tesco reduced goods (ood stock )

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C_Ronaldo

calleyw wrote: »

Well it seems an obvious answer to cut down on wastage and it just seems to strange to me. That the supermarket would rather get 20p for an item rather then just 20p off the full price.

I just though I was being thick and there was a really obvious reason why it was not done.

Yours

Calley

your not being thick, its how the store is run,

1carminestocky

annabelinda wrote: »

I have seen the guy who works at the locla Chinese takeaway stand guard using his trolley as a means of stopping anyone get near the reduced stuff, (especially the fresh chickens) while his wife grabs everything!

This has happened several times at my local store but IME these people tend to back down when someone (i.e. me!) just moves the trolley and says 'excuse me' fairly forcefully . Treat people how they treat you is my motto.

C_Ronaldo

1carminestocky wrote: »

This has happened several times at my local store but IME these people tend to back down when someone (i.e. me!) just moves the trolley and says 'excuse me' fairly forcefully . Treat people how they treat you is my motto.

no one should be blocking the reductions with a trolley, they dont have a right to the reductions,

C_Ronaldo

lkmc01 wrote: »

We hang around certain aisles with others like lions waiting for the kill. and then go like vulches when the hand gun staff come out.

We also follow the reducing staff with the sticker hand guns to see where they are going.

if people were following me around my store it would annoy me to a certain extent that i would make you wait by not reducing any food,
also people hanging round the aisles has the opposite effect as the staff could again just make you wait

katy-lou

Yeah as much as I come from a family of bargain hunters when I'm reducing things (we cant go more than 75% off...) if people are pushing and grabbing at things I get really annoyed. We get told to take the stuff out the back and reduce it if people are doing that. Its very rude. If somebody asked me is it ok if I take one of these I very much apreciate it compared to grabbing at thing even before I've finished.

lisalongsox

hazeyjewel wrote: »

So what time is it best to go to my 24hr tesco for reduced stuff?it's late and i'm tired:o

I tend to go on Sunday because the store (even the 24hr ones) close at a set time that day. Their final reductions are usually about half an hour before closing to ensure they clear the reduced shelves. I get to the store around 2.00 and check back at the reduced sections every 15 mins or so. I fill my trolley with what takes my fancy, as I said before I nearly always buy stuff I can freeze. I then wait until 3.30pm (store closes at 4.00pm. A sales assistant is usually by one of the reduced chillers then and I ask him or her to mark down my already reduced stuff to the full 75% discount. They always do this without batting an eyelid, afterall, as Ive said before it will get thrown out if it doesnt get sold. Sometimes they have a joke with me or my husband due to the sheer number of yellow stickers in our trolley, but they have never refused to mark it down further. They are standing there marking the stuff left on the reduced shelves down anyways. For the reductions I also find our Extra store is the best as it stocks a lot more so therefore has lots more to reduce down to prevent waste.

I never fight over stuff on the reduced section, Im never greedy, I only take what I know I will use and will eat. You get some fab bargains from the Finest range heavily reduced and also some lovely cuts of meat - all of which can be frozen.

HTH

xx

Smashing

It's really irritating when people put all the stuff in their trolley whilst it's part reduced and then come round again when the gun comes out and gets all the stuff in their trolley reduced further - staff in my local asda say they will no longer reduce stuff you already have taken, but they still do it for the select few. :rolleyes:

I've seen fights break out - it's pathetic. Everyone loves a bargain, but play fair.

scotgirl2

yes, i have seen the fights that break out over reduced food, and people who put the trolleys across the aisle so s no one can get in! its like vultures and the behavior is terrible, i simply cant believe some of the behavior , when stock gets reduced.

C_Ronaldo

katy-lou wrote: »

Yeah as much as I come from a family of bargain hunters when I'm reducing things (we cant go more than 75% off...) if people are pushing and grabbing at things I get really annoyed. We get told to take the stuff out the back and reduce it if people are doing that. Its very rude. If somebody asked me is it ok if I take one of these I very much apreciate it compared to grabbing at thing even before I've finished.

i hate it when i see all these hands grabbing different bits before i have had a chance to stick a price on it, they hold it like its going to disappear, i got annoyed with them once as these people were shoving stuff in front of me to reduce and i said to them "put it down it wont go anywhere" theyve not done it since