Rewards for finding 'out of date' goods on the shelf?

MoneySavingUser

jenniewb wrote: »

Unfortunetly a risk business: many supermarkets cover their "rubbish" with inductrial bleach to prevent people such as the homeless raiding the bins. Evil or what?!

have a look at this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10915739

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jenniewb wrote: »

Unfortunetly a risk business: many supermarkets cover their "rubbish" with inductrial bleach to prevent people such as the homeless raiding the bins. Evil or what?!

I've only seen the supermarkets pouring bleach over food a few times, here in Denmark. I don't know how common this is in the UK.

bexster1975

If waitrose gave you money/rewards for OOD stock identified I would never have to pay for shopping again! Considering they are "high end" the Kenilworth store ALWAYS has stuff a day or two out of date on shelves. When you give items to staff they usually just grunt (actually thats unfair, the last time I told a staff member it was a teenaged lad so grunt is all they do!). Have found mouldy part baked bread at Asda and they did say thank you and check for others. Aldi "super 6" I wouldn't give you a thank you for after going into local store once and seeing half the lemons covered in green mould. Told staff member who didn't bat an eyelid!:rotfl:

jenniewb

MoneySavingUser wrote: »

have a look at this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10915739

I know Pret do this and it is heart warming- Benjys used to too (don't think their still going), didn't know Waitrose were in on it- good for them!

Know that a fair few other unnamed Supermarkets (wont name them as it was about a year ago I heard one of the staff members admitti9ng the bleach thing, they may have changed theor policy since...) but the bleach or dye thing, I mean just how sick can one fat-cat manager get? you gotta wonder about the parents of such people- how exactly does someone become so nasty, see in any other world this would be called murder or criminal intent to cause serious harm.

poppycod

Gleeful wrote: »

If they had a system like that in the UK, the scrubbers would go in with bags of out of date items, claim they found the goods on the shelves and cash in.

who or what are the scrubbers?

poppycod

travellingbum wrote: »

Get them for free from the bin after the supermarket's closed.:rotfl:

is that possible?

[Deleted User]

poppycod wrote: »

is that possible?

When I'm in Denmark during the summer months, I do it all the time. The bins are normally behind the supermarket next to a parking lot. Often they're unlocked and unfenced, so all you have to do, is open the lid and fill your boots. In the UK supermarket bin are monitored by CCTV cameras and locked within their premises making it impossible to get hold the goodies. May I add that since I've started raiding bins, I've never lived healthier!!
:rotfl:

TESCO_R+R_RAIDER

once in saisburys a couple of years ago i found a load of 2ltr bottles of pop with a sell by date 2 months gone by, :O
told a member of staff who fetched a manager and was led to customer services and given a £10 gift card as a thankyou.

TESCO_R+R_RAIDER

jenniewb wrote: »

Don't get me started on Asda- once I nearly walked off having paid £7 odd for a satsuma. The cashier had lent on the scales. I went to get a refund and they refused me. Told me they had to look on CCTV (incase I had eaten the 20 satsumas I suppose) they came back, did give me a refund by no apology made. I will never forget that.

Added to that the security guard who follows me around for reasons I am unaware just does my head in!- actually maybe I am better off staying with Tescos!

nah tesco just as bad, security used to follow us around when r+r was there policy in one store manager did not like me pointing out the wrong prices on the sel even had the customer sevice go on the tanniy that i was in the store lol.

Tally-Ho_2

jenniewb wrote: »

Unfortunetly a risk business: many supermarkets cover their "rubbish" with inductrial bleach to prevent people such as the homeless raiding the bins. Evil or what?!

Yes, but this is a true story from about 4 years ago. My sister in law works as a microbiologist at a large dairy factory that prodcues yoghurts etc.

One day a stray bacteria was identified in a routine quality control check on a whole batch of yoghurts (roughly 10,000 pots) just before it was due to leave the factory. The whole batch was immediately put into the skips for disposal.

However, at that time of year, the area is visited by travellers of the gypsy variety. The following day a large number of the gypsy kids (and adults) were admitted to the local hospital with vomiting and other quite serious stomach complaints. It was traced back to the batch of yoghurts in the skips. The gypsy kids had raided the skips (which were in a locked compound!) the night the yoghurts had been put in there and they thought they were in yoghurt heaven so nicked as much as they could and gave them to other the other gypsys and even sold some to other people.

Hence since then, whenever food products are put into the skips they are covered in the bleach to prevent them getting into the food chain.

Tally