Tesco haven't learnt their lesson!

jellie

prowla wrote: »

Actually, I think the OP is right - selling something after its "Best before" date is a bit shabby.

"Best before" means it's best before the end of that day, not the middle of the day.

Although as has already been pointed out, bread doesn't suddenly go off on the stroke of midnight

prowla

jellie wrote: »

"Best before" means it's best before the end of that day, not the middle of the day.

Although as has already been pointed out, bread doesn't suddenly go off on the stroke of midnight

That's not what "before" means; before means before the start of the day.

It's a bit like you have to get on the train before it leaves the station or you should lift the seat before you go to the loo...

As for bread going off, I wouldn't expect them to be selling it with green fur on it, that's for sure!

flicks

I reckon given the same circumstances I would have decided not to buy the bread and then decided what to do about the apples using a clever couple of questions,


1/ Do I want some Apples?


2/ Am I willing to cut off my nose to spite my face by not taking the Apples?


If the answer to question 1 was no or not really and the answer to question 2 was yes I would have put the Apples back from where they came and left the store.


I really think that handing them to the member of staff was rather rude. Following this up with "thanks for your help" could only be seen as a sarcastic comment.

RichardD1970

prowla wrote: »

That's not what "before" means; before means before the start of the day.

It's a bit like you have to get on the train before it leaves the station or you should lift the seat before you go to the loo...

As for bread going off, I wouldn't expect them to be selling it with green fur on it, that's for sure!

I think we all know what "before" means, but in the context of "best before" it means best before the end of the day.

14. ‘Best before’ dates relate to food quality, including taste, texture, aroma and appearance, whilst ‘use by’ dates relate to food safety. The ‘best before’ date is a quality indication used by the manufacturer to indicate that the food will be, assuming correct storage has been maintained, at its best before a certain date. A food which is past its ‘best before’ date should be safe to eat, but may not be at its best quality after this date.

POPPYOSCAR

This is a strange thread!.


I would not buy bread on the best before date at full price because it would not last as long as I would like, not because I think it has 'gone off'.


However, OP I have to agree that your opening post does come across badly.


Why ask the SA to read out what it says? Why not just ask if they have any fresher ones in stock? That is what most people would have done.


Walking out without buying your apples is just cutting off your nose to spite your face and makes no sense to me.

redpete

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".

The conversation that you reported was rude and obnoxious.

20aday

To be honest I find Hovis bread tends to keep OK for a couple of days after it's "Best Before".

Yes we weren't there when you were speaking to the assistant but unfortunately your OP doesn't paint you in the best of lights.

prowla

RichardD1970 wrote: »

I think we all know what "before" means, but in the context of "best before" it means best before the end of the day.

That's not what you've quoted says (read it again).

It states:

DEFRA wrote:

‘Best before’ dates relate to food quality, including taste, texture, aroma and appearance, whilst ‘use by’ dates relate to food safety. The ‘best before’ date is a quality indication used by the manufacturer to indicate that the food will be, assuming correct storage has been maintained, at its best before a certain date.

That clearly uses "before" in the real meaning of the word, as opposed to before the date has elapsed (ie. 'til midnight on that date, or in other words before the next day).

And then it says:

DEFRA wrote:

A food which is past its ‘best before’ date should be safe to eat, but may not be at its best quality after this date.

And that talks about after the date.

They also clarify later that:

DEFRA wrote:

It is an offence to sell food after the ‘use by’ date. Retailers can however sell products after the ‘best before’ date provided the product still complies with the General Food Law Regulation (EC) 178/2002. These prohibit the sale of food which is not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser, or to sell food which does not meet food safety requirements.

However, they do omit to mention on the date, which might perhaps be confusing for some.

iltisman

Tesco have a policy of barring troublesome customers. I saw one been frogmarched out of my local store this week.

prowla

iltisman wrote: »

Tesco have a policy of barring troublesome customers. I saw one been frogmarched out of my local store this week.

I guess the question is what a troublesome [STRIKE]truck[/STRIKE] customer is!