Misleading advertising

dustysandals

At my local Lidl, I was amazed to see advertised: New Season Carrots, Swede, Cauliflower. Considering as a gardner, I know they dont mature until Sept/Oct, I asked to see the manager. These British (Tractor marked) veg ...... impossible, they must be stored from last year I said? Who cares? the reply. I do, as you are implying it's this new year season veg! You are misleaDING THE CUSTOMER. Well, we just get the signage from head office. So Pooh on you! What are we to dO???????? :eek:

dmg24

dustysandals wrote: »

At my local Lidl, I was amazed to see advertised: New Season Carrots, Swede, Cauliflower. Considering as a gardner, I know they dont mature until Sept/Oct, I asked to see the manager. These British (Tractor marked) veg ...... impossible, they must be stored from last year I said? Who cares? the reply. I do, as you are implying it's this new year season veg! You are misleaDING THE CUSTOMER. Well, we just get the signage from head office. So Pooh on you! What are we to dO???????? :eek:

Oh my days ...

fiscalfreckles

They didn't really pooh on you, did they?!

spadoosh

dustysandals wrote: »

At my local Lidl, I was amazed to see advertised: New Season Carrots, Swede, Cauliflower. Considering as a gardner, I know they dont mature until Sept/Oct, I asked to see the manager. These British (Tractor marked) veg ...... impossible, they must be stored from last year I said? Who cares? the reply. I do, as you are implying it's this new year season veg! You are misleaDING THE CUSTOMER. Well, we just get the signage from head office. So Pooh on you! What are we to dO???????? :eek:

Surely if it was last seasons carrots theyd be close to off by now, why would you want year old carrots. Maybe thats why lidl do it soo cheap.

hatomoto

as consumers we should be protected when and make informed decisions when making any purchases. Companies will say anything just to get a customer to buy their "carrots" even when they are not yet in season. lol. Some people just dont know where to draw the line hey.

[Deleted User]

Are the carrots fresh?

Yes - buy them. eat them. job done.
No - don't buy them. job done.

Pfft.

fenofonts

I would expect nothing but quality and truth from a decent food retailer (World Foods, Harrods Food Hall)... at Lidl you can't ask for too much.

KateBob

dustysandals wrote: »

At my local Lidl, I was amazed to see advertised: New Season Carrots, Swede, Cauliflower. Considering as a gardner, I know they dont mature until Sept/Oct, I asked to see the manager. These British (Tractor marked) veg ...... impossible, they must be stored from last year I said? Who cares? the reply. I do, as you are implying it's this new year season veg! You are misleaDING THE CUSTOMER. Well, we just get the signage from head office. So Pooh on you! What are we to dO???????? :eek:

Actually some carrot's are early season so would be mature ealier than Sept but not this early!
However they may not be british grown and therefore be in season somewhere.

mymerrywidow

you can grow stuff out of season here. thanetearth has been doing it for a while. they con the veg into thinking its summer. easy