Amazon - short Best Before dates on food items

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born_again said:

Are they via Amazon or one on the marketplace sellers?

Amazon itself. 

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screech_78 said:

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screech_78 said:

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Wonka_2 said:

uffington said:

 In the supermarket it would probably be about a year or so, 

Which supermarket/brand ? My previous employer (one of the biggest suppliers) generally only had 9 months at production so depending on the brand often below 5 months by the time it reached supermarket shelf. 

What are you defining as a largish multipack ? 

8 boxes of chocolates, all with a mid-April BB date, for example. Couple of months on some large bags of chocolates. Supermarket stock has much longer dates. I've no great desire to complain to Amazon, and I'm not even sure whether to raise it with them. Maybe it's normal, but if it is I'll probably avoid them in future because some of these are gifts.

Most of the food items I’ve seen on Amazon usually have a best before date in the description somewhere. Even then, best before is just that. It doesn’t actually mean anything. 

I have never ever seen any food item on Amazon with the BB date displayed. It just isn't possible. They don't do it.

I have. A lot are sold by third party sellers. They have bought in bulk and sell in bulk and I’ve seen the BB in the description. I’ve never bought food as such but I have bought coffee and that had a shorter shelf life and was noted in the description. This was reflected in the price. 

Fair enough. This was direct from Amazon though, and I'd have expected stocks to be recent and fresh. Obviously not the case.

Okell

One of the reasons I don't buy groceries online is because I want to choose the food myself - and always check the BBE dates.

If you buy online - especially Amazon who I wouldn't class as a food retailer - I think you are asking for trouble.

(I think if you gave me some chocolate 6 months after its BBE date I think I'd say thanks, and just eat it...)

born_again

Okell said:

One of the reasons I don't buy groceries online is because I want to choose the food myself - and always check the BBE dates.

If you buy online - especially Amazon who I wouldn't class as a food retailer - I think you are asking for trouble.

(I think if you gave me some chocolate 6 months after its BBE date I think I'd say thanks, and just eat it...)

Christmas 2023 we got daughter some Lindor chocs. BB sept 24. She never opened them, being a good MSE & not wanting to throw them out. Wrapped them again last Christmas. She has now eaten them & passed no comment on them 😜

sheramber

Do many people look for the best before date on a gifted box of chocolates?

user1977

sheramber said:

Do many people look for the best before date on a gifted box of chocolates?

They might if they suspect the gifter is a cheapskate who bought it in bulk months ago.

Okell

user1977 said:

sheramber said:

Do many people look for the best before date on a gifted box of chocolates?

They might if they suspect the gifter is a cheapskate who bought it in bulk months ago.

Would anybody do such a thing?

Alderbank

I had an aunt, now departed, who did all her Christmas gift shopping for next year in the post-Christmas and January sales.

She would have considered herself not as a cheapskate (although she was) but as a thrifty MSEer.

TELLIT01

I thought Best Before dates were being scrapped as they really are meaningless. 

Aylesbury_Duck

sheramber said:

Do many people look for the best before date on a gifted box of chocolates?

I'd think it more likely that someone would check the date if the chocolates were visibly 'old' or tasted strange, or had a strange texture.