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I used to work in a Somerfield bakery bit when I was at uni. We would reduce most on date items by closing time and try to get them sold.
Unfortuantely, about 75% of the staff appeared to be lobotomised and didn't understand/were far too lazy to stock rotate. Hence a few days after the sell by we would find whole cases of produce we were unable to sell.
Apparently there used to be a deal where any unsold food would get passed to homeless shelters. That was untill Sainsburys got sued by one of them for food poisoning. So that put and end to that and I had to crush any day-old bakery products in a bailer before putting it in the waste bin outside.
They also had a security camera on the bins.
It was fucking heartbreaking.
(Gir84, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 17:10, 2 replies)

I used to work in M&S, and it was much the same
That's consumerism for you, I guess.
( The Coast Of Yemen, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 7:59, closed)

No, it's not consumerism, it's stupid litigation.

The supermarket should have slapped a big label on the free food they gave the shelters, stating; "This is waste food. We do not guarantee its freshness. Eat at your own risk."

Otherwise known as the BEGGERS SHOULDN'T BE GOD-DAMN CHOOSERS clause.
(Musuko, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 18:10, closed)

Word!
;)
( ..wil, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 3:32, closed)

Linky?
...just because the cretins who ran your Somerfield branch believed in OMG EVIL HSE LAWSUITS!!!!!! doesn't actually mean they happened...
(stalinism, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 1:24, closed)