Waitrose no best before dates ... helping their profits - not me ?

Richie said:
I've never had something go off before the date on the packet. It actually lasts longer than the date and so I've not had to throw anything away that went bad before the stated date.

Perhaps a change of storage method may help?
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Never ever ever? I find that hard to believe unless we're excluding things like meat.
 
tom_e said:
Never ever ever? I find that hard to believe unless we're excluding things like meat.
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Never ever ever. This includes meat. Last week I had chicken with a use by of 24th July and I ate it on the 25th July.

I have had things go bad but not before the date on the packaging it came from.
 
jpaul said:
if you shop you know that depending how diligent you are on correct storage, dairy products can last way beyond use by date eg. decanting cheese/cream, or, returning milk to the fridge.
on the other hand vegetables which sit in a warm shop during summer time caulis/cabbages/carrots have a lot more variability on freshness, if you don't pay attention to selection you waste your money, or, if you fail to store them in the fridge. ... as he said V
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Yep, I agree. I rarely eat cheese before the date for instance. I'm happy to eat yoghurt that's months past. Veg is a bit of problem though. BB dates are sometimes useful with packet veg when there's the same product with different dates. Two packets of veg could be 3-4 days older, on the same shelf, still <BB and with little visual difference without it. Of course, if all the veg was loose, that would be a different thing.

The big problem though is that people don't understand the difference between BB and use by and then refuse to eat stuff, or think it's off, when it clearly isn't. A lot of people just don't understand that they're two different things and even if you are a little irrational, BB is a quality guide, not a warning or cut off date. You can use your own senses with BB with zero extra risk to your health.
 
Freakbro said:
Those potatoes could be up to a year old anyway before they even hit the shelves, and you're worried about a few days past the BBE ;)

The "fresh" food we are buying isn't always quite as fresh as we think.
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yea but they are stored covered in soil..... when they get cleaned etc they stop being in hibernation
 
Yes potatoes are rather ironic - the this season maris pier from Aldi taste worse than some of their last years wonky varieties.

Tesco's had apparently pioneered bbf remove.. no data on whether that has been ecologically successful ? (other than to their shareprice)
veg seems the tip of the iceberg and not where resource should be allocated , waste from dairy&meat/fish by shopping basket value/carbon footprint swamps it


Proportions of wasted food & drink (‘edible parts’) by food group:
• Fresh vegetables & salad – 28%
• Drinks – 15%
• Bakery – 11%
• Meals – 9%
• Dairy & eggs – 9%
• Fresh fruit – 6%
• Meat & fish – 6%
[The remaining 16% is made up of other foods such as sauces, pasta, rice, cakes &
desserts, oils & fats and confectionery]
Top 10 most wasted food and drink items in UK homes (that could have been eaten):
• Potato (fresh)
• Bread
• Milk
• Meals (home-made and pre-prepared)
• Fizzy drinks
• Fruit juice and smoothies
• Pork / ham / bacon
• Poultry (chicken, turkey, duck)
• Carrots (fresh)
• Potato (processed)
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For those who moan about a lack of date on their produce. Did they have these in greengrocers? No. Do they have them on the loose produce in supermarkets? On a small label down the side. Or unable to read it.
 
As you know I work at a supermarket. Some of the companies’ way of reducing packaging etc is stupid. Muller Light Greek style yogs - factory uses less glue to stick the cardboard sleeve. Result? Sleeves and yoghurts loose in the shelf ready packaging (srp) So had to spend about 10-15 mins matching 4 pots of the same flavour and date, put a piece of tape over the seam. How much is glue?

Then the 8 packs of Coke are in cardboard sleeves. Sometimes the cans pop out. All it needs is another half cm of cardboard on the sides!

There are others but can’t remember what they are now
 
Whose idea not to put plastic on cucumbers in some supermarkets. They only last a day. Whereas plastic wrapped, I buy a whole cucumber as only 10p more. Put a bit of cling film over cut bit. If cut bit gets dry, slice off a couple of mm and looks good. I’m only binning one thin slice instead of a third of a cucumber
 
cheesefest said:
For those who moan about a lack of date on their produce. Did they have these in greengrocers? No. Do they have them on the loose produce in supermarkets? On a small label down the side. Or unable to read it.
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Amen.....
 
Problem is the green grocers of old did not have the aforementioned hibernation/preservation strategies used today for food, so they decayed at natural rates,
sprouts are particularly pernicious now, & irradiation of soft fruit like strawberries (now we are out of the eu) I believe decay is not accompanied by familiar smell/texture.

Probably too obscure - but it's like what happens to Ursula Andress in the classic film She (incidentally starring bernard cribbins)
 
jpaul said:
Problem is the green grocers of old did not have the aforementioned hibernation/preservation strategies used today for food, so they decayed at natural rates,
sprouts are particularly pernicious now, & irradiation of soft fruit like strawberries (now we are out of the eu) I believe decay is not accompanied by familiar smell/texture.

Probably too obscure - but it's like what happens to Ursula Andress in the classic film She (incidentally starring bernard cribbins)
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What the hell goes on in your head?
 
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