With both my Dad and Uncle quite poorly at the moment I haven’t had much time to do much of anything. But needs must and tonight I needed to do some shopping. For time and reasons of proximity I went to Sainsbury’s and half an hour later, and a lot lighter than when I arrived, I returned to the care with a newly acquired knowledge. I know why Sainsbury’s is quieter than Asda, Morrison’s or Tesco…. It’s bl**dy expensive!
After paying more than 10p per can extra on a 12 tray of dog food I returned home and broke the bad news to the dog. If he wants to carry on living here he is going to have to go and get himself a job.
Regards,
kev35
By: Lincoln 7 - 20th March 2011 at 16:58
Hundenburg, people actually test-tasted pet food?!
What Country were they from?.
Lincoln .7
By: PMN - 20th March 2011 at 13:09
Hundenburg, people actually test-tasted pet food?!
By: hindenburg - 20th March 2011 at 12:36
you`re right PD,dog and cat food is also fit for human consumption.I worked at pedigree petfoods years ago and was amazed to see people sat at testing tables eating cat and dog food.
By: PeeDee - 20th March 2011 at 12:30
My pets eat anything. Pigs. Refresh the stock every 2 years as we recycle them.
As for Cat food, the average UK cat has a better diet (IIRC about 500% better) than the average African person. Waitrose versus Aldi loses context then.
By: tornado64 - 19th March 2011 at 08:17
In a half hearted way of pretending I’m interested in the subject, what do my honourable forumites think of one large weekly shop, versus nipping down the local shops every other day to get one or two items?
a bit of both realy but my local market gets heavily involved as i avoid supermarkets like the plague
i have 2 realy good market towns close by
By: tornado64 - 19th March 2011 at 08:14
I buy large cans of dog food from Lidls as it`s far cheaper than cat food..as long as i remove the label, my cats love it !!.
have you tried throwing a stick for tiddles yet ???? 😀
By: benyboy - 17th March 2011 at 22:57
It`s all mine 😀
I`m a good stone and a half heavier than when I met her 😮
By: hindenburg - 17th March 2011 at 22:50
I think everything in my freezer has a Co-Op reduced sticker on 🙂
Its even cheaper to eat, by just going round to my girlfiends 😀
can you supply contact details please? are kids welcome?
By: hindenburg - 17th March 2011 at 22:48
I buy large cans of dog food from Lidls as it`s far cheaper than cat food..as long as i remove the label, my cats love it !!.
By: Creaking Door - 15th March 2011 at 16:49
Who pays for all the food that is thrown away because the date has gone by? We do, of course as customers!!!
I hate wasting money (or food); it seems so irresponsible to throw-away food just because it is a day past best.
My trick to keeping my food fresh is…..to leave it in the supermarket until I need it! 😉
With Ocado you can pay a one-off cost so that you don’t actually pay for each delivery (above a certain minimum order); that way instead of doing a ‘weekly’ shop we do a rolling-shop every four or five days.
One recent development (although I don’t have one) is the iPhone application that allows you to scan the barcodes on your produce directly into your Ocado order; remember those refrigerators on the TV that were going to have barcode readers in them? Well they’re here, sort of!
I wonder about those big ‘American style’ refrigerators…..aren’t they just a temptation to buy too much food and waste it?
By: pagen01 - 15th March 2011 at 16:48
In a half hearted way of pretending I’m interested in the subject, what do my honourable forumites think of one large weekly shop, versus nipping down the local shops every other day to get one or two items?
By: benyboy - 15th March 2011 at 15:36
I think everything in my freezer has a Co-Op reduced sticker on 🙂
Its even cheaper to eat, by just going round to my girlfiends 😀
By: Sky High - 15th March 2011 at 14:59
The last government published proposals for scrapping the dating of food products to reduce waste.
The problem is that they are often ignored and more importantly during the summer months a majority of chilled products are not transported or stored within the criteria required anyway, so the life will be effectively reduced. There will be usually no adverse response if food is eaten after its expiry date but it will depend on many factors. The problem is that if there were no guidelines and people became ill as a result of eating a product the retailer would be open to legal action, our society being as it is.
There is no easy answer, that’s for sure.
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th March 2011 at 14:34
I generally ignore sell-by-dates on food; I think it is a marketing strategy to get us to throw-out perfectly good food!
Glad someone else shares my view. Just another example of how the “Great British Public” has been conned………. Who pays for all the food that is thrown away because the date has gone by? We do, of course as customers!!! The supermarkets are unconcerned by the level of waste as they cost it into their inflated prices.
Quite a large proportion of my shopping is “reduced price” produce. “Out of date”………does not bother me!!!
Planemike
By: Sky High - 15th March 2011 at 14:32
The sell-by date on branded packaging is almost always an integral part of the packaging, either by embossing or ink jet printing – labels are rarely used. That is also true of many of the own label ambient, chilled and frozen products.
As you imply any malpractice can only apply to in-house packed products. I’m not sure what you mean by swopping packaging.
By: Richard gray - 15th March 2011 at 14:21
I cannot divulge how I know this information, but know for a FACT that one Supermarkets night staff, have as one of their jobs is to look on all their shelves, and if any item is due it’s last sell by date the next day, it’s unwrapped, re wrapped and a new date label applied.
Lincoln. 7
Think a bit of clarification is need here.
Supermarkets which have their own Butchers, cheese counters and such, where they slice,cut and package products with their own labeling have the equipment to change labels and dates.
Branded products such as Heinz,HP, kelloggs, etc. would not be able to have the dates changed. (Think how many rolls of labels each store would have to keep.)
Is this supermarket actually changing the sell by date or reducing the price so that it can be sold the next day before the actual expiry date?
There has been cases of swopping packaging and dates in several supermarkets, most of this is down to the dept managers, who try to keep their waste levels down.
By: Creaking Door - 15th March 2011 at 13:31
…cannot abide driving 10 miles plus to go shopping.
Cannot abide driving this far yourself or do you think that others shouldn’t either?
By: kev35 - 15th March 2011 at 12:49
Simply give him a tin a bowl and a can opener, if he is hungry he will help himself…….. :p
Oh he doesn’t need a can opener if he’s hungry enough. He just needs a mug to go out and buy the food for him.
Regards,
kev35
By: Sky High - 15th March 2011 at 12:43
As a responsible citizen, do you not think it is in fact your civic duty to report what you ‘know’ to a body such as the Food Standards Agency? Or does your morality not stretch that far?
Regards,
kev35
I am seeking “evidence” from Lincoln 7 that there is substance in what he has been told, because I am highly sceptical. But, as ever, happy to be proved otherwise, notwithstanding your comment.
By: kev35 - 15th March 2011 at 12:40
I cannot divulge how I know this information, but know for a FACT that one Supermarkets night staff, have as one of their jobs is to look on all their shelves, and if any item is due it’s last sell by date the next day, it’s unwrapped, re wrapped and a new date label applied.
Lincoln. 7
As a responsible citizen, do you not think it is in fact your civic duty to report what you ‘know’ to a body such as the Food Standards Agency? Or does your morality not stretch that far?
Regards,
kev35
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