'Best Before' dates query

jhe

not sure were to ask this question but hopefully will get answer here.
My question is, if I buy a product that says 'best before' 1st May does that mean the product is best eaten by the end of the 30 April or does the 'best before' mean to consume by the end of the 1st May.
Just to add I understand the difference between use by and best before, just wondering on opinions of when the 'best before date' actually is
Thanks

enfield_freddy

the word "before" tends to give a clue


they could write the following , but they have tried to make it easier to understand
"please eat this product no later than 23hrs59mins59secs , on the 30th of april."

jhe

Thank You I am glad am not the only one that thinks consume by the end of 30 April.
Tesco disagree and tell me 'best before' includes the date 1st May
I tell them 'before' means 'before' not 'inclusive', the person I spoke to disagreed

d70cw6

jhe wrote: »

Thank You I am glad am not the only one that thinks consume by the end of 30 April.
Tesco disagree and tell me 'best before' includes the date 1st May
I tell them 'before' means 'before' not 'inclusive', the person I spoke to disagreed

the person you spoke to does not know the meaning of the word "before".

meer53

Does it really matter ? Surely you wouldn't throw out food with a best before date of 1st May ON the 1st of May ?

Use your eyes and nose to decide whether food is safe to eat.

enfield_freddy

jhe wrote: »

Thank You I am glad am not the only one that thinks consume by the end of 30 April.
Tesco disagree and tell me 'best before' includes the date 1st May
I tell them 'before' means 'before' not 'inclusive', the person I spoke to disagreed

ahh , this must be the home delivery team


or as its called internally "get rid of the short dated stuff mob"

jhe

meer53 wrote: »

Does it really matter ? Surely you wouldn't throw out food with a best before date of 1st May ON the 1st of May ?

Use your eyes and nose to decide whether food is safe to eat.

because I ordered for home delivery several loaves of bread and bread buns advertised as 4+ days. the bread will be out of date on the day I need to use it all

d70cw6

meer53 wrote: »

Does it really matter ? Surely you wouldn't throw out food with a best before date of 1st May ON the 1st of May ?

Use your eyes and nose to decide whether food is safe to eat.

well indeed. that's not the point though. it's the failure to understand what 'before' means that requires INTERNET RAGE, however.

d70cw6

jhe wrote: »

because I ordered for home delivery several loaves of bread and bread buns advertised as 4+ days. the bread will be out of date on the day I need to use it all

best before does not mean use by.

jhe

d70cw6 wrote: »

best before does not mean use by.

yes I said in original post I know the difference between use by and best before.
thanks everyone for confirming what I tried to explain to Tesco

meer53

Freeze it ? Works for me.