Aldi 8Pm On Ch4 Last Night

[TWR]

Did you watch it?

Would you be aware of the products after seeing the after dates still on the shelf?

Do the treat their staff right by putting them under pressure by timing the work?

Would you still shop there after seeing this report?

[ummmm]

I've never taken food back to a supermarket but I have to a butchers. I bought a chicken and when I took it out the pack it smelt a bit and on closer inspection it had started turning green around the wings. Yuk.

[-SharonA-]

I must say I like Aldi and I will still shop there. But I do check the products before buying. It will help greatly that I know how to work out the product date. There are some things in Aldi that I will not buy, like their bread which does go off at an alarming rate.

[ivor4781]

gness
my thoughts exactly
it was nit picking in the extreme

[sunny-dave]

It was an attempted hatchet job - with such a blatant agenda that it was laughable. Most of the blows missed the target by such a wide distance that (to mix my metaphors) the programme makers shot themselves neatly in both feet.

Sell-by dates for unprocessed fresh fruit/veg are a nonsense - and hugely wasteful - I applaud Aldi for letting consumers use common sense about what to buy.

Yes Aldi staff are pushed hard (but paid relatively well for it) - yes if you look hard enough in any supermarket you'll find some dud produce - yes there are always staff/managers who will cut corners.

But overall it proved naff all and the responses from Aldi were measured and reasonable.

[Booldawg]

Did watch a bit of it and was under same impression as Retro and Sunny D. It was a blatant attempt to discredit a supermarket that is on the up and up and has rattled the cage of the big players in UK retail.

This kind of practice goes one in every supermarket chain.

[trt]

sunny-dave,

My thoughts exactly, spot on.

[pastafreak]

I too saw it as a bit of a hatchet job. "Oh,so you're successful...well,we'll take you down a peg".
I just had a little Google as I'm positive I've read that fruit and veg are the exception in food labeling. I found this from bristol.gov.uk...

//What is the law?

Nearly all pre-packed foodstuffs are required to be marked with either a 'best before' or 'use by' date. The exceptions to this rule are fresh fruit and vegetables, wine, alcohol, vinegar, salt and sugar//

It shows that the consumer *can* be trusted to make their own decisions as to the freshness of the food they buy. It's laughable putting a best before or use by on root veg like carrots...when they can and often are stored for months.
Last night's program will not influence me. I pick and choose where I buy according to who has what I want. That won't change.

[Caran]

We went to Aldi today. All the food I bought had a proper date on it nota code.
There did not appear to be any stress amongst the staff. In fact one lad with a big cart collecting cardboard was having a long chat with another colleague.
I've always been happy with Aldi. But I do most of my chopping in Lidl.
I watched the programme and felt it was a hatchet job.