Can anyone help? Mis sold food from morrisons

unholyangel

claretmatt wrote: »

A similar thing happened to my unkle's friend's wife with another well known supermarket. She threatened to sue and won £12,000 in an out of court settlement. It was in the papers

I daresay if the OP had a life threatening allergy OR didnt eat meat for religious reasons they would certainly have a good case for compensation (imo).

If it was merely as a lifestyle choice, does that then mean that i can claim compensation when something doesnt warn me it has vegetables in it?

Dont get me wrong, i'm not saying vegetarians should be made or expected to eat meat but 12k compensation (if it was for the exact same reasons and not involving religion/allergies) is not only taking the cake, its taking the plate, the crumbs AND the tablecloth.

I would expect - at most - a refund, an apology and perhaps a small goodwill gesture.

rev_henry

I once bought what was meant to be a vegetable spring roll from the deli counter at asda. Bit into it in the carpark and it was duck! I took it back immediately and was given a refund and a £3 gift card, after the store manager had had a sniff of it to confirm my findings. The staff were very apologetic and seemed quite concerned (I am vegetarian, obviously ).

not_tonight_josephine_2

unholyangel wrote: »

I daresay if the OP had a life threatening allergy OR didnt eat meat for religious reasons they would certainly have a good case for compensation (imo).

If it was merely as a lifestyle choice, does that then mean that i can claim compensation when something doesnt warn me it has vegetables in it?

Dont get me wrong, i'm not saying vegetarians should be made or expected to eat meat but 12k compensation (if it was for the exact same reasons and not involving religion/allergies) is not only taking the cake, its taking the plate, the crumbs AND the tablecloth.

I would expect - at most - a refund, an apology and perhaps a small goodwill gesture.

Don't really get the difference between the 2 scenarios highlighted in bold TBH - why would someone who chooses to live according to (for example) the teachings of Judaism be any more entitled to compensation than someone who chooses to live according to the ethical principles which many vegetarians hold to?

unholyangel

not_tonight_josephine wrote: »

Don't really get the difference between the 2 scenarios highlighted in bold TBH - why would someone who chooses to live according to (for example) the teachings of Judaism be any more entitled to compensation than someone who chooses to live according to the ethical principles which many vegetarians hold to?

Because first of all, if you are born with a religion that doesnt permit consuming meat, it is not something you can choose to do or not to do.

And secondly (and more importantly) AFAIK, its not illegal to discriminate against vegans/vegetarians. It IS however, illegal to discriminate against someone based on religion.

tabskitten

Just thought i would add (i work as a chef....and have worked in many resturants.....)

Veggies- even if it says veggie on the menu- i promise you it will have been cooked with , chopped with, stored with, and possibly even have in it - MEAT.

unholyangel

tabskitten wrote: »

Just thought i would add (i work as a chef....and have worked in many resturants.....)

Veggies- even if it says veggie on the menu- i promise you it will have been cooked with , chopped with, stored with, and possibly even have in it - MEAT.

Awwww come on, you're going to give them nightmares! You'll see on the news that vegetarians are refusing to dine out and it will be all your fault :O jk

not_tonight_josephine_2

unholyangel wrote: »

Because first of all, if you are born with a religion that doesnt permit consuming meat, it is not something you can choose to do or not to do.

And secondly (and more importantly) AFAIK, its not illegal to discriminate against vegans/vegetarians. It IS however, illegal to discriminate against someone based on religion.

no-one is born with a religion any more than they are born with vegetarianism.

And I do not see how discrimination comes into it?

unholyangel

not_tonight_josephine wrote: »

no-one is born with a religion any more than they are born with vegetarianism.

And I do not see how discrimination comes into it?

For 99% of people who follow a religion, it is not something they choose. Therefore technically, they do have it from birth.

And i mention discrimination because of the PC brigade - which i agree with to an extent but think that todays standards take it too far. As of yet, it is not illegal to discriminate against someone based on lifestyle choices (such as which foods they eat, movies they watch, colour of their hair etc). Once it is illegal, then maybe it would earn a 12k compen case

The punishment should fit the crime and imo (i'm maybe biased given that i eat meat) making a mistake that doesnt breach someones human rights (albeit i believe human rights are used unfairly sometimes ie criminals) isnt a crime that merits a 12k payout.

When i buy a food product that has something i dont like in it (and isnt listed or implied as an ingredient or labelled wrongly) i dont go and ask for compensation, i throw it out and move on, because i'm an adult and thats what we do. At most i might ask them to exchange it.

12k smacks of ambulance chasing tbh.

adouglasmhor

rev_henry wrote: »

I once bought what was meant to be a vegetable spring roll from the deli counter at asda. Bit into it in the carpark and it was duck! I took it back immediately and was given a refund and a £3 gift card, after the store manager had had a sniff of it to confirm my findings. The staff were very apologetic and seemed quite concerned (I am vegetarian, obviously ).

I had a similar experience from Safeway (long ago obviously) I got a veggie one in exchange and I didn't want compensation so the manager offered and I agreed to give a bag of dry dog food to the collection for the local dog's home.

The meat was as greasy as anything when i bit into it, urgh! Really made sure I didn't backslide.

kat5

i agree, simplest course is to take it back, get a refund and get a new one - most places will do that, give both a refund and a new product.

on the one hand i would complain somewhat, because it could mean other mistakes are made, maybe people who have allergies (e.g. nut) could buy something mis-labelled, but thankfully in this case you didn't eat the wrongly labelled product, it had no adverse effect on you, just ask the store to be a little more careful in future?