Something strange going on at my Sainsburys!!!

Madmonk

My Sainsburys seems to have stopped selling reduced products ie fresh and chilled food thats on or close to it's sell by dates! Their used to be a large red sign saying reduced at the end of the fresh meat section and the same on the end of the chilled section but they have both vanished - anyone else lost the reduced section or is it just my store? (Poole -Talbot Heath)?

MM:eek:

tryingtobegood

I have only just started going to Sainsburys but I did notice that all the fresh reduced stuff was in it's original place but still stickered. There doesn't seem to be a "reduced" section (that I've found yet !)

shammyjack

9 AM to 10 AM is the best time for reductions on the staffed butchers counter in my local !

TravellingAbuela

Our reduced section was NEVER flagged by a big red sign. Reduced meats, sausage etc were always at the end of that aisle and reduced ready meals, quiches, pies and other sundries were at the end of the cheese aisle. Everyone knew just where to look. Saying that, however, they were only ever reduced by a pittance and not worth bothering with. I have had better bargains on the staffed deli counter itself where sell-by-date produce could often be reduced by as much as a half. I always have a look on there.

blackandwhitebunny

I've noticed that they've started to leave a lot of it in the original place rather than move it to one area. Reductions on the butchery deli counter are marked with white tickets rather than yellow. I find mid afternoon there's about a third off and early evening half or more.

Middy

I work for Sainsburys and they do put the reduced things back on the normal shelf. Then after a certain time (about 5pm and this varies from store to store), they reduce them again and put them in the normal reduced areas. This applies to produce, fresh and bakery. Though bakery doesn't reduce instore bakery products or commercial sliced bread. Things such as crumpets, Mr Kipling stuff and Warby soft rolls are reduced.

Most customers find this annoying as they aren't looking for anything specific. They just want something for tonight's tea and not fussed if its a pizza, pie or some cooked chicken.

ukp

Sainsburys policy on reductions changed as of Sunday; this applies to Fresh, Produce and Bakery only.

Reductions can only be done from 1pm (mon-sat) and 11am (sun) and the product must remain in its original shelf position. 2 hours before store closing, any remaining reduced products will then be moved to the reduction bay and reduced further.

Idiophreak

ukp wrote: »

Sainsburys policy on reductions changed as of Sunday; this applies to Fresh, Produce and Bakery only.

Reductions can only be done from 1pm (mon-sat) and 11am (sun) and the product must remain in its original shelf position. 2 hours before store closing, any remaining reduced products will then be moved to the reduction bay and reduced further.

That's gonna get costly. When I worked at the meat counter in JS, I used to struggle to shift stuff if we marked it up on the normal shelves - most people (maybe weirdly) if they go to grab an item, and it has a reduced ticket, will just grab the one behind instead. Only a certain kinda person actually buys reduced items - and keeping them all together just makes life easier for those people. I can remember chasing people with packs of whole monkfish tails going "It's 5p! Please buy it! It was £25!" - they'd still just keep walking

calleyw

ukp wrote: »

Sainsburys policy on reductions changed as of Sunday; this applies to Fresh, Produce and Bakery only.

You mean the sunday just gone?

I must have imagined the trolley of fresh fruit and veg reduced at the entrance. And the three reduced clear areas dotted around the chillers.

The couple of times I ventured in this week.

Yours

Calley

blackandwhitebunny

I've just been into my usual shop and there were loads of reductions but mostly in the original place. I would think that the people who buy reduced items (such as myself) will still find them. The one exception was loads of packets of lean mince that had been moved to where the reduced section used to be, I assume because they had lots to shift.

frugal_shopper_2

Middy wrote: »

.....Though bakery doesn't reduce instore bakery products or commercial sliced bread. Things such as crumpets, Mr Kipling stuff and Warby soft rolls are reduced.

Instore bakery products are sold off for 67% of their original price to a company that anaerobically digests them to genererate energy.
It seems a shame to use perfectly good food for this just because they can make more money this way than they can selling it to their customers rather than sending their actual waste food products which would be just as well suited to the purpose.

It was discussed briefly on the sainsbury forum about a year ago.
http://www2.sainsburys.co.uk/YourIdeas/forums/showthread.aspx?PostID=14965