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nightjar wrote:
On 09/11/2019 09:57, Andy Bennet wrote:
On 09/11/2019 09:36, nightjar wrote:
On 08/11/2019 20:32, Tim Lamb wrote:
Why is it the packs of Tucs cheese biscuits invariably arrive broken
or weakened such that they snap as the cheese is applied?

My guess is that shelf stackers play pass the parcel with them on the
journey from warehouse to shelf.

Do you do as I do and only take biscuit packs from the back of the
shelf, which is the least likely place for a shopper to replace a pack
they have just dropped?


I take EVERYTHING from the back of the shelf, all the freshest stuff is
there.

That is assuming that the shelf stackers are doing their job properly.
However, for fresh stuff, I often find that turnover is high enough that
everything on the shelf is the same date. For other stuff, like tinned
goods, it probably doesn't make a lot of difference. Tins may well end
up well past their best before date just sitting in my cupboard.

some 15 years ago, we were staying in the hotel on a little Scottish island
and were in the shop looking at postcards, when an irate man went up to the
counter (he was probabaly from one of the camping families) and said "I
bought this tin yesterday and it's past its use-by date" The lady behind
the counter said 2So, I suppose you'll be wanting your money back, then?"
and gave it to him. Once he'd left the shop, the tin went back on the
shelf.

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