Tesco haven't learnt their lesson!

wrightk

its not even about whether the OP was right or wrong about dates and best before ,after whatever..

If the OP politely went up to the customer service desk or spoke to someone and POLITELY pointed out there was no fresher bread available and would they be prepared to reduce it down at all im sure they would have been more willing to help the op out. Standing there demanding someone reads out dates and 'best before' as i said is belittling arrogant and rude.

OP knew exactly what they were doing, trying to shame some poor assistant. Just like a lady i saw the other day swearing at an argos assistant because they had no catalogues left in the store.relax, show some respect and if you dont like it shop elsewhere

robin58

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It was a loaf of bread with the same date of the day of purchase.

Just go to another supermarket. That's what I have done in the past when I have seen short dated bread on the shelf.

OP Also I would not be surprised if your not already on the 'watch out for that one' list of unwanted customers at that branch. You were rude and condescending.

prowla

wrightk wrote: »

its not even about whether the OP was right or wrong about dates and best before ,after whatever..

If the OP politely went up to the customer service desk or spoke to someone and POLITELY pointed out there was no fresher bread available and would they be prepared to reduce it down at all im sure they would have been more willing to help the op out. Standing there demanding someone reads out dates and 'best before' as i said is belittling arrogant and rude.

OP knew exactly what they were doing, trying to shame some poor assistant. Just like a lady i saw the other day swearing at an argos assistant because they had no catalogues left in the store.relax, show some respect and if you dont like it shop elsewhere

I remember a while back in an Argos asking a lady about something and her replying; as I was about to leave I spotted the manager and said I was just talking with the lady over there and would like to say that she was very pleasant and helpful, so I thought I'd tell you - she seemed slightly taken aback! :-)

Ilona

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.

Exactly Richard. An item can remain on the shelf up until midnight on the day of the best before date on the wrapper. If I saw something on the shelf that I wanted to buy on the last date, I would politely ask the assistant if it was going to be marked down. If they say no, then I make the decision on whether I want to pay full price for it, or pick up another item with a longer date.

Plain daft to moan about an assistant in Tesco who was only doing his job. The staff in my Tesco are great, I love going there, I treat them with respect.
Ilona

prowla

Ilona wrote: »

Exactly Richard. An item can remain on the shelf up until midnight on the day of the best before date on the wrapper. If I saw something on the shelf that I wanted to buy on the last date, I would politely ask the assistant if it was going to be marked down. If they say no, then I make the decision on whether I want to pay full price for it, or pick up another item with a longer date.

Plain daft to moan about an assistant in Tesco who was only doing his job. The staff in my Tesco are great, I love going there, I treat them with respect.
Ilona

Not exactly, at all, in fact it is no longer "before" once midnight on the day before has passed; as for offering it for sale, the the item can remain on the shelf on and after the "best before" date.

cadon

I wouldn't have bought the bread either. Assuming there was no other bread I wanted to buy, I would have probably put back the apples and left to go to another nearby shop where I could have bought both apples and bread at the same time.

Even if the bread was reduced, I wouldn't have wanted it, because I prefer bread that hasn't been frozen and defrosted.

I'm not sure what the OP was angling for in this situation - a fresher loaf of bread? A price reduction? To lodge a complaint re the store's stock control? It's quite probable the assistant didn't have the power to grant the OP's wish, but if the OP had clarified at the time, maybe it would have happened.