Guest english.ivy Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Gosh, sorry for giving my opinion. I forgot, opinions aren't allowed on DOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lavendergirl Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I think people have the right to choose whichever bag to buy, especially if the expiry date is different. I do it all the time with supermarket groceries. If you don't want people to buy the newer stuff, maybe don't order so much or store it out back. Exactly - its not the customer's responsibility to manage the stock. People have the right to buy the freshest bag available - in whatever size they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimiss Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I haven't actually thought of doing that with shelved items but with milk I do it all the time!! I've noticed milk usually has due by dates of 2 weeksish, which is great considering most of the milk bottles at the front have max 1 week... and when you live alone, and don't use milk or have the need to go to the shops every week this is a godsend. I would be now more inclined to look at other items in the same light now. Not sure why the consumers should be to blame for wanting to maximise their grocery life considering the cost of them these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest donatella Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I haven't actually thought of doing that with shelved items but with milk I do it all the time!! I've noticed milk usually has due by dates of 2 weeksish, which is great considering most of the milk bottles at the front have max 1 week... and when you live alone, and don't use milk or have the need to go to the shops every week this is a godsend. I would be now more inclined to look at other items in the same light now. Not sure why the consumers should be to blame for wanting to maximise their grocery life considering the cost of them these days I am totally guilty of doing this with milk, I even look at different brands to find which milk has the longest expiry and I dig behind As a paying customer that is my perogative to be picky, and I'd much rather a product that has a longer shelf life on MY shelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soothie Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 I am grateful for all your opinions. :D Thankyou for the replies. It's all food for thought I am forever grabbing things from the back/bottom for myself and my boys as the dates are important when you spend so much money. If I grab a (12.6kg) bag of dog food and it doesn't have 6 months, I won't take it as it can take 4+ months to get through the big bags. Smaller bags don't have the value with so many dogs to feed. Eagle Pack/Holistic has been hard to source at times so I've had a habit of buying another bag 2 months before needed if I come across it. Yes, the out of date was my fault. I had bought the duck back in April and stored it in a plastic container in the shed until I opened it this past week. The duck seems fine and if it had been in the shed over the summer, I wouldn't have used past the Best before date but being in Melbourne we haven't had much in the way of warm weather until recently. So I'll use the duck for probably only another month at the most. All the bags once opened are stored in seperate sealed containers in the shed until finished. I don't have room in the house to store the bags so I can't get around the heat in the shed during summer. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest english.ivy Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) .. Edited November 17, 2011 by english.ivy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest english.ivy Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 When I buy food from Pet Stock, I grab the bags behind as they are the freshest, the oldest stuff it sitting at the front so it sells first. Even the same at the supermarket. and its people like you who make me chuck out a heap of food each month because it is out of date. We rotate all our stock each time it arrives yet we still have out of dates because people take the stuff behind. Why would the store exchange it when it has been sitting in her shed for a few months? it is not their problem that it was not used right away? I was going to report you for that nasty comment but I won't. Please keep your negative remarks towards people who deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Report away if you feel you need to. Im not sure what you would report it for, but go ahead Every week when our orders arrive we rotate the stock, every day people come in and find the longest date and shove the older stuff at the back, we do it again the week after... but people do it again and again and eventually the stuff they keep putting at the back goes out of date. Nothing to do with ordering too much stock. People dont realise how this can stuff things up for the people who work at the shops. Also, i cant remember if it is Holistic? but i was talking to a rep and they informed me they only have a 9 month useby date on their food. so you dont get that long anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimiss Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Report away if you feel you need to. Im not sure what you would report it for, but go ahead Every week when our orders arrive we rotate the stock, every day people come in and find the longest date and shove the older stuff at the back, we do it again the week after... but people do it again and again and eventually the stuff they keep putting at the back goes out of date. Nothing to do with ordering too much stock. People dont realise how this can stuff things up for the people who work at the shops. Also, i cant remember if it is Holistic? but i was talking to a rep and they informed me they only have a 9 month useby date on their food. so you dont get that long anyways. You should maybe try putting limited stock out on the shelves then the consumer has no choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 If we had the storage room we would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimiss Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 If we had the storage room we would I wonder if there would be another option that'd work. What deters me is if things are too high up for me to bother about.. But then again, I'm only 5'1" In hindsight, things probably aren't that high up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.G Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 A all natural product has 12 months from when the food is made. So when you order and receive it here in Australia, you lose about 2 or 3 months in transit. That leaves about 10 or 9 months date on it. Then buyers want 6+ months on dates. Which is very hard for a importer to manage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 A all natural product has 12 months from when the food is made. So when you order and receive it here in Australia, you lose about 2 or 3 months in transit. That leaves about 10 or 9 months date on it. Then buyers want 6+ months on dates. Which is very hard for a importer to manage Guess that's part of the reason that quality dry food brands cost me about half as much in the US as I was used to paying for them in Australia. Not only transport costs . . . but a lot gets thrown out or discounted for being out of date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris the Rebel Wolf Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Yep up to 3 months is generally fine The main thing is that the manufacturer has only tested the product meets the guaranteed analysis up to the use by date. After that provided food is stored as per manufacturers instruction (cool dry place out of direct sunlight) its still good for a few months but may not have the same composition as the guaranteed analysis This is what most reps I have spoken to tell me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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