restaurant.
I note in the BBC article that a Sainsbury's spokesperson said: "We offer customers choice and all our disposable BBQ packaging includes advice on safe use and disposal which customers are encouraged to follow." Well, yes that's all well and good, but there are many, many people purchasing your barbecues that don't follow the safe use or disposal, so with our ongoing serious and tinder dry conditions, its really pretty irresponsible for ANY retailer to be selling these fire starters!!!
Lets hope that M&S start the ball rolling for other retailers to follow suit!
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