Buying reduced food to sell in take-aways

Barneysmom

I have seen the people from our Chinese place buying up the lot of Tesco whoopsies.
I never buy from there now.

glitter03

The takeaway across the road from where i work often come in and buy all the reduced tomatoes and mushrooms lol

hartcjhart

Lynsey wrote: »

What makes you think they have takeaways??

Nothing to stop them cooking them (as above in a curry, or similar) and then freezing (cooked food). They would end up in their OWN meals in the next few weeks.

I bought 10 packs of sausages recently at only 10p per pack (thanks Sainsburys) and I don't have a takeaway/cafe or anything similar.
Some might say I was greedy, some money-saving. I say I was taking advantage of the moment and did give some away (I often buy reduced items for family/friends), who also don't own takeaways.

nowt wrong with loving sausage sarnies:T

summit wrong with OP though

richardw

Vagildi wrote: »

Is there some sort of law or regulation against buying reduced food (that needs to be consumed the same day) and then serving it up later in a take-away as part of a dish or meal?

Environmental health are probably only interested if it is unfit for human consumption. Food business owners are well aware of EH regs and stick to them.

If you think the supermarket should limit the number of items per customer then perhaps complain to them.

hermum

Why can't I ever find such huge reductions, the most I see is usually 50- or so off a £5 joint.

3v3

richardw wrote: »

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If you think the supermarket should limit the number of items per customer then perhaps complain to them.

Effectively, ration the food the supermarkets reduce per customer for the sole purpose of a quick sale? Surely a contradiction in terms

These items are slashed in price precisely because they are nearing their end of usefulness and have not been snapped up at a higher price/too much stock per demand. It is impossible to predict if they will sell at all at this late stage (even at mega reduced prices) because of the variables involved; hence people who help themselves to the "cast off's" from some supermarket bins.

When it reaches the point of slashed prices to that extent, too right first come first served. I've missed out on "bargains" because others have beaten me to it. I don't moan/critisize/complain. Do you suggest I should write to Harrods/Selfridges/a.n.other store and complain that I didn't make it to the front of the queue for their mega sale and others beat me to the bargains? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Of course you wouldn't.

The OP needs something but its not advice on writing to a store to bemoan the fact the bargains were snapped up before the OP could nab them

3v3

hermum wrote: »

Why can't I ever find such huge reductions, the most I see is usually 50- or so off a £5 joint.

Timing ............

Vagildi

I would rather do without the reduced items than act like an animal in pushing to the front and fighting over the food that some of those people seem wont to do.

mitch161

usually you find that the supermarkets that have a shelf dedicated to bargain must sell today stuff often have price checkers going past every 3 hours or so..

slowly throughout the day if it has not sold they reduce the amount a bit more. slowly moving to pennies by the evening.

so its a game. waiting for the reduced price to hit low enough that you deam it a deal.. but not so long enough that someone else grabs them.

i usually go just as the deli and meat counters close. as thats when they have bagged up all their off cuts and is late enough in the day to be cheap... but also not dead of night to be too late that i missed the offers.

so dond out when your meat, poulty and fishmonger departments close in the evening and set ur alarms lol

Vagildi

richardw wrote: »

Environmental health are probably only interested if it is unfit for human consumption. Food business owners are well aware of EH regs and stick to them.

If you think the supermarket should limit the number of items per customer then perhaps complain to them.

So hotels, restuarants and takeaways serving food that is patently out of date and after its USE BY is not in the interests of Environmental Health?