Tesco selling food past its used by date by over 10 days

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startingout2016 wrote: »

I had just walked a mile into town and was so thirsty I bought it and downed it immediatley.

It tasted foul, but by that time a small £1 bottle insnt many gulps at all.

Its not my responsibility to check the dates though it is the shops by law.

I explained to tesco in my contact with them that its not the first time, but with 10 days out of date thats rediculous and could be dangerous and I dont want to have to check the dates of everything I buy every time. It would take agest.

I was with you till you posted that

we all have responsibilty for our own actions

Enterprise_1701C

startingout2016 wrote: »

I had just walked a mile into town and was so thirsty I bought it and downed it immediatley.

It tasted foul, but by that time a small £1 bottle insnt many gulps at all.

Its not my responsibility to check the dates though it is the shops by law.

I explained to tesco in my contact with them that its not the first time, but with 10 days out of date thats rediculous and could be dangerous and I dont want to have to check the dates of everything I buy every time. It would take agest.

We are all human, including the people that check the dates.

If you are pregnant and so concerned about this, then maybe you should have been concerned about checking what you are consuming. I always check the dates of things before I buy them.

Did it have a "best before" date on it or a "use by" date? I always thought orange juice had best before dates, and have kept unopened orange juice in the fridge before now and used it a couple of weeks after the "best before", it has been fine.

Was it a brand you were familiar with? The fact that you are pregnant changes the way you taste things, it could just have been that it tasted bad to you?

Either way, yes an apology from Tesco would be good, but could it not be that the offer of the money back would be considered an apology?

Please be careful in future though, some things can truly be harmful after the "use by" date, although not normally after the "best before" date.

williham

All these replies reminded me of a sign I saw in America... Of course it's the shops responsibility but I guess this shop is worried about getting sued...

Nick_C

I'm amazed at people not checking sell by dates. They vary enormously, and stock rotation in most supermarkets is poor. You can often find different batches of the same product on the shelf with vastly differing sell by dates. I always check the dates to make sure I'm getting the freshest produce. And if I find anything out of date, I'll find an assistant and get them to take it off sale.

I'm sure that no major supermarket is deliberately selling out of date food. They have systems in place for identifying good that is reaching its sell by date, and usually discount these items and move them to a special area. But mistakes can happen.

Caveat emptor.

Second_Account

Nick_C wrote: »

I'm amazed at people not checking sell by dates. They vary enormously, and stock rotation in most supermarkets is poor. You can often find different batches of the same product on the shelf with vastly differing sell by dates. I always check the dates to make sure I'm getting the freshest produce. And if I find anything out of date, I'll find an assistant and get them to take it off sale.

This is something I always do and I always wonder why people would buy a certain item from the front with has a use by date in a couple of days time, instead of buying the items that are behind which have 7 days before they need to be used.

I wonder if the OP also has the problem of throwing out alot of food that isn't used because they always buy the short dated items without looking.

Fosterdog

Second_Account wrote: »

This is something I always do and I always wonder why people would buy a certain item from the front with has a use by date in a couple of days time, instead of buying the items that are behind which have 7 days before they need to be used.

I wonder if the OP also has the problem of throwing out alot of food that isn't used because they always buy the short dated items without looking.

I'm one who would buy from the front but not on every item. I check the dates on everything fresh and decide based on when I will need it whether I buy with a shorter date (leaving the ones with longer dates for people who need them) or whether I buy a shorter date.

We don't get through much milk in our house so I tend to buy the filtered stuff with the longest date possible as it may not be needed for a week or even two but last week I was making a pavlova so bought some cream from the front with just two days on it. It was being used that day so no need for a longer life.

As for the OHs complaint, I'm not completely believing it, I quite often buy fresh OJ open it have a bit and then forget about it until it has been open in the fridge for at least a week and past it's date, I still drink it, it is a bit bitter but certainly not so inedible that it can't be drunk. I'm very old school in that I don't care what the label dates say, I use common sense and my sense of taste and smell when deciding if food is safe to eat or not, the use by dates are almost always a few days earlier than they really need to be before food starts to deteriorate.

I can't see how a still sealed bottle would taste so bad in just ten days and there is no way you would down the whole bottle before noticing.
My guess is you bought it, drank it and it tasted fine, it was only after you noticed the date that your pregnancy anger kicked in. If you had thrown the empty bottle in the bin without looking you would never have known it was out of date at all.

The-Truth

startingout2016 wrote: »

The fact they seemed to think this was normal

When did they say that then? I can't see anything in your original post saying they said that.

Sicard

Slightly off topic but BBC investigation has found many items in many of their stores have special offers like 2 for 1 etc have run out and is only discovered at the till. Understaffing is to blame for not updating the labeling. Tesco has promised to rectify but it's a huge undertaking.

Pollycat

Sicard wrote: »

Slightly off topic but BBC investigation has found many items in many of their stores have special offers like 2 for 1 etc have run out and is only discovered at the till. Understaffing is to blame for not updating the labeling. Tesco has promised to rectify but it's a huge undertaking.

Hit them where it hurts.

Check your receipt and if you've been over-charged, ask for 'double the difference'.

Recent thread here discussing Tesco DTD
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/71985629#Comment_71985629

and this post is relevant (posted 24/1/2017:

CGG wrote: »

You are wrong.
Tesco stores still operate the overcharge policy, and this is quoted here, "In the unlikely event that we charge you more than what is advertised on the shelf edge or on the product, please visit our Customer Service Desk with your receipt for a double the difference refund".
Granted CS staff occasionally need 'reminding', but you were entitled to the DTD wether in an Extra, Metro or Express.

Nick_C

I don't think it's just Tescos. Morrisson's and Sainsbury's are just as bad at stock rotation. And M&S. They must lose a lot of money as savvy shoppers take the freshest stock, leaving the old stuff to be sold at a loss or given away. As a shareholder in several supermarkets, it annoys me!