Disgusting hygiene standards at Sainsburys

stephen77

lilac_lady wrote: »

The animal carcases hung from hooks in the butcher's shop behind the customer queue space with sawdust on the floor to catch the blood.

We thought nothing of it and survived.....until now.

Though quite a few people have died, just not you.

They are rarer than used to be, but people. With out googling it to check. The butchers in lanarkshire quite a few years ago when raw and cooked meats were mixed and caused numerous deaths etc.
Most of the the time you will be relatively fine, just a few instance when issueds creep up.

SnowBelle_2

Two weeks ago I was in my local M*rri*ons and I saw a whole heap of potato farls on the reduced rack which were covered in mould,I went over and told the lady on the bread counter, she replied 'nothing to do with me' even though she did not have a single customer,who could have been needing her attention.
When I carried on standing there she reluctantly went and got them.
if she had'nt I would have gone to customer services.
If that's how they feel,how are we supposed to know how things are being looked after.
It's funny that they have no idea who customers are.....I work for the food standards agency.
* Actually this is the same supermarket who told my work collegue 'a bit of mould won't kill you'!!

charlie-chan

I worked at Tesco on the deli counter where we had to wear gloves for everything and a set of gloves for each section - one for cheese, one for meat and one for cured meats (salami etc). We weren't allowed to touch the food.

It was an eye opener to go to Sainsbury's to see that they don't use gloves and that they swop between counter sections which runs the risk of cross contamination if they don't wash hands.

It is okay to say "as long as they wash their hands, it should be fine" but how do you know that the store hasn't run out of the store allowed hand wash and they are using store brand stuff?

It's not worth thinking about. Yuck!

ladymarmalade222

I have had lots of issues with our local Morrisons and mouldy products. Funnily enough Potato Farls which were in date but covered in mould, then only yesterday my OH said he mentioned to an assistant that all the Morrisons brand Potato Cakes were covered in mould and he just shrugged his shoulders and walked off, he then found somebody else who was also disinterested.

Not so long ago I had to return a few items of fruit to customer services the next day after they were all covered in furry mould, the lady said she was not surprised and the Manager in charge of the fruit and veg had been told over and over about not storing the products correctly and changing dates:mad:

xxx

SnowBelle wrote: »

Two weeks ago I was in my local M*rri*ons and I saw a whole heap of potato farls on the reduced rack which were covered in mould,I went over and told the lady on the bread counter, she replied 'nothing to do with me' even though she did not have a single customer,who could have been needing her attention.
When I carried on standing there she reluctantly went and got them.
if she had'nt I would have gone to customer services.
If that's how they feel,how are we supposed to know how things are being looked after.
It's funny that they have no idea who customers are.....I work for the food standards agency.
* Actually this is the same supermarket who told my work collegue 'a bit of mould won't kill you'!!

stephen77

charlie-chan wrote: »

I worked at Tesco on the deli counter where we had to wear gloves for everything and a set of gloves for each section - one for cheese, one for meat and one for cured meats (salami etc). We weren't allowed to touch the food.

It was an eye opener to go to Sainsbury's to see that they don't use gloves and that they swop between counter sections which runs the risk of cross contamination if they don't wash hands.

It is okay to say "as long as they wash their hands, it should be fine" but how do you know that the store hasn't run out of the store allowed hand wash and they are using store brand stuff?

It's not worth thinking about. Yuck!

How do you know tesco do not run out of gloves for a specific section?
Using in store soap will be pretty much the same anyway, It will just not be scented and have aloe vera in it.

Celia

This thread so reminds me of a joke I know about an East End of London Deli that's been done up - lol
Here is the nearest version online - http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/Jokes_Cate/7884_a-man-walks-into-a-cake-shop-goes-up-to-the-counter-and-asks-for-a-doughnut.html

alyth

how do you know the checkout person that is handling your goods has washed their hands... always put your vegetables in bags! I know there is one person on the checkouts in the supermarket that I work in that is constantly running to the bathroom yet never washes his hands, it's commented on by other staff who have seen him.

x.x.x.

I work at M;s and we aren't allowed to use gloves, as much as i want to..

charlie-chan

stephen77 wrote: »

How do you know tesco do not run out of gloves for a specific section?
Using in store soap will be pretty much the same anyway, It will just not be scented and have aloe vera in it.

They use the same blue glove brand but take out 3 different pairs for and if they go to use the glove for a different section, they throw it away then get a fresh one.

If they use a store brand soap and they have an audit/environmental health visit, it can go against the store.

geordie_joe

alyth wrote: »

I know there is one person on the checkouts in the supermarket that I work in that is constantly running to the bathroom yet never washes his hands, it's commented on by other staff who have seen him.

In another board, a while ago, someone quoted the figures for people "getting ill" from people not washing their hands. Another person posted a link to a survey that showed over half the people in the country admitted, when asked, to not washing their hands after going to the toilet.

I did the maths, and it worked out that, on average, you could expect to "get ill" from someone not washing their hands after using the toilet once every 76 years.

That was based on you touching one thing per day that the previous person who touched it had not washed their hands after using the toilet.

But think about it, how many things do you touch every day that someone else has touched before you? How many people have touched it before you? Half of those people freely admit to not washing their hands after going to the toilet.

Now ask yourself why you don't get a dose of the runs every day of your life?

I'll give you a hint, it's not that soap you use, the one that claims it can kill 99.99% of all known germs, while NOT telling you that you will never have it on your hands long enough for it to kill anything. It's not opening toilet doors with your foot, elbow, bum or any other covered up part of your body.

It's your immune system.