Aldi Sell buy dates?

hueknight1969

Hi

Aldi rarely seem to use sell by dates, any idea why?

Does anybody understand the codes they use (the ones staff say use to say whether something is still ok or not)?

Is it just me lol

hugh

meritaten

I have seen mostly Best Before dates on Aldi items. Cant say that I have noticed a lack of Use By dates - must check that out next time I shop! Have to say though that they have such a high turnover of items that I rarely see anything approaching its BB date.

Pink.

Hi hueknight,

We don't have aldi here so I'm afraid I can't help. As this is more of a shopping question I've moved your thread over to the Grocery Shopping board where you should get more replies.

Pink

DCFC79

Im sure they have best before dates on they're stuff, are you talking in general or a specific product

i do remember the fruit (was 5 years ago so might have changed) wasnt clear with the dates

candygirl

I've never noticed them not having dates on:cool:

Middy

I have visited Aldi a few times where some fruit and veg has a sticker '30% off marked price'. It's probably as the display by/use by date is that day. If this is the case, I may have to compare the different codes of a 30% off item and a normal priced one.

shellsuit

I've not seen any dates on fruit, mushrooms or potatoes.

geordie_joe

hueknight1969 wrote: »

Hi

Aldi rarely seem to use sell by dates, any idea why?

I have never been in an Aldi, because I have never lived close enough to one to go. I would certainly visit one, at least once, if I had one near enough.

But I think I can answer the question.

It's because they don't feel the need to have them.

There is no law requiring sell by dates, they are put on products by the supermarket for their own reasons. Mostly it lets them know that if then products haven't been sold by that date they should reduce them just to get rid of them. And to help the shelf stacker keep the oldest products at the front.

If you have a high turnover of products you will not need this. If you sell 100 units a week theres no pint in putting a stamp on them that says "If you haven't sold this in 3 weeks, reduce it"

The law requires the producer to put on any dates that are required by law, best before and use by. The supermarket has no choice about those dates.

Some things don't need a date, but these are mainly lose product that you can inspect before you buy. Things like loose spuds, apples etc.

DCFC79

geordie_joe wrote: »

I have never been in an Aldi, because I have never lived close enough to one to go. I would certainly visit one, at least once, if I had one near enough.

But I think I can answer the question.

It's because they don't feel the need to have them.

There is no law requiring sell by dates, they are put on products by the supermarket for their own reasons. Mostly it lets them know that if then products haven't been sold by that date they should reduce them just to get rid of them. And to help the shelf stacker keep the oldest products at the front.

If you have a high turnover of products you will not need this. If you sell 100 units a week theres no pint in putting a stamp on them that says "If you haven't sold this in 3 weeks, reduce it"

The law requires the producer to put on any dates that are required by law, best before and use by. The supermarket has no choice about those dates.

Some things don't need a date, but these are mainly lose product that you can inspect before you buy. Things like loose spuds, apples etc.

i dont remember checking the dates on the fruit and veg when i replenished them with the new stock, i just remember looking at what was left and if any was bruised or mouldy then it was binned

haydnlewis

I read somewhere that it is a combination of 1) The week of the year and 2) the day day of the week.
I did try it out for a while and it seemed quite plausible.
So today 18th December 2011 I think is the beginning of week 50.
Suppose something expires next Wednesday. What day of the week is that ? let us assume that the Aldi week starts on Sunday. That would make it day 4 of the week.
And so the code will be something like 50 4. I seem to remember that there is an 'L' in the number too. perhaps it stands for 'life'.
It is complicated , deliberately so, but I like Aldis it is my favourite supermarket. I love the rather brutal , but highly efficient check out system and this abscence of readable sell by codes I think is an amusing way to rid oneself of excessively picky customers while still being able to manage the stock safely and in peace.
Excellent place.

maman

I've noticed that fruit and veg doesn't have a sell by date but that's never bothered me because it's easy to tell fresh looking veg (both at home and in the shop). Other things, like cakes and eggs do have dates in Aldi.