Here's an issue to pick at

[tralalala]

Went to the supermarket today to get some groceries and stuff (people need to eat once in a while, y'know). Anyways, when I got to the cottage cheese refrigerator, as usual, I looked for the ones with the longest "sell by date" period on it. Of course It felt like if I had a shovel handy it would have taken me less time to eventually get a hold on 3 containers that had more than 3 days left on it, and then it sprung to my mind -

Wouldn't it be a genius idea for the store manager to have a separate fridge for stuff that only has 1-3 days left on the sell by date (specifically milk products), and sell them at a reduced price? I've seen it done with fruits and vegetables, then why not with milk and other chilled products? It would account for better shopping by us (not buying stuff for the sake of it since it has a long period of time left on it and end up throwing it away anyways since we never end up using it), and would probably make the shop more popular since they offer cheaper products.
It would probably also be better for the environment (only shop for what you need ==> less garbage to throw out).


Or is this all just pish off the top of my head?

[mjmacky]

Or just give them away for free, else they'll end up being thrown out.

[manker]

The supermarkets I go to already do this, they put big orange stickers on it and you feel like a chav if you have too many of them.
They judge, those checkout girls, the judge hard and as a result I always choose the oldest woman, even if she has a longer queue, because who cares what old people think.

[tralalala]

Nope, the supermarkets return the outdated products and receive a full refund for them. That's why it should actually be a win-win situation for everyone here..

[mjmacky]

Nope, the supermarkets return the outdated products and receive a full refund for them. That's why it should actually be a win-win situation for everyone here..

How the fuck does that fly? Isn't it a grocery store's gamble to decide how much to stock?

the judge hard and as a result I always choose the oldest woman

How hard was the judge?

[Squeamous]

What Manker said.

Also over here they don't "send it back". They throw it out. There's a "freetarian" movement all about rescuing food from these bins for consumption.

[IdolEyes787]

... because who cares what old people think.

Funeral parlours.

[tralalala]

Apparently not - I worked at a grocery store and any defective stuff, out of date stuff, or even stuff that fell on the floor and exploded was then returned for a refund, so they don't lose out.

@manker - Next time go buy all the orange-stickered stuff, go to the young girls on the till and tell 'em that if they think your a cheapskate, they should go fuck off since with the wages they get they should be shopping for the orange-stickered stuff too.

[manker]

Nope, the supermarkets return the outdated products and receive a full refund for them. That's why it should actually be a win-win situation for everyone here..

If they get a full refund for them in Israel, then they'd actually lose money by offering them at a discount which was larger than the mark up - which for dairy produce would be around 15% once you take into account the carriage, handling and storage. So they never will.

That's definitely not the case in the UK.
Otherwise supermarket managers could afford to be profligate and offer a massive range of perishables with nary a nod at frugality. The farmers would revolt and bleeding heart liberals everywhere would boycott that supermarket.

[mjmacky]

What Manker said.

Also over here they don't "send it back". They throw it out. There's a "freetarian" movement all about rescuing food from these bins for consumption.

What Mary said.