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Are Supermarkets using short use by dates for profit?

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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    elfen wrote: »
    Calley, you I have, I've stacked shelves before, and so does my dad, who I got the information from. If it's not being done right, it's obvious staff aren't being trained correctly..

    or they are too lazy
  • DCFC79
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    I thought it was the manufacturer that put the dates on not the retailer. After all, a product is only good for a length of time measured from the date of manufacture, not the date the retailer buys it.

    it is the manf who puts the dates on the bread, the retailer dont have no control on the dates

    OP i think your worrying about nothing
  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
    i don't care about the dates on bread i use it quite quickly
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  • jamespir
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    SophieCat wrote: »
    I had my Asda shopping delivered today. Have just checked the best before date on the 6 pinter of milk, & it runs out tomorrow :mad:
    so it will be fine untill tuesday if its kept in the fridge ;)
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  • geordie_joe
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    elfen wrote: »
    If it's not being done right, it's obvious staff aren't being trained correctly..

    I don't think so, you can train some people until you are blue in the face, but once they are doing the job and not being watch they don't care how it is done.

    Not everybody has grown up with a burning ambition to be a shelf stacker, some of them are only there because it was the only job they could get. Some of them are there because their parents have said "You are 18 now, we are not supporting you any more, so go out and earn some money".

    These people will sit through the training and nod and say yes they understand in all the right places. But once out on the job they don't want to be there and don't care how badly they do it.
  • geordie_joe
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    jamespir wrote: »
    so it will be fine untill tuesday if its kept in the fridge ;)

    But if it was best before Tuesday it would last until next Saturday ;)
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    I've worked in the shop my dad works in (did for a year, then got promoted and moved store for the next year) You're taught how to date check, move stock around.

    The store got rebranded a Tesco's Express, and my dad is in charge of the deliveries, which can be 2-4 a week from each supplier (two main ones) He and everyone else has been taught FIFO, he's been shifted when new stores are opened and taught them the same. It's reflected in the store's waste bill, and you get bonuses for hitting target, so if you don't hit target, you'll know why and HATE that person/persuade them to do things right.
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