Co op cant do good for doing wrong

[Blackbriar 8,568]

My mother in law throws stuff out the day before it's 'out of date' ! I've tried and tried to get her to see sense, but she won't have it - seems convinced that fresh tomatoes turn toxic at midnight on the specified day ! 

We will happily use dry goods and tins that are supposedly months past their prime. Even with chilled meat, I prefer to trust my nose - if in doubt, see if the dog will eat it.......a dog can smell "off" long before we can.

 

Truth be told, nothing much stays in my fridge long enough to go off !

[BGD 6,385]

Trusting our nose and eyes kept humans from eating rotten food for 1000s of years before sell by dates were invented!

[dogmandont 9,329]

Neighbour shouted over the fence to my ole fella one day, there's a couple of packets of sausages for the young fellas dogs there out of date the day, ole fella took them off him and told him he was looking at the dog. Lol. 

[Kay 3,709]

not driving i use the village co op a lot , i get tons of stuff reduced chicken steak etc its a cheap dinner when your on a food budget 

[scothunter 12,609]

I keep forgetting to go in to the co op late on kay.

Few folk in village have said  if you go in @10.30pm they reduce all the stuff. 

I will try make a point in checking it out. 

[forest of dean redneck 11,189]

They opened a mini co op on edge of our estate,I have been in an picked up sandwiches for 50p,  cream eclairs for about 40p,pies etc

[foxdropper 17,092]

10 hours ago, Blackbriar said:

My mother in law throws stuff out the day before it's 'out of date' ! I've tried and tried to get her to see sense, but she won't have it - seems convinced that fresh tomatoes turn toxic at midnight on the specified day ! 

We will happily use dry goods and tins that are supposedly months past their prime. Even with chilled meat, I prefer to trust my nose - if in doubt, see if the dog will eat it.......a dog can smell "off" long before we can.

 

Truth be told, nothing much stays in my fridge long enough to go off !

I wouldn' trust the dog theory mate .Mine will eat meat that' well iffy 

[BGD 6,385]

27 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

I wouldn' trust the dog theory mate .Mine will eat meat that' well iffy 

Aye I've had mutts that actually prefer their meat a bit "ripe", definitely well beyond the point where I'd eat it.

[walshie 2,804]

I read it was only food past it's sell by date and not it's use by date and nothing perishable, so I don't see a problem. 

Safeway used to do it years ago. I can remember my Mum looking at the clock on a Saturday afternoon so she could nip round there last thing and buy a load of bashed in tins and going out of date bread.

[cragman 2,635]

The co op are antis so on that basis I won’t be using their shite ?

[peterhunter86 8,627]

I got a chickin and veg pie of my sister that was a couple of days out of date over a year ago for the dog's when I went home I put it in the freezer I found it the other day when I was rooting around for something else,had it for my dinner it was lovely.

[lurcherman 887 12,676]

Minger 

[scothunter 12,609]

2 hours ago, cragman said:

The co op are antis so on that basis  I won’t be using their shite ? 

I would hazard a guess and say Pretty much all of them if i asked would say they are against it. PC world ans Profit is fore front in any decisions or opinions they have You would live a very frugal life if you boycotted all who were anti.

 

However i respect youre stance and im certainly not defending the co op. Personally most of these anti comments and stances by big companies is towards fox hunting. Which i have no problem with but they c**ts around me never liked nor supported lurcher owners saw us as undesirables and theifs.

So i really Cant have any sympathy for the majority of the stuck up c**ts. Only time they wanted support from others in the hunting community when there past time was under threat.

I only speak for myself and my own expierence with hunts btw just the way i saw it. 

I mostly shop in morrrisons and im sure if i done a quick search i bet they also would have made some anti comment. 

[WILF 44,259]

What you have to remember meat wise is that most stuff you buy from a supermarket is as old as the hills anyway.

Used to do a roaring trade on the market in low code grub and drinks......f**k all wrong with it.

[scothunter 12,609]

Sometimes you see mince on the shelf still in date thats going that dark colour.  Very off putting lol