|
Socoder -> Off Topic -> Sell by dates to be scrapped. |
|
| Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 05:32 | |
steve_ancell
|
This will put a grin on J-Sainsbury's moosh!.  (Linkage)
|
| Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 05:39 | |
Jayenkai
|
Sounds good to me. Happens most often with bread, in our shop. People see the Sell-By date, and steer clear. Yet, the bread's still got a couple of days before it's best-before date. derp! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!'' 
|
| Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 05:50 | |
spinal
|
The education angle in this case, seems a daft one to me. It is far simpler just to remove dates that have no relevance to how edible the food is. There are quite a few food products that will stay quite edible for a lot longer than they are likely to be kept, such as canned food, which should last a good 50 years or so, chocolate and honey don't go off, yoghurt technically just cultures more etc. But telling people on the packaging that they should only be displayed for a certain amount of time will always lead to them being thrown away by either the customer or the store (as it will go unsold). -=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
|
| Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 06:06 | |
9572AD
|
Interesting. In the US the dates on food are mandated by the government and are supposed to be the date beyond which the food cannot be reasonably guaranteed safe or non-stale. They do keep restricting those dates, though. For example, SPAM did not used to require any date. Then it seemed a new law was passed giving a maximum shelf life for any product of 10 years. Then the maximum shelf life allowed seemed to change to 5 years. It may be even less now, I haven't stocked groceries in a while. -=-=- All the raw, animal magnetism of a rutabaga.
|
| Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 10:34 | |
shroom_monk
|
The idea in the UK is that the sell-by date is the date it should stop being sold, because the buyer will not have a reasonable time to consume the entire product before the best before date. But as Jay said, many people interpret the sell-by as the best-before.
-=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom! |
| Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 11:47 | |
HoboBen
|
I was about to throw a anti-Tory tantrum, until I read "New government advice says firms should include only use-by or best-before dates". Which is reasonable. Most food around here only has best-before dates anyway. I think it's only diary and cheap hams that have display-until dates where I live (though probably with good reason, considering how fast they can go off). -=-=- blog | work | code | more code |
| Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 12:10 | |
|
steve_ancell
|
Date or no date though, it still wont stop TESCO from selling hard or stale bread and Sainsbury from selling the more mouldy variety. I usually buy my bread from ASDA, it's nice and soft.
|
| Fri, 16 Sep 2011, 02:05 | |
|
Jayenkai
|
Speaking of shitty Tesco bread. Has anyone else noticed that a Warburtons loaf, from Tesco, is nowhere NEAR as fresh as those from any other shop in the world, ever!? -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
|
| Fri, 16 Sep 2011, 02:35 | |
JL235
|
@Spinal, chocolate can go strange, maybe even off, if not well kept. At my local chocolate factory all the chocolate is kept in large, cooled warehouses to keep it fresh.
|
| Fri, 16 Sep 2011, 02:42 | |
|
Jayenkai
|
Yeah, once chocolate's stuck onto a shop shelf, you need to remember that it's pretty much under a gigantic array of lighting!! That's not quite so good for 'em! "Keep in a cool dark place".. um.. nope!! Same with a lot of snacky-things, really. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
|
| Fri, 16 Sep 2011, 02:44 | |
|
spinal
|
Chocolate does indeed go 'strange' as some of the ingredients will separate if the storage temperature is not constant, but it is still safe to eat.
-=-=- Check out my excellent homepage!
|
| Fri, 16 Sep 2011, 04:29 | |
|
steve_ancell
|
Jayenkai  Speaking of shitty Tesco bread. Has anyone else noticed that a Warburtons loaf, from Tesco, is nowhere NEAR as fresh as those from any other shop in the world, ever!? In Brighton, it doesn't matter what shop you get Warburtons from, it's always like PolyFilla.
|
|
|
| |||
|
| ||||