Unhygienic practice?

zaksmum

In my local Iceland store, the staff stand on shelves displaying chilled food to restock higher shelves.

They come in from the street in outdoor shoes and actually move packets of bacon, cooked meats etc. aside with their feet while standing amidst them.

Surely the manager shouldn't allow this? I wouldn't fancy finding traces of dog poo or something on the packets of the food I buy there!

joannaspanner

It might improve the nutritional content!

fluffnutter

Shop somewhere decent.

If_it_can_go_wrong

Dirty devils.
Probably caused by poor management in not supplying the correct equipment to reach. I would write to their head office. Which store is it?

zaksmum

If_it_can_go_wrong wrote: »

Dirty devils.
Probably caused by poor management in not supplying the correct equipment to reach. I would write to their head office. Which store is it?

It's a store on Merseyside.

Staff do have steps to use but just don't bother. Quite off putting to see a pair of feet with outdoor shoes standing all over the food packets.

shaun_from_Africa

Next time you see it happening, if you have a camera on your phone, take a picture of it.
A copy of this sent to senior management (or posted on Facebook or somewhere similar) would probably have far more of an effect than sending a simple letter.

McKneff

Why not just go the easy route and speak to the manager.

paddyrg

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Next time you see it happening, if you have a camera on your phone, take a picture of it.
A copy of this sent to senior management (or posted on Facebook or somewhere similar) would probably have far more of an effect than sending a simple letter.

I can imagine a newspaper having fun with that too - but also try the local council public health department - they may have words with the manager...

Tippytoes

MMmmmm and whilst we're at it, I think we should be taking photos of all the little darlins whose parents let them stand in supermarket trolleys. Again, what might they have stood in? Then you put your fresh-baked loaf of bread on top......:eek:

Saturnalia

Not just unhygienic but potentially dangerous too. I know the shelves are meant to bear a lot of weight, but packaged foods the weight is spread over the whole shelf, whereas 10st+ of human is all on the area of their feet, so it's different. And shelves tend to be shiny surfaces so the staff risk slipping.

You should tell the manager what's happening. If steps are provided the staff need to be retrained to use them.

McKneff

The idiotic managers cant see that if the staff fall, they are wide open to litigation.