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

[tom_e]

The supermarket wants to have waste, it means they did not miss sales, if the shelf is empty they missed sales, this is much worse than having waste.

Not quite it's a fine balancing act and changes depending on the companies current goals.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

further surreptitious price increase



if I thought the shape was the only thing impacted, I might not be concerned, but, we now have a product of poorer quality/durability on the shelf, 'anonymously', for the same price;

if you've inspected cauliflours recently you can already see this in action

What would you prefer, an empty shelf where carrots once were because none of them made the grade?

 

[explicit4u]

What would you prefer, an empty shelf where carrots once were because none of them made the grade?

It's this bit thats a bit of a problem I imagine:

Mr McDonnell said Lidl would not be labelling drought-affected vegetables as "wonky veg"- as some supermarkets do - saying it creates a "false market".

'Imperfect' ranges are usually cheaper but Lidl aren't going to distinguish between the two, no idea if their claims are true regarding a false market, whatever that means.