This was posted 6 years 4 months 9 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Related
  • expired

30 Flybuys Points or Woolworths Points Per Day When You Bring Your Own Bags @ Coles (No Min Spend) & Woolworths ($5 Min Spend)

1010
30 Flybuys Points or Woolworths Points Per Day When You Bring Your Own Bags @ Coles (No Min Spend) & Woolworths ($5 Min Spend)
Go to Deal
Cashback
melbourne guy on 13/07/2018 - 14:20 news.com.au (1041 clicks)
Last edited 04/10/2018 - 17:30

Another interesting turn in the Plastic Bag saga. Now Coles and Woolworths are giving customers points for bringing in their own bags.

Coles:
Customers will receive 30 flybuys points, up to once per day, until further notice. You have to not buy a reusable bag during the transaction to get the points.
Original Press Release

No end date currently known for the Coles Deal.

Woolworths:
Will offer 30 Rewards points, up to once per day until October 2. You have to not buy a reusable bag during the transaction and spend a minimum of $5 to get the points.
Original Press Release

Woolworths Deal is now believed to have ended. YMMV

Groceries Instagrampost Plastic Bag Reward Points Woolworths

Related Stores

Coles
Coles
Everyday Rewards
Everyday Rewards
Flybuys
Flybuys
Woolworths
Woolworths

closed Comments

  • sagitox on 13/07/2018 - 14:25
    +5

    I’ve been bringing my own bags for a while now. How will they distribute the points to the people at self checkout? Coupon they can scan?

    • Scab on 13/07/2018 - 15:19
      +11

      Do you take Woolworths bags to Coles and Coles bags to Woolworths?

      • Matt P on 13/07/2018 - 16:51
        +7

        I do. Fight the power

      • syousef on 13/07/2018 - 19:04
        +10

        ALDI bags to both!

      • Snoop on 14/07/2018 - 00:58
        +2

        YEP!!! 🖕

      • Brendoo on 14/07/2018 - 03:35
        +1

        I take Aldi bags to Woollies.

    • chudson on 13/07/2018 - 16:54

      They clearly say ' checkout ' NOT ' assisted checkout '

    • bamzero on 14/07/2018 - 14:12

      There's always a staff member at the self checkouts, you probably just need to ask them to do it.

      • Gooddeal21 on 26/07/2018 - 20:32

        Last time I didn't even bother asking 3 bags = 6 points…won't go far with that

  • alvian on 13/07/2018 - 14:26
    +9

    A new problem arises with the introduction of these 15 & 99 cents reusable bags. I saw the security person at the self-checkout kept hassling shoppers as to whether they brought in their old bags or picked up new ones (and intended to not scan them).

    • sagitox on 13/07/2018 - 14:47
      +40

      I take Woolworths bags to Coles and Coles bags to Woolworths. Then they know I brought them in.

      Mod: Edited bought to brought as per user request.

      • alvian on 13/07/2018 - 14:54
        +13

        We need more free OzB Baggu.

        • SydneySwan on 13/07/2018 - 15:36
          +1

          Indeed I used mine at WOW today. Should really get double bonus points for using this bag.

        • ATangk on 13/07/2018 - 19:17

          Someone stole my OzB bags when I left for an hour

      • sagitox on 14/07/2018 - 01:44

        Thank you, mod!

      • FullPrice on 14/07/2018 - 02:11

        Mod: Edited bought to brought as per user request.

        Will soon need to put on more staffs

    • Peanutbutterjelly69 on 13/07/2018 - 15:25

      All you have to say is that you brought them in. They shouldn't be hassling you.

      • sagitox on 14/07/2018 - 01:49
        +3

        People really jump on you for the smallest mistakes here. Far out!

    • jlogic on 13/07/2018 - 16:02
      -5

      I dare them to make an accusation. I will let them decide what route they take and if they choose the accusation route, I love a good roasting. Happened once and boy were they apologetic, once they realised.

    • orangetrain on 13/07/2018 - 17:55
      +2

      I saw a selfcheckout employee holding all the 15c bags. They hand out two at a time and say to scan them in first. If need more, to ask them. 10 seconds later they pop over your shoulder to make sure you scanned them in. It was busy, few employees and no guard.

      Talk about overworking the employees.

      • Associatedfreoleo @ Coles on 13/07/2018 - 18:04
        +2

        yeah its annoying which is why we would prefer you bring in a competitors bag tbh, makes our job easier

    • GregMonarch on 13/07/2018 - 22:08

      I knew that was going to happen because I've seen it happen at Aldi many times.

  • beigehornet on 13/07/2018 - 14:26

    Yeh interesting how they govern that. Sounds like a pointless thing but hey points and points

    • chudson on 13/07/2018 - 16:55

      Your checkout operator, counts your bags as they are packed.

  • zrmx on 13/07/2018 - 14:30
    +1

    So if no bag purchase is scanned, the points will be awarded to the sale…?

    • Kas on 13/07/2018 - 14:49
      +3

      that is a good questions, person can buy a loaf of bread and put it in to his own bag or he can carry it without a bag. Both cases not dealing with supermarket bags? how they treat on this point?

      • zrmx on 13/07/2018 - 15:19
        +3

        Hopefully they'll just be giving out free points by including those two scenarios XD (will just need to wait for clearer terms and conds)

        Although no stopping from someone buying a bag first in a separate transaction, and then use the bag lol

  • SnoozeAndLose on 13/07/2018 - 14:31
    +4

    So people from SA would be very happy as they have been doing this for ages

    • griffy on 13/07/2018 - 14:37
      +2

      And ACT as well

      • rohanp16 on 13/07/2018 - 14:47
        +1

        And TAS as well

    • Scab on 13/07/2018 - 14:50
      +23

      So people from SA would be very happy

      Nobody that lives in South Australia is happy.

      • Seedy seed on 13/07/2018 - 15:33
        +3

        The ones who caught a boat from tas to sa would be.

      • burningrage on 13/07/2018 - 17:27

        Why are NSW and VIC be asked to mimic states like SA, ACT, TAS??????

        As if they are exemplary…

      • Wystri Warrick on 13/07/2018 - 18:26
        +1

        I am, I'm always happy, I'm always telling people how much I love them.

        The real unhappy ones live in NSW, example the housing prices….
        Though I've heard housing prices are better at Port Stephens, must be something lowering the value?..

        BTW how's your exercising coming along Scaby? :)

  • petry on 13/07/2018 - 14:37

    so no bag not a crime - need a receipt for your bag if you bring one or it is a crime… just gets better and better..

    • sagitox on 13/07/2018 - 14:47
      +11

      I take Woolworths bags to Coles and Coles bags to Woolworths. Then they know I bought brought them in.

      Mod: Edited bought to brought as per user request.

      • Scab on 13/07/2018 - 14:50
        +18

        Please tell me this again.

        • sagitox on 13/07/2018 - 14:55
          +41

          I take Woolworths bags to Coles and Coles bags to Woolworths. Then they know I bought brought them in.

          Mod: Edited bought to brought as per user request.

        • DuckKnight on 13/07/2018 - 14:57
          +5

          Is your age taking a toll on your memory?

        • King Tightarse on 13/07/2018 - 14:58
          +2

          @sagitox:
          yeah,where do you take the Woolworths bags though?
          ..its confusing

        • sagitox on 13/07/2018 - 14:58
          +2

          @DuckKnight: No he is just a smartarse.

        • sagitox on 13/07/2018 - 15:00
          -2

          @King Tightarse: Oh I know right? So confusing! Totally!

        • King Tightarse on 13/07/2018 - 15:04

          @sagitox:
          Who's on first base? ;)

        • Kas on 13/07/2018 - 15:12
          +5

          @sagitox: Brought

        • Scab on 13/07/2018 - 15:15

          @Kas:

          You do it as well?

        • JinK on 13/07/2018 - 16:41

          @sagitox: lol
          I acctually often go to Coles but have a dozen of Woolie bag now

        • sagitox on 13/07/2018 - 17:00
          -6

          @Kas: Oh look its the one and only human spellchecker. Nobody asked.

        • Scab on 13/07/2018 - 17:18
          +3

          @sagitox:

          its

          it's

        • DuckKnight on 13/07/2018 - 17:21

          @Scab: 'tis

        • strangeloops66 on 13/07/2018 - 17:30

          @Kas:

          Hehe, "Bought them in" is the polar opposite of "brought them in".

        • Wystri Warrick on 13/07/2018 - 18:31
          -1

          @sagitox: Must have a pretty Smart Arse.

        • Wystri Warrick on 13/07/2018 - 18:32

          @Scab: not as often as you though, nobody does it as much as you!

        • Kas on 13/07/2018 - 19:35
          -1

          @strangeloops66:
          Yes, exactly… still he/she didn't get it…
          if you bought them in , you have to pay for those bags,
          if you brought them in, that is your own, you don't have to pay…

          that is a awesome spelling mistake… totally opposite.

        • sagitox on 14/07/2018 - 01:38

          @sagitox: Thank you, mod. Wish you could edit the other comments I made too with the accidental spelling mistake. Your phone misses typing a letter and everyone jumps on your back for it. Great work, guys! A++

        • sagitox on 14/07/2018 - 01:41

          @Kas: I didn't notice my phone didn't type all the letters I typed, no. Since the comment section is so small on my iPhone. Thanks to everyone who jumped on my back about it. You guys were so nice about it too!

        • sagitox on 14/07/2018 - 01:43

          @Kas: Yes, thank you. I know how to spell, unfortunately my phone didn't pick up on that and decided to not put in the "r" when I pushed the "r" button. Then I just copied and pasted the comment, not noticing the "r" was missing.

  • ronnknee on 13/07/2018 - 14:38
    +9

    I think someone here actually mentioned this idea ie. instead of punishing people for not bringing bags, people who bring their own bags should be rewarded.

  • qwerty on 13/07/2018 - 14:58
    +9

    Wow coles thanks for the 15 cents a day for 4 days

    • lint on 13/07/2018 - 15:58
      +5

      Still better than Woolies. Oh boy, 2c for every bag you bring! So rewarding!

      • knobbs on 13/07/2018 - 16:15

        If only woolies points where worth 1c each, far less my friend I am sorry.

      • qwerty on 13/07/2018 - 17:02
        +2

        2000 points = $10 off

        10 bags = 5 cents - The max 30 bags = 15 cents

        But you also have until the end of the year so 24 weeks not 4 days

        So you might get a couple bucks worth of points with woolies vs coles 60 cents

  • naman8913 on 13/07/2018 - 15:12

    Does this still apply if the only item I buy is a plastic bag and put it in my own plastic bag? You know, the Plastic-Bag-Ception? Going to try.

    • CacheHunter on 13/07/2018 - 21:09

      Do they still have the signs in the veg department saying that the plastic fruit & veg bags are the same price as the contents? If so, you could 'buy' an empty veg bag and put it in your bag for free, plus collect the points.

  • tsu-chan on 13/07/2018 - 15:24
    -7

    I had a friends friend get refused to get her groceries packed by a Coles check out clerk for having Aldi and Woolies reusable bags.

    She said, "the resusable bags are to save the environment so pack my bags b****"

    He packed it heavily.

    Be warned everyone!

    • kwijybo on 13/07/2018 - 15:52
      +4

      Who would think that talking to someone in customer service that way would lead to passive aggressiveness…

      • csandoe on 13/07/2018 - 16:57
        +4

        Your friend's friend in this made-up story sounds like a real nice person

        • Scab on 13/07/2018 - 19:45
          +3

          I don't think he has any friends.

    • profane01 on 13/07/2018 - 17:22
      +4

      When you hear 'a friend's friend', you know the story is 100% true

  • Sunshine7 on 13/07/2018 - 15:25
    +1

    There was a confused shop assistant when the bag rules came in who was policing the bags people were bringing in to reuuse -her rules were: 1. can't use if they have a logo of another store 2. Cant use if were "dirty"…..it was causing all sorts of chaos. That was about a week ago & I have not seen her again since, nor has anyone at that store been applying those rules.

    • nubzy on 13/07/2018 - 16:59
      +1

      Absolutely ridiculous. They brought this on themselves, the more people that use competitor bags the better. I am all for saving the environment but this scheme is inconvenient enough as it is and I will take whatever bag I have handy.

  • blackwalnut on 13/07/2018 - 15:31
    +6

    this bag fiasco is the stupidest thing we have evey implemented. bloody greenies. has no impact on environment whatsover.

    • burningrage on 13/07/2018 - 17:30

      Absolutely. Keep up the rage. The silent majority.

    • CacheHunter on 13/07/2018 - 21:14
      -1

      It does impact the environment, it's just that the net impact is to make things worse.
      Reduce the number of bags in the environment, but increase the amount of plastic used to make the heavy weight reusable bags plus the extra greenhouse has emissions from manufacturing and people carrying extra weight around in their cars. The irony is that the extra global warming will probably kill far more marine life than the bags were harming in the first place.

  • Savas on 13/07/2018 - 15:32
    +3

    So can I just bring 30 bags with me for the 60 points? Or can I just take 30 plastic bags from the fresh produce section?

    • Cheemeister on 13/07/2018 - 16:30
      +1

      Yeah, how do they count bags? Can I bring in a few boxes of tea bags? BYO roll of 50x bin liners?

      • ChaseTheSun on 13/07/2018 - 17:38
        +2

        If u dont purchase any plastic bag then i think it thinks u brought ur own?

    • chudson on 13/07/2018 - 17:00
      +1

      The woolworths ones are counted as the checkout operator fills them..

      30 bags ( 60 points ) MAX.

      • Savas on 13/07/2018 - 17:19
        +4

        okay, guess I'll have to ask them to individually bag everything

  • Godric on 13/07/2018 - 15:51
    -3

    If I take Woolworths bags to Coles and Coles bags to Woolworths, will they know I bought them in?

  • cheapisgood on 13/07/2018 - 15:53
    +1

    Wow, look at all those points, add a few zeros and I may consider it. Otherwise its just a desperate tactics by the companies.

  • TazR on 13/07/2018 - 16:02

    This should be a permanent thing.

    • jlogic on 13/07/2018 - 16:03
      +2

      Agree if there is no reward, then this bag fiasco is just a cash grab by the supermarkets and bin liner manufacturers.

      I personally don’t know anyone that purposely drives or walks to the ocean or river to dump their plastics bags.

      Still going to use plastic for my bins so that nullifies that argument these environmental types used to push this through.

      • syousef on 13/07/2018 - 19:04
        +1

        "his bag fiasco is just a cash grab by the supermarkets"

        You don't say!

  • Ryk on 13/07/2018 - 16:24
    +2

    Coles bags are still free

    • scrypton on 13/07/2018 - 16:48

      The 30 flybuys points is an alternative for when you don't pick the free bag.

      • Ryk on 13/07/2018 - 18:38

        I still don't really know how they're meant to know whether the bag you're using is free, or was free earlier in the day/yesterday/last week.

  • ScuseMe on 13/07/2018 - 16:45
    +3

    To clarify the last point of your post. The staff will be given a special barcode when scanned it will activate the offer and enter the amount of bags manually. Source : Employee

    • scrypton on 13/07/2018 - 16:50

      What about self checkout? Looks like staffs have just become very busy, especially if someone told them that they are bringing 293 bags and they need to count them just to make sure it's the correct amount!

      • scrypton on 13/07/2018 - 16:53

        Oops. I've just re-read the title: 30 flybuys points per day.

        So I guess this will be automatic when you scan your flybuys card — and they would automatically give you 30 flybuys points if the transaction does not include the reusable bag.

      • ScuseMe on 13/07/2018 - 16:55

        Same with the self serve too. But for the first week moderate/busy stores will have a additional team member during busy times. The maximum bag limit is 30 so can't earn anymore than 60 points per transaction.

      • chudson on 13/07/2018 - 17:02
        +2

        It's checkouts ONLY / NOT assisted checkouts

        If you self-scan, no bag-points for you.

        • Ryk on 13/07/2018 - 18:39
          +1

          free bags at selfies…

    • cooni on 13/07/2018 - 20:03

      Hi, can you post a photo of the barcode when you get it, if it’s not unique to each staff member?

  • 23unknown on 13/07/2018 - 17:03
    +1

    This probably sounds stupid but in regards to FlyBuys, since the total of your shop converts to points - does this mean if you were to cash out it would convert to points as well? Or are points strictly eligible by product purchase only? Cheers!

    • tightarse on 13/07/2018 - 17:28
      +14

      Just remember the name of the site you are on, and feel free to post up better bargains :)

      • [Deactivated] on 13/07/2018 - 18:41
        -3

        Woolworths and Coles make $71 million from ban and some OzB's get excited over 30 cents. Please!!

        • truetypezk on 13/07/2018 - 21:30

          30 cents? not 15? lol

      • [Deactivated] on 16/07/2018 - 02:08
        +1

        Every cashback offer on Cashrewards is better than this.

        The next bargain post will be someone suggesting that you can save a couple of cents if you pay with cash based on Australia's rounding down rules.

        Yawns!

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join