Tesco shelf stacking error in free from section

Cycrow

Storck wrote: »

The OP said there was a number of the item there, not just one or two, and this was the following day so it is unlikely to have been a customer putting it there.

Things being filled into the free from section by accident happens all the time. The biscuits come on the same delivery cage as the normal biscuits and the cases look similar so easy mistake to make when rushing.

that maybe be true for this case. But the fact that customers often put stuff back in the wrong places gives you more reason to check the products first and not simply assume because its on a certain shelf.

it happens all the time with discounted stuff as well, customers dump stuff on the discount shelf after they found something else then the new customer assumes that its discounted

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

In future, stick to Pink Panther waifers, they are Gluten Free!

chewynut

I think it's 50/50 in this case. Anybody shopping specifically for somebody with an intolerance should read the ingredients list just in case. After all, gluten free isn't the same as what free since it's found in more than one thing. It might be marked as containing gluten but only because it's made in the same factory as something else. I'd be fine with that level of contamination but not everyone is.

On the other hand, we have the Ilkeston, Hucknall and Alfreton Tescos near us and Tesco are no angels themselves. We've found all sorts in the Free From section, from the wrong items to GF items so out of date they've gone a lovely slimy green. I've never seen anything like that in the rest of the store so why can't they keep track of the Free From section?

itch_for_a_glitch

numee28 wrote: »

it is Tesco Ilkeston Derbyshire

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

Human error.
Tesco's shelf stacker put them on the wrong shelf and your other half didn't double check before buying.

Human error ?
Have you been to Ilkeston ? It has one of the shallowest gene pools in Western Europe.

geri1965_2

itch_for_a_glitch wrote: »

Human error ?
Have you been to Ilkeston ? It has one of the shallowest gene pools in Western Europe.

LOL, I am from Ilkeston (originally). Luckily my parents made the wise decision to move when I was 4.

itch_for_a_glitch

geri1965 wrote: »

LOL, I am from Ilkeston (originally). Luckily my parents made the wise decision to move when I was 4.

Not many people in Ilkeston can find their way out ( or read ingredients on a packet, apparently)

Good_Goose

If its medically important not to eat something, I would read the ingredient label very carefully!!

fionajbanana

I just read the thread.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=278437236
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=270916621

I agree the free from does not stand out like a sore thumb as its uses the same colours.

scheming_gypsy

itch_for_a_glitch wrote: »

Human error ?
Have you been to Ilkeston ? It has one of the shallowest gene pools in Western Europe.

there you go then. Human error is that somebody lets them breed.

lincroft1710

Friend of mine originally came from Ilkeston, of all the sixth formers in our year who went to uni, he was the only one accepted by Cambridge, and he graduated with a very respectable degree.