What is the yellow sticker?whoopsy etiquette?

Missconduct

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Surely not. :eek: Really. :eek: I mean, what sort of person would stoop that low. :eek:

Yup, Christmas Eve I stopped someone who literally had his hand on the food in our trolley.

As for how much to take, well, I think it depends, sometimes we will take plenty and other times we will leave some for others. A woman at the Deli counter on Christmas Eve took ALL the turkey that was left when the started reducing.....

PenguinOfDeath

kizkiz wrote: »

When i worked in a supermarket i found that the real pros were the old people who knew exactly how dates worked and what time everything was reduced.
They would be in the store for hours, checking everything out andmaking lists of what would be reduced.

Yup a guy who lives near us spends hours in the local supermarkets looking for whoopsies. He would get these items and then take them to the social club up the road and try to sell his wares to his 'friends' (i.e people he talked to death who wanted to get away from him!) The sight of him tottering around trying to sell off some stinky cheese to drunkards amused us no end

marie-20

In our local ASDA it's mayhem and generally not worth it! It's quite rare that I will go to the reduced section as it's generally packed and they all seem to handle all the food and then throw it back which annoys me no end.

If I do get things it's generally fresh bread that is placed elsewhere and I will freeze it or fresh herbs for 1 or 2p that are great with roasts or casseroles and everyone else seems to leave - in fact I've got half a draw full of the herbs as I pick up most of what is left of them.

kittywight

MrsShawToBe wrote: »

Nooooo.. I got confused and thought DUKE was calling me a greedy pig for taking the items haha. I've got the same attitude to it as you

oops sorry my fault gets so confusing here sometimes

GlennTheBaker

I will occasionally drop into our local Co-op if I happen to be passing at 'Reduction Time' and will gladly buy stuff that's a good bargain but would never get involved in any sort of scrum! Walkie-talkies are absolutely out of the question.....

DCFC79

Its almost as if you need to be kitted out with tear gas and a kevlar bullet proof vest at reduction time.

preciousillusions

I hate when there's a packed reduced section but everything is only marked down by small amounts...and you know if you were to leave it a few hours most of it would be reduced a lot more when it's the exact same food whether left in your fridge or on the shelf. I wish they would just reduce stuff to a final bargain price straight off I guess as the reducing then reducing a bit more gets a little tedious.

Also it's so annoying when you buy something fresh but don't eat it straight away (as people often do!), and then you see the exact same thing with same expiry date in the reduced section a few days later.

Missconduct

preciousillusions wrote: »

I hate when there's a packed reduced section but everything is only marked down by small amounts...and you know if you were to leave it a few hours most of it would be reduced a lot more when it's the exact same food whether left in your fridge or on the shelf. I wish they would just reduce stuff to a final bargain price straight off I guess as the reducing then reducing a bit more gets a little tedious.

Also it's so annoying when you buy something fresh but don't eat it straight away (as people often do!), and then you see the exact same thing with same expiry date in the reduced section a few days later.

I think they start off with a smaller reduction earlier in the day in the hope that someone will buy it at say 50% off, but when it gets to later in the day they can take 75-80% off just to get rid of it and make some money rather than throwing it away...... I guess it's a balancing act the shops have to play, and we have to play it too, if we don't buy stuff when it's "only" 50% off earlier in the day, maybe they will start reducing by higher amounts sooner!

Spidergirl76

We have 2 local Asdas, both are quite small stores and I've never seen any pushing, arguing or unpleasantness from people getting the reduced items. I get loads of reduced price fruit and veg from both stores and quite often I am the only person at the whoopsie fridge! Both stores always have a trolley of reduced-price bread too, I can't remember the last time I bought bread at full price.

OP, the man you encountered does sound quite selfish. I think some people just grab anything and everything that is reduced whether they need it/will use it or not.

miss_emmajane

I always have a look at the Whoopsie bits in my local supermarkets - the only one that is ever busy is in ASDA and when that is the case I have a quick look for things I would be buying anyway such as yoghurt. It was really busy on NYE so when I was doing a little scan I noticed there was a box on the floor too, and two young women were looking through it - one said 'ohh do you want that, no you take it' ... it was all very polite. I have never seen any trouble, never mind people taking things out of baskets and trollies :eek:

I do turn my whoopsie items over but that was purely a vain thing as I didn't want to look like all I was buying was yellow label items (even if it was) I have become wise as to what I can do with whoopsied food since being on these forums - such as foods that freeze etc - things like pomegranates I always get a pack when reduced, deseed and freeze then I have some seeds most days with granola and yoghurt. I haven't actually bought a full priced pomegranate since they have been in stores this year and have plenty of frozen seeds :T

It is a good way to try new things too, I rarely buy full priced bread but I only eat wholemeal/seeded ... recently I have got four ASDA wholemeal seeded bagels for 5p and six warbutons seeded wholemeal buns for 50p ... little examples of things I pick up which I would of bought anyway but trying different brand/varieties.

I also don't get junk food woopsies often and manage to have a varied, healthy diet - so no truth in bargain shoppers not having fresh produce and just getting cheap processed items, quite the opposite actually! I take one or two packs of whatever the item is, never more or I like to leave some for others, don't have the storage room and think it would not be such a saving.