Is it legal for shops to sell out of date stock?

[tdi]

^ exactly. small businesses don't make a huge amount of profit. you won't get anything out of it if you complain and get them shut down or fined. They're just trying to make a living like everybody else and you need to realise people make MISTAKES. it's easy to let something go out of date without noticing. Why not just mention that it's out of date and I'm sure they'll withdraw the item and apologise. I like how quick people are to pin the blame on people nowadays. 'oh, this isn't right. go the most extreme way about things!'

It's a bottle of Dr. Pepper. Seriously, this is a mass produced drink which is compressed and sealed with various gases to help preserve the product. It's two weeks out of date, not two years. I could practically guarantee that you could open that bottle in a year and it would still taste exactly the same and not harm you. It's not a bottle of milk.

People need to get their facts right before they post left right and centre. As some people who are actually correct have said, it is legal for shops to sell items past their BEST BEFORE date, but not after their USE BY date.

[Stephen]

i dunno i dont complain
our corner shop sells like 4 chocolate bars for a euro and theres a sign beside it 'only the ones in this section please'
hahahaha you look at the date and they're either expiring in the next few days or been expired a few days

I always go to the expiring in a few days section or whatever it's called in shops. If you're gonna have like something for dinner that night then you can buy it for more than half price if it's going out of date the next day or something. Plus they do it with the expensive stuff too so cheap delicious dinners for all wooo

[Thomas]

if they point out that its out of date with a sign or it has money off then its fine but if there just selling it like normal food with out warning then i think thats illegal

[Stephen]

my mum bought some veg for dinner today for 15p cos they were going out of date tomorrow.. £1.15 usually!! ******* BARGAIN

but yeah i highly doubt that's legal

[Misawa]

That's perfectly legal.

I've already explained the answer to this question.

[Catzsy]

Why are people in this thread wanting to get a business into trouble for something thats more or less harmless, if you dont like it then dont go that shop - or even better, use the pair of eyes you have and look at the dates on food whenever you buy from anywhere.

If it concerns you that much, simply read the date on the packet.

Because it's sharp practise and they are basically conning people. Not a good business strategy. Out of date food could hardly be called harmless as well.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Because it's sharp practise and they are basically conning people. Not a good business strategy. Out of date food could hardly be called harmless as well.

How are they conning people? you have a pair of eyes do you not? its rather simple and its called personal responsibility, simply look at the date and don't buy if you aren't comfortable with eating slightly out of date food then you do not have to buy it. More to the point, its probably been sitting on a warehouse shelf for months on end before it even reached the shop.

Don't be such a Randall Weems.

[StripedTiger]

Well it depends i think..... look at your cheap stores that have like cheap crap like biscuits and stuff and if you look its out of date.... i think it just depends on if the food will cause illness if its out f date such as meat and veg etc...

[benjamin]

How are they conning people? you have a pair of eyes do you not? its rather simple and its called personal responsibility, simply look at the date and don't buy if you aren't comfortable with eating slightly out of date food then you do not have to buy it. More to the point, its probably been sitting on a warehouse shelf for months on end before it even reached the shop.

Don't be such a Randall Weems.

i do see your point, but why should we have to check the date of everything we buy? when legally it is down to the shop. we shouldn't have to have that responsibility. i do agree, maybe getting them shut down is a little extreme, but why should we have to pick up their slack?

[-:Undertaker:-]

i do see your point, but why should we have to check the date of everything we buy? when legally it is down to the shop. we shouldn't have to have that responsibility. i do agree, maybe getting them shut down is a little extreme, but why should we have to pick up their slack?

Because you are the one wanting to buy from them, its as simple as that.

The idea that 'I don't have the responsiblity' when it comes down to what we eat or what we buy is ridiculous. Perhaps we don't expect it in bigger stores as much, but in smaller stores who get such a bad deal these days - give them a break. We often go on and on about waste, small stores are probably the least wasteful as they'll only order what they need/make more of an effort to sell off items that are going off/have gone off.

Compare that to ASDA and co. who will simply bin them.