out of date

northernstar007

just a little rant as nothing i can do now
normally when out shopping i check dates on any food i buy
this time i didnt check (i hold my hands up)
i was at asda and got there chocolate sponge puddings, after checking it when i got home its 11 yes correct eleven days out of date, how the heck is that still even on the shelf 
throw it away or worth eating, i dont think asda would want to know about it

PLRFD

I would take it back and complain.

born_again

What date is it?
Best before or use by?

If 1st why throw out?

northernstar007

its use by date, the store is 5 miles each way , and the item was £2.34 so not cheap
will give them a call

northernstar007

quick update, ive called them and want me to keep the item in the fridge and bring it back for a exchange/refund
i'm glad i kept the reciept 

OutdoorQueen

Asda in Cornwall have just been fined for out of date food : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq67jlzlj70o

Perhaps the new date code checking system isn’t working…….

Rosa_Damascena

I have found OOD food on the shelf at Asda before (just a few days post BBE, I think it was dried cherries in the baking section). I took them to CS thinking they may be willing to sell them half-price to me, wrong. They were instead withdrawn from sale. If it was a use by date I'd agree but on dried / long-life goods there should be some flexibility.

Farway

Rosa_Damascena said:

I have found OOD food on the shelf at Asda before (just a few days post BBE, I think it was dried cherries in the baking section). I took them to CS thinking they may be willing to sell them half-price to me, wrong. They were instead withdrawn from sale. If it was a use by date I'd agree but on dried / long-life goods there should be some flexibility.

I've had similar at Asda, past BBE but would not sell cheaply to me, had to go back into “the system”

I suppose, somewhere, it made sense, staff fiddles, customer moans later, etc

northernstar007

i got a refund, lesson learnt always check the dates which i normally do 

andygb

I was looking for some bread a month ago in Asda, just normal white sliced and every loaf on one shelf was a couple of days out of date. I did mention it discretely to a member of staff and she removed them, but I wonder how many others were out of date.