Do you use the blue tokens

AMKC

In Tesco?

I always pick 3 and sometimes maybe 6 unless I have a big shop or there is no tokens.

Noveight

I always fire them in to whatever cause is lowest, love a good underdog story.

greencap

Nope.
Customer engagement nonsense.

me_irl

greencap wrote: »

Nope.
Customer engagement nonsense.

Don't you get them at the tills?

So, you've already "engaged" by shopping.

Hmm...?

Summer wind

I've got 2 in my car at the moment because I was in a rush the last time I was in Tesco and forgot to put them in the tube on the way out. I usually put mine in the tube that has the least amount of tokens to try and even things out:)

vicwatson

Noveight wrote: »

I always fire them in to whatever cause is lowest, love a good underdog story.

Here here the school or GAA club right near Tesco that's deffo gonna win never gets mine

A Battered Mars Bar

You what? Is there something wrong with you? Am I getting this right? You sometimes pick up 3 or 6 tokens. 3 or 6?! For what????

Firstly you're meant to take one token. Do you think you're great taking 6 and putting them into the locul gaa kit tube? 6 tokens?????

They're the equivalent of a Facebook like in tesco format. Id love to meet you. I'd buy us a bottle of tesco wine so you could sit for an hour and listen to me rant at you more.

LadyMacBeth_

I usually put my token in the animal charity box if there is one.

9or10

I usually leave them in the shopping bag. Then the dog finds them and ...

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

I hate Tesco.

greencap

me_irl wrote: »

Don't you get them at the tills?

So, you've already "engaged" by shopping.

Hmm...?

its marketing.

they want brain space.

Fr_Dougal

Usually have my hands full with shopping bags tbh.

mdwexford

My three year old has a collection of about 100 of them at home strewn about in random spots.

Checkout woman hands him a load of them, he doesn't take too kindly to putting them in the tubes, another handful for the pile.

freshpopcorn

I generally take them and nearly always end up giving them to the most popular one. I find some of the charities/clubs that aren't getting a lot of tokens can be very wishes/washy!

IvySlayer

I never use them, I was at the self serve and this kid had great fun with his token as his parents were packing, he went to the lady and asked for another token, she snapped and said only 1 per customer, I handed him mine as I left!

The_Valeyard

Ahhhhh, that's what there for!!!

Zaph

Generally will only take them if the person on the till actually hands me one with my receipt. Always make a point of not giving it to whatever cause, usually a sports club of some sort, that should be paid for by the parents of the kids using it. Invariably they are the most popular anyway, despite the fact that one of the other options could be for the local hospice or something else far more deserving.

freshpopcorn

Zaph wrote: »

Generally will only take them if the person on the till actually hands me one with my receipt. Always make a point of not giving it to whatever cause, usually a sports club of some sort, that should be paid for by the parents of the kids using it. Invariably they are the most popular anyway, despite the fact that one of the other options could be for the local hospice or something else far more deserving.

If sports clubs relied on the parents to pay all the costs of maintenance/up keep/insurance/etc instead of fundraising. They'd be a lot less kids involved in sports and we might have less sport stars as well.

Always give to an animal charity as my first choice. Won't give my token to any that are religious.

freshpopcorn

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Always give to an animal charity as my first choice. Won't give my token to any that are religious.

What Religious charities have you seen out of interest would it be schools?
I think I might have seen the group that brings sick people to Lourdes.

tomwaterford

WTF are blue tokens???

freshpopcorn

tomwaterford wrote: »

WTF are blue tokens???

Do you o to Tesco?

http://food-and-community.tesco.ie/home/supporting-local-communities/community-fund-stories/what-is-community-fund/

pangbang

I take two fist fulls and give them to the omni-present beggar at the front door. They surely know whats needed more than me.

freshpopcorn

freshpopcorn wrote: »

What Religious charities have you seen out of interest would it be schools?
I think I might have seen the group that brings sick people to Lourdes.

Yeah stuff like that. Nursing homes run by nuns as well.

freshpopcorn

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah stuff like that. Nursing homes run by nuns as well.

Funnily enough. It's always the animal charities I avoid!

endacl

I've a rake o' those yokes in the glovebox.

Jesus Wept

I'm collecting them to make my own amazing poker chips set.

Outlaw Pete

No. Just give the money to charity and leave me alone.

tomwaterford

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Do you o to Tesco?

http://food-and-community.tesco.ie/home/supporting-local-communities/community-fund-stories/what-is-community-fund/

Lidl usually....but been to tesco enoigh to hsve surly come across this though!

noveltea

I put them in to the church collection basket. Gives me a bit of a giggle at mass.

whoopsadoodles

I have a friend with a very sick little girl who benefited hugely from the tokens so I've seen them work first hand and if I'm in Tesco I'll always grab a token.

I try my very best to avoid Tesco though.

honeybear

Our school received 100 euro bec of tokens - might not seem a lot but in cash strapped schools it went towards readers.

Wheeliebin30

I use them to play tiddly winks on a Saturday night.

somesoldiers

I paint mine red and use them in Tayto Park

Teyla Emmagan

I have soured to the whole scheme having applied to it loads of times and never being selected :<

Not for myself now, for one of the local groups i'm involved in. Have applied about 3 times now. Tesco are anti children!

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biko

I take ten



and I threw them on the ground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ

LordSutch

AMKC wrote: »

Do you use the blue tokens.

Can't be bothered participating with 'one or two tokens' when I see kids taking massive handfuls & dumping them into their favourite cause tube :cool:

What's the prize for the winner anyway?

tracey turnblad

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I have soured to the whole scheme having applied to it loads of times and never being selected :<

Not for myself now, for one of the local groups i'm involved in. Have applied about 3 times now. Tesco are anti children!

I think you'll find the majority of clubs picked are for children. My daughters scout club benefited many local schools groups and summer projects also. They usually have an animal one as well in my local one. Just because you haven't been selected doesn't mean Tesco is anti children what a ridiculous statement

xzanti

My Son's school was one of the recipients last month so I was lashing them in for that.

Otherwise I take them whenever I think of it.

corner of hells

I collect them and drill small holes in them .My pet cockatiel plays with them for hours.

So in theory Tesco are contributing to Lennys welfare.
Lennys the cockatiel.

iguana

Two of them superglued together make great spare disks for imaginext toys with disk shooters. My son has a pile of them for his Megazord, Batwing, Batmobiles and exoskeleton toys.

odyssey06

I thought when I collected enough of them I got a free Connect 4 board???
When do the red ones come out?

Wheeliebin30

I play tiddlywinks with the dog.

Graces7

xzanti wrote: »

My Son's school was one of the recipients last month so I was lashing them in for that.

Otherwise I take them whenever I think of it.

Where I live, Tesco do a lot for others. They provide V de P with food, for meals and the food bank .

Shenshen

Nope.

It's going to sound really petty, but the conecpt winds me up. If I want to give to a charity, I will do so, with my own money to a charity of my choice. Tesco taking more money out of my pocket than another shop and then "allowing" me to decide who out of a selection of 3 they "gift" it to really annoys me.

But I rarely shop there anyway, so mostly "meh".

AllForIt

Just got back from Tesco and seen a number of them on the ground in the car park. I think that they are a stupid idea and bad for the environment. Do the staff really count them I wonder - I doubt it.

Mister Vain

I've often wondered what the hell they were for.

Bredabe

Stockpile them at home and then give them to a charity of your choice, I'm not sure what they do with them, but they are always thrilled to get them.

lilmissbee88

yeah i always go for a mental health awareness box if there is one (or similar) as i don’t think there’s enough out there for it

PandaPoo

AllForIt wrote: »

Just got back from Tesco and seen a number of them on the ground in the car park. I think that they are a stupid idea and bad for the environment. Do the staff really count them I wonder - I doubt it.

Yep. We weigh them weekly. Next time you're in take out the name of the charity from the front and look at the back. It will have weekly updates and the weight marked.

Every few months the manager will call the representative in and issue them with a cheque. Some people think only the charity with the most tokens get money but they all do. Usually around €300-€500. So your tokens do matter.