Tesco haven't learnt their lesson!

dlusman

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

You will be waiting a very long time then. As I said in post #4 "I was neither rude not obnoxious. I was perfectly pleasant to him".

Your actions in post #1 ( if accurate ) would suggext otherwise - You where totally in the wrong , yet continually tried to badger the assistant

pmduk

Why do customers never realise that stores' policy is not made by the staff working locally in branches. Don't take issues out on them!

poppasmurf_bewdley

I am amazed that so many people from this forum were actually there and witnessed what happened, heard my tone of voice, witnessed my mannerisms, but never even heard the "thank you for your help anyway" which I gave him as I left the store.

PS, And I will probably be back in the same store in the next few days and even buy a Hovis loaf if it's fresh. But if it's not, perhaps I should seek out the Manager next time.

SwanJon

FOREVER21 wrote: »

I personally am sick of my weekly sifting through the bread in my Sainsburys to find the one with the latest date

I'll admit to doing the same thing, but if you think about it, this will lead to only the earliest dates being left, and ultimately unsold. Those who shop later in the day will complain that there are none left with longer dates.

Better for the shop to manage the dates on display and keep the ones with a later date back (although for bread I imagine even the longest date is still quite short).

greatgimpo

They're all soggy water-laden rubbish anyway - you missed nothing.

Hermione_Granger

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

but never even heard the "thank you for your help anyway" which I gave him as I left the store.

So why no mention of this "thank you" in your opening post?
According to that, all you gave him when you left were some apples.

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

I handed him the Gala Apples I was also going to buy, and left the shop.

poppasmurf_bewdley

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

So why no mention of this "thank you" in your opening post?
According to that, all you gave him when you left were some apples.

No, and I didn't mention the bag the apples were in either!

Come on, Hermione, waive your wand and replay the event and you'll see it in all it's glory!

Exile_geordie

FOREVER21 wrote: »

The OP seems to be getting some stick here! I will not comment on their behaviour, but I do think Tesco and other stores need to get their marketing/ sales pattern improved.

If the OP is correct and they had numerous loaves with a best before date of the current date, then I think their stock control and ordering needs looking at.

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Or what they may have been doing was trying to get rid of as much bread with the 10th date on it at full price before they brought out their new stuff - its an express which means its small and can only hold so much stock and then put out their fresh stuff
the very next morning which would prevent others from

I personally am sick of my weekly sifting through the bread in my Sainsburys to find the one with the latest date, to add insult to injury the brand I like is always on the bottom shelf which entails me almost sitting on the floor

Though I am totally intrigued as to why you have to sit on the floor to get something from the bottOm shelf.


Of course if the OP was a savvy shopper they would've gone back when they actually reduced the bread anyway.

PILES

Best before does not mean you can't eat it safely afterwards.
Why did you give him the apples back?

shaun_from_Africa

PILES wrote: »

Best before does not mean you can't eat it safely afterwards

True, but in many cases it may mean that although you can eat the food safely, it won't taste quite as good as another item that hadn't yet reached its best before date.

Why would any sensible shopper pay the same price for something that may have degraded in taste and/or quality compared to a nice fresh item?