Tesco short dates on home delivery

[Goldengirl123]

Does anyone on here work for Tesco and does the shopping for on line grocery orders?

it just seems at the moment that if I order a big shop, it has such short use by dates that my weeks planning goes out of the window as I need to use stuff before it goes out of date. I was wondering if this is what the staff are told to do

Some stores don't put out "new" stock until most of the old has sold, so the only stock available for the pickers may be short dated., especially with perishables like bread and milk.

In our local Tesco, the bread on the shelves is often only a day or two before the best before date, and I'll often ask any shelf stackers around if they have anything fresher and they'll often nip into the back and bring out a loaf with a much longer date!

No offense taken, I do understand.

I get frustrated too when I have taken the time to lift out a heavy tray of veg, looked underneath, found a better date and then see another picker just pick from the top with no thought of looking for anything better. So it must be annoying for customers who then receive a short dated item. I have been known to tell a picker there is a better date underneath, but they should have been looking anyway.