MSE News: Co-op stores to sell food past its 'best before' date for 10p

MSE_Luke

The East of England Co-op is to start selling food past its 'best before' date for 10p...

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'Co-op stores to sell food past its 'best before' date for 10p'

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PLRFD

It's a great idea hope it rolls out oop norf.

haras_nosirrah

bring it down south please - fantastic idea. I never go by best before dates as the food is perfectly fine

firefox1956

Probably cause a stampede................

bonus2010

Sounds a great idea to give all their customers an opportunity of buying discounted food instead of what is practiced by other supermarkets where they bypass their poorer regular customers to give it to foodbank businesses.

ViolaLass

bonus2010 wrote: »

Sounds a great idea to give all their customers an opportunity of buying discounted food instead of what is practiced by other supermarkets where they bypass their poorer regular customers to give it to foodbank businesses.

You sure it goes to foodbanks and isn't just thrown away? The article says Co-op says it can't go to the foodbank once the 'best before' has been passed as they won't accept it.

VfM4meplse

Well this would have been the cherry on the cake for my move back to Essex - but unfortunately the 2 nearest branches to me really will be a good walk away to the scrag end of town. I'd appreciate the exercise, just don't want to risk life and limb in the bargain-snagging process

bonus2010

ViolaLass wrote: »

You sure it goes to foodbanks and isn't just thrown away? The article says Co-op says it can't go to the foodbank once the 'best before' has been passed as they won't accept it.

I’m not aware of what the co-op’s policy is today with regards foodbanks but I did use to be a regular shopper with the co-op when they had a supermarket in my town before closing it down, then I found that they’d wait until the very last couple of hours before reducing items right down and often they’d put items down to 10p. So, I suppose you’d be right if they weren’t all bought they’d be thrown away, but making this policy could help those not about in the last couple of hours before shop closing. So, it might be that co-ops thinking on nearly out of date items differs from other supermarkets as the co-op is keener to have items on the shelf longer whereas other supermarkets are taking items off the shelves to give to and please foodbank businesses sooner.

pappa_golf

this is NOT the CooP group , its east anglia coop , which from memory is not part of the national coop group

Consumerist

Last week the WRAP charity (Waste and Resources Action Programme) unveiled new food labelling guidance it estimates could save shoppers £1 billion a year – including using best before dates instead of use by dates except where necessary for safety.

Isn't this exactly the opposite of what would save shoppers money? I thought the idea was to encourage people to eat perfectly safe food and not throw it away just because it's past its best.

System

We have a shop that sells out of date foods. Some foods are bad very out of date. Example, crisps. After 8 weeks, they aren't crisps, but sorts.

I hardly seen anyone in the shop after the opening weekend