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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Where they put all the almost out of date stock and mark it down to low prices.

At our local supermarket every night there's always a crowd of old people and Asian ladies waiting for the stock to get marked down. Bread, vegetables, fridge stuff.

They clearly need it as there's no way they ever let anyone else get close.

Should these bargain sections be restricted to be for just those people that really need it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston

Hell no I like getting my clotted cream for 60p instead of £2

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

I don't see how the logistics of that would work? Would there need to be a security guard standing by to assess people's means??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love an 8p baguette lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There was a lady who used to wait for the man to come out with his trolley and grab everything as he marked items down.

Quickdraw McGraw I called her.

One man bought up every half price leg of lamb for his restaurant, in a Tesco express after Easter. Apparently, they over ordered.

It would be nice if they could share out the saving a equally, but it's unworkable I think.

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By *radleywigginsMan
over a year ago

northwest

I think they tend to be saved for the guys that work in those supermarkets. When you see them doing their shops they never buy anything at full price. It’s pretty obvious that they hide the stuff that’s about to go out of date, mark it down and then buy it themselves.

And.. once I bought 3 innocent veg pots for 30p each, except they all also had a coupon on the lid for 50p off the next purchase. I think I’m still owed money as the shop refused to honour it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ive seen fights break out at my local store..

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston


"Ive seen fights break out at my local store.. "

Me too, it was quite spectacular and not in a good way

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free"

My local Tesco have started doing that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh I wouldn't know of such things

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Not sure how your "Whoopsies for the Needy" would work.

When I worked in a supermarket, back in the day ,huge amounts of food was thrown out.

At least now some of the shops donate perishables and short dated stock to charities.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free

My local Tesco have started doing that "

I think you'll find they only donate what is left after the reduction

...rather then putting it in the bin...

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston


"Oh I wouldn't know of such things "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh I wouldn't know of such things

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What ...what?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If it wasn't for those mark downs I wouldn't have been able to feed a family of 3 adults, pay all the bills (apart from rent) and be able to do my gardens and stop from going nuts (also all marked down plants) on 50 quid a week! I think the asda near us was pretty bad at their ordering...luckily! Ended up pretty brutal by the time I stopped needing it tho, was craziness!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free

My local Tesco have started doing that

I think you'll find they only donate what is left after the reduction

...rather then putting it in the bin..."

Yes of course. Naturally they try to sell it while they still can.

Still better than binning it though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free

My local Tesco have started doing that

I think you'll find they only donate what is left after the reduction

...rather then putting it in the bin...

Yes of course. Naturally they try to sell it while they still can.

Still better than binning it though."

Oh I agree especially as binning it costs money whist the charities don't charge them to take it away...still it makes tesco look very benevolent eh..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our local supermarket reduces stuff by about 3p

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By *angtidy42Couple
over a year ago

Redditch

When there all fussing around it I sand back and say (loud enough) look Tracey there's a £10 note on the bottom shelf by the pizza.

And then watch for the bite. Classic works every time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I got a couple of big boxes of assorted Lindor yellow label with expiry Dec 18 this week at T@sco.

Will do as a Cpl of thank you gifts.

Love it when Morrison's or m&s reduce their bouquets as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free

My local Tesco have started doing that

I think you'll find they only donate what is left after the reduction

...rather then putting it in the bin...

Yes of course. Naturally they try to sell it while they still can.

Still better than binning it though.

Oh I agree especially as binning it costs money whist the charities don't charge them to take it away...still it makes tesco look very benevolent eh.."

Every little helps

Seriously though, are you saying we should be against it because it's not done from purely altruistic motives?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stumbled on this a few years back in my local Tesco . Was walking past the chap marking down the food and he said ‘want a chicken ? 50p’ . I thought well yes why not and got chatting. 7pm every evening he said . No one else there....subsequently my freezer is full of food with yellow labels on .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free

My local Tesco have started doing that

I think you'll find they only donate what is left after the reduction

...rather then putting it in the bin...

Yes of course. Naturally they try to sell it while they still can.

Still better than binning it though.

Oh I agree especially as binning it costs money whist the charities don't charge them to take it away...still it makes tesco look very benevolent eh..

Every little helps

Seriously though, are you saying we should be against it because it's not done from purely altruistic motives? "

No mate....what pisses me off with tesco is the expensive stuff they tip to landfill rather then give it to charities...and believe me this stuff has no sell by date and it's non food but a lot of charities would benefit by it. So it just pisses me off when I see them doing gimmicky things like this that makes them look benevolent when they are far removed from that.

Rant over

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I only buy what I actually need and not stuff to stock my freezer up. I don't go at night though, it's first thing in the morning I see stuff. I only buy meat if I will use it that day. I don't think they should restrict it, as I don't see how it would work. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free

My local Tesco have started doing that

I think you'll find they only donate what is left after the reduction

...rather then putting it in the bin...

Yes of course. Naturally they try to sell it while they still can.

Still better than binning it though.

Oh I agree especially as binning it costs money whist the charities don't charge them to take it away...still it makes tesco look very benevolent eh..

Every little helps

Seriously though, are you saying we should be against it because it's not done from purely altruistic motives?

No mate....what pisses me off with tesco is the expensive stuff they tip to landfill rather then give it to charities...and believe me this stuff has no sell by date and it's non food but a lot of charities would benefit by it. So it just pisses me off when I see them doing gimmicky things like this that makes them look benevolent when they are far removed from that.

Rant over"

Fair rant : )

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No..the supermarkets should donate their out of date stock to food banks for free

My local Tesco have started doing that

I think you'll find they only donate what is left after the reduction

...rather then putting it in the bin...

Yes of course. Naturally they try to sell it while they still can.

Still better than binning it though.

Oh I agree especially as binning it costs money whist the charities don't charge them to take it away...still it makes tesco look very benevolent eh..

Every little helps

Seriously though, are you saying we should be against it because it's not done from purely altruistic motives?

No mate....what pisses me off with tesco is the expensive stuff they tip to landfill rather then give it to charities...and believe me this stuff has no sell by date and it's non food but a lot of charities would benefit by it. So it just pisses me off when I see them doing gimmicky things like this that makes them look benevolent when they are far removed from that.

Rant over

Fair rant : )"

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

The cheap things go in about 10 mins at the m&s garage near me. I used to get ready meals for 50p but haven't got there early enough for ages!!

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

And no to your question OP.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I don't see how the logistics of that would work? Would there need to be a security guard standing by to assess people's means??"

Yep.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Our local supermarket reduces stuff by about 3p "

Ours seems to do that too. I get all excited when I see the yellow label and it's just a bag of brown bananas down from 60p to 55p.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My son worked In Tesco while he was at college and was responsible for the reductions, he used to hate it because the same group of old smellies would wait to accost him. It got to the point where he had to shout at them to let him do his job without them barging him all over the place.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don’t they send some of it to the local food bank as well ?

In some supermarkets it’s not all put together it’s just reduced in its original shelf place. That’s a better way to do it. Fairer i guess.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"My son worked In Tesco while he was at college and was responsible for the reductions, he used to hate it because the same group of old smellies would wait to accost him. It got to the point where he had to shout at them to let him do his job without them barging him all over the place. "

They do that at ours too. Poor young lad looks terrified. In fact sometimes he makes them wait as they're too boisterous.

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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago

Hillside desolate

I do t look at the reduced section mostly because it's short dated and I'd just waste it anyway.

My other half always looks for the reduced multipacks of beer with one or two missing though!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My son worked In Tesco while he was at college and was responsible for the reductions, he used to hate it because the same group of old smellies would wait to accost him. It got to the point where he had to shout at them to let him do his job without them barging him all over the place.

They do that at ours too. Poor young lad looks terrified. In fact sometimes he makes them wait as they're too boisterous. "

Maybe he should get them to fight to see who gets first pick of the bargins!

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

MK

they all got to sell the stock to anyone, even at a loss, they will get charged for waste otherwise and a fine

no it shouldn't be restricted

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I do t look at the reduced section mostly because it's short dated and I'd just waste it anyway.

My other half always looks for the reduced multipacks of beer with one or two missing though! "

I ended up getting into a barney with an arsehole of a man in our local Asda who was giving this poor woman dog's abuse cause she wasn't marking stuff down quick enough. I understand that some people need these bargains to get buy but a lot of it is plain greed. Who the fuck needs 6 garlic breads and 8 tubs of hummus that bad anyway?

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet


"I do t look at the reduced section mostly because it's short dated and I'd just waste it anyway.

My other half always looks for the reduced multipacks of beer with one or two missing though!

I ended up getting into a barney with an arsehole of a man in our local Asda who was giving this poor woman dog's abuse cause she wasn't marking stuff down quick enough. I understand that some people need these bargains to get buy but a lot of it is plain greed. Who the fuck needs 6 garlic breads and 8 tubs of hummus that bad anyway?"

To be fair, if it's that much if an issue the staff would be better taking the stuff into the back to reduce it then bringing it back onto the floor.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I do t look at the reduced section mostly because it's short dated and I'd just waste it anyway.

My other half always looks for the reduced multipacks of beer with one or two missing though!

I ended up getting into a barney with an arsehole of a man in our local Asda who was giving this poor woman dog's abuse cause she wasn't marking stuff down quick enough. I understand that some people need these bargains to get buy but a lot of it is plain greed. Who the fuck needs 6 garlic breads and 8 tubs of hummus that bad anyway?

To be fair, if it's that much if an issue the staff would be better taking the stuff into the back to reduce it then bringing it back onto the floor."

True...just a shame that a grown man felt it was acceptable to verbally abuse an older woman trying to do her job.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet


"I do t look at the reduced section mostly because it's short dated and I'd just waste it anyway.

My other half always looks for the reduced multipacks of beer with one or two missing though!

I ended up getting into a barney with an arsehole of a man in our local Asda who was giving this poor woman dog's abuse cause she wasn't marking stuff down quick enough. I understand that some people need these bargains to get buy but a lot of it is plain greed. Who the fuck needs 6 garlic breads and 8 tubs of hummus that bad anyway?

To be fair, if it's that much if an issue the staff would be better taking the stuff into the back to reduce it then bringing it back onto the floor.

True...just a shame that a grown man felt it was acceptable to verbally abuse an older woman trying to do her job."

Agreed. Verbal abuse is unacceptable. In terms of the people lurking around the reducing trolley, if it was done in the back it would save staff a lot of hassle.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London


"Where they put all the almost out of date stock and mark it down to low prices.

At our local supermarket every night there's always a crowd of old people and Asian ladies waiting for the stock to get marked down. Bread, vegetables, fridge stuff.

They clearly need it as there's no way they ever let anyone else get close.

Should these bargain sections be restricted to be for just those people that really need it? "

And how would you do that?

I never knew about bargain section or been in a Lidl until I met Ben. He does the shopping and is quite proud of his hauls. I thought he was exaggerating when he said he gets tossled by Asian ladies and African men in the melee at the bargain section.

Thing is not everyone struggling is on benefits, so no.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to do the reductions in Tesco and would get followed around. It was pretty creepy. I had set rules of how much to reduce by at what time of day yet certain people would try persuade me to knock off more. I used to hide out the back if I saw them coming.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I used to do the reductions in Tesco and would get followed around. It was pretty creepy. I had set rules of how much to reduce by at what time of day yet certain people would try persuade me to knock off more. I used to hide out the back if I saw them coming. "

What in Tesco!

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