East of England Co-Op's 125 stores : will sell out of date tins & other foods for 10p

[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/co-op-sells-food-past-its-best-before-date-for-10p-to-cut-waste-11156071


[From now on, shoppers at the
East of England Co-Op's 125 stores
will be able to buy a range of tinned goods
like beans and as well as dried foods such as crisps,
chocolates, cereals, nuts, cake,
coffee, tea, pasta and rice for 10p.]



Its a start.

https://e3.365dm.com/17/12/750x563/skynews-co-op-food-waste-business_4174022.jpg?bypass-service-worker&20171204131051

[smudgie]

Here for any 10p coffee.:cheer2:

[arista]

Here for any 10p coffee.:cheer2:


Yes Good Move by the Co Op.

[caprimint]

A great idea

[smudgie]

Hopefully all the supermarkets will follow suit.

Depends if it affects profits I suppose.

[Kizzy]

'' somewhere in Dickensian Britain paupers vie for scraps''

[caprimint]

But it's only gonna be the Co-ops in the East of England? :think:

[smudgie]

But it's only gonna be the Co-ops in the East of England? :think:

For now.
If it's a success then they will likely roll it out to all.

[caprimint]

For now.
If it's a success then they will likely roll it out to all.
Hopefully, definitely needs to be in London

[user104658]

Here for any 10p coffee.:cheer2:

Oooh yeah if they have actual coffee beans I'd be all over that. I mean, I'm pretty sure once sealed those should really last forever? :think: Probably no difference at all between a bag that was sealed last week and one just past it's sell by date.

Have to be honest though - with tinned goods I think I'd be a little wary :joker:.

Though I do remember watching videos years a go, of a guy who would keep various food for like 10, 15+ years and then open it and attempt to eat the contents. Often it was totally horrific - but one time he opened a pack of "Lucky Charms" cereal that was something like 8 years out of date and he was like "Err... ... ... there's nothing wrong with it... it could be a brand new pack!"

Which is maybe sort of worrying :umm2:.

[Cherie]

'' somewhere in Dickensian Britain paupers vie for scraps''

It's being rolled out to address the huge amount of food waste created by best before dates, pretty sure there wasn't much wastage in Dickensian times :think: