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  • Looked at best before date on some products and couldn't find it. Fresh!!! Talked to a worker and now it is up to the customer to make the decision. They don't have to put dates on many products..fresh and cooled products.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    That policy has been in existence for a few months now and it annoys me. If I want salad produce for about six days’ time I would like to know it would be still good by then. 
    Rutland, England
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I think if folk need a use by date on a banana or a cauliflower, they shouldn't be allowed to vote or breed.
    Devon.
  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    I used to work for a company slicing and packing bacon for supermarkets and the individual supermarkets decided how long the dates were....this was over 25 years ago.

    If one supermarket returned anything we had to repack it for another customer who would accept a lower grade or shorter date. 
    West Yorkshire
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I;m pretty sure Waitrose filled past has a date about 4 weeks in advance, but Sainsbury's is about 6 weeks.
    Any reason for this? i doubt it. Any science behind it? I doubt that too. 
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    'filled past ' ?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Red mapleRed maple Posts: 1,138
    Filled pasta, @B3.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Red maple said:
    Filled pasta, @B3.
    oops
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Stuffing maccaroni can be quite difficult. Maybe it takes Waitrose a little longer🤔
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • The more 'preservatives' the manufacturers put in, the longer the food is likely to last. 

     What the preservatives may do to our innards we may discover further down the line ...

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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