Cost of Living - Shrinkflation is speeding up at an alarming rate

Puzzled said:
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I do a weekly shop so want the milk to last all week, not a few days.

All this cutting waste by removing dates just screws the customer to increase supermarkets profits.
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Isn't the plan to not remove dates entirely, but to replace a 'use by' with a 'best before'?

Is so, then I have no problem, but if I'm wrong, I totally agree with your points.
 
Freakbro said:
My partners nursery obviously gets it's milk supplied, so any excess and she brings it home. I've no idea what they are sending her, but for the last few months it's literally going off after a day or two if you're lucky, a couple of them have been off on opening!
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probably cheaper to store it as the minimum allowed temperature that's considered safe.
probably why people are saying ASDA milk goes off quicker, bet their fridges are warmer
 
when i worked in dessert production they would often use out of date foods legally by basically getting QA to do that sniff test then give it an extension, my point being it can only ever be a guide, the first run will use the older stuff followed by the newer but exactly the same use by date
 
4-pack of Scotch eggs up again this week at Tesco... They were £1.70, today £2.15, third price rise in three weeks :(

It feels like prices are going up every week for several of our regular buys, while the only thing that has gone down is a 4-pint of semi-skimmed milk has dropped 10p to £1.55 (was £1.15 last autumn iirc).
 
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NotAGolf said:
Isn't the plan to not remove dates entirely, but to replace a 'use by' with a 'best before'?

Is so, then I have no problem, but if I'm wrong, I totally agree with your points.
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We should really have 2 dates.

Best before which is earlier and to indicate when quality drops off.
Use by, when it becomes unhealthy to eat.

I am seeing more and more people bypass the supermarkets now, they are a middle man that adds convenience, but are otherwise sucking up profits which makes producers get less and consumers pay more.

When i worked in food manufacturing, the gap between when the product left the factory and when it appeared on supermarket shelves was quite staggering, product stuck in warehouses etc. for long periods of time losing freshness. Also the supermarkets obsession with selling poor dated stuff before putting better quality food out. Going to Makro or a corner shop would get fresher stuff from us as they dont have it sitting in storage rooms for ages.
 
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On the subject of supermarkets - has anyone else been inundated with Sainsburys home delivery offers recently? I've had £54 off my shopping in the last month through a combination of £18 off and £12 off vouchers, plus more bonus nectar points. I'm going to have to time my current 2 vouchers correctly as I don't think I can stack them.
 
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MichaelAwkward said:
On the subject of supermarkets - has anyone else been inundated with Sainsburys home delivery offers recently? I've had £54 off my shopping in the last month through a combination of £18 off and £12 off vouchers, plus more bonus nectar points. I'm going to have to time my current 2 vouchers correctly as I don't think I can stack them.
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I had money off vouchers for a competitor of my employer. It was more than I usually spend. Bought a few store cupboard stuff, toiletries and cleaning stuff. Have no idea what and how prices are going to rise. Spending to save is my mum's motto.
 
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Customer went through my till with a pack of 5 Cadburys mini rolls. £2.30! They are tiny and I bet I can put all 5 in my mouth at the same time.
 
Government committee is an embarassment - MP's just come up with repetitive undisciplined comments like they do in parliament,
all the indignant comments about tesco's profits with little acknowledgment that our food supply needs to be reformed like europe.




moreover, the UK supermarkets should voluntarily adopt the restriction wales is forcing on high fat sugar products too -
plus proactively identify ultra processed foodstuffs mothers are currently ignorantly buying.
www.theguardian.com

Nearly a third of baby foods sold in UK are ultra-processed, research finds

Report points to health risks of ultra-processing and calls for regulation to catch up with other countries
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
jpaul said:
Government committee is an embarassment - MP's just come up with repetitive undisciplined comments like they do in parliament,
all the indignant comments about tesco's profits with little acknowledgment that our food supply needs to be reformed like europe.




moreover, the UK supermarkets should voluntarily adopt the restriction wales is forcing on high fat sugar products too -
plus proactively identify ultra processed foodstuffs mothers are currently ignorantly buying.
www.theguardian.com

Nearly a third of baby foods sold in UK are ultra-processed, research finds

Report points to health risks of ultra-processing and calls for regulation to catch up with other countries
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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They going about it the wrong way.

Instead of forcing offers to be removed from sugary foods it should rather be a forced to sell healthy foods for less with the expectation profits are recovered on sugary foods, the method they have chosen has really just served to boost the supermarket margins without making healthier food more accessible.

In terms of processed food its like a plague at this point, there probably should be a quota given to food manufacturers that a % of what they supply has to have either little or no processing, at least in terms of additives as I know processed can include packaging.
 
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