@Picidae - that's fine if it's something in a jar or bottle. Not so when it's a freshly made pizza or a slab of meat. It can't be put back out for sale, unless it's seen very quickly, which means almost never. I once bought 2 large pots of Skyr yogurt that someone had obviously changed their mind about and dumped in the freezer section. I expect they would have been binned otherwise
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Once again the plant cruelty has begun! Tray of primrose plants reduced from £3.50 to 88p, thoroughly watered now and dead bits trimmed off and I think I got a bargain but how sad to see the others I couldn’t save ( I go to work on the bus) and what a loss for Tesco! Why do they do it?
They cost buttons for them to buy. I'm afraid I can't get very worked up about it. Plenty of plants in nurseries and GCs end up the same way. A lot of people who work in GCs aren't any more knowledgeable than in any other outlet either. Nurseries will re use the plants for compost. Every outlet is managed differently too, so it's a bit unfair to say a particular, named supermarket, or any other outlet is bad, which is what many people state.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Food dates ignored here. Batch cook then frozen in small amounts, cannot abide waste. Re the plants,B and Q big culprits. My oldest daughter was a manager of a big SE Sainsbury's, mentioned lack of watering to her,she said they pay such a small amount to purchase the plants, they don't care
It seems to depend more on individual branches than on whether it's tesco, aldi B&Q or whatever.At our local B&Q the plants are generally OK and the reduced ones have mostly finished flowering and been cut back rather than been neglected. They're not a nursery and don't have the resources to pot on unsold plants and grow them on for next year, and they'll need the space for the next batch that comes in. With supermarkets I think like any other fresh/perishable product, they rely on a reasonably quick turnover, and if people don't buy as much as the stock control system predicted, it gets reduced and then thrown out.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Wasted medication in most cases I really don't understand. Why collect it in the first place if they're not going to use it? Particularly if paying £10 a time or whatever it is these days. Obviously there are some exceptions, bad reactions to something, change in health conditions etc, but those cases should be less than one prescription's worth being returned.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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I once bought 2 large pots of Skyr yogurt that someone had obviously changed their mind about and dumped in the freezer section. I expect they would have been binned otherwise
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Every outlet is managed differently too, so it's a bit unfair to say a particular, named supermarket, or any other outlet is bad, which is what many people state.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
With supermarkets I think like any other fresh/perishable product, they rely on a reasonably quick turnover, and if people don't buy as much as the stock control system predicted, it gets reduced and then thrown out.