{"id":6730,"date":"2011-11-29T11:16:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T11:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=6730"},"modified":"2011-11-29T11:16:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T11:16:48","slug":"rage-over-ocados-bag-tax-exemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/29\/rage-over-ocados-bag-tax-exemption\/","title":{"rendered":"Rage over Ocado\u2019s bag tax exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sainsbury\u2019s threaten Welsh Government with legal action<\/h2>\n<p>Major supermarket chain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sainsburys.co.uk\/sol\/index.jsp\">Sainsbury\u2019s<\/a> are threatening legal action against the Welsh Government \u00a0after discovering that online supermarket <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocado.com\/webshop\/startWebshop.do\">Ocado<\/a> do not have to charge their customers the newly introduced Welsh carrier bag tax.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Sainsburys-big.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6805\" title=\"Sainsbury's big\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Sainsburys-big.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Sainsburys-big.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Sainsburys-big-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6805\" title=\"Sainsbury's big\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Sainsburys-big.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Sainsburys-big.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Sainsburys-big-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sainsbury&#039;s are threatening legal action against the Welsh Government after discovering Ocado do not have to charge their customers the carrier bag charge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In an e-mail exchange between Sainsbury\u2019s and the Welsh Government, obtained through a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Western Mail, Sainsbury\u2019s expressed their anger at Ocado\u2019s exemption.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh Government maintains that it has not made Ocado exempt from the 5p bag charge but add, \u201cWe have however given a view that the bags Ocado use, based on the information provided by Ocado, are not currently subject to the charge as their purpose is not to enable the goods to be delivered, but are part of their automated packing system.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sainsbury\u2019s threaten Welsh Government with legal action Major supermarket chain Sainsbury\u2019s are threatening legal action against the Welsh Government \u00a0after discovering that online supermarket Ocado do not have to charge their customers the newly introduced Welsh carrier bag tax. In an e-mail exchange between Sainsbury\u2019s and the Welsh Government, obtained through a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Western Mail, Sainsbury\u2019s expressed their anger at Ocado\u2019s exemption. 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