Asda have been fines £80,000 after two outlets in south Wales were found to be selling out-of-date food. Magistrates in Abergavenny fined Asda £78,750 and ordered it to pay £10,000 costs after it admitted 59 offences. Asda said staff have since been disciplined and teams retrained.
Trading standards officers found a pack of lamb chops that was 31 days past its use-by date, being sold in its Cwmbran store.
They also found food past its use-by-date on sale at the Duffryn store near Newport.
Torfaen Council said that of the other 58 items of food that should not have been on sale:
- 38 were one day past their use-by date
- 17 were two to five days past their use-by date
- 3 items were seven days past.
Asda said, "We're obviously disappointed that at a local level two stores did not properly implement our very thorough date code checking system. Although the products highlighted only represent 0.1% of all the products on sale in those stores, they should have been spotted and taken off sale".
Thursday 24 May 2007
Sainsburys want to deliver until 1am!
A SUPERMARKET'S proposal to extend its delivery times until 1am were opposed last night by councillors.
Sainsbury's in Bath Road, Melksham had argued that the move was necessary to ensure it had fresh food on the shelves when it opened at 7am.
But Melksham town councillors rejected the application which would have allowed deliveries until 1am between Monday and Saturday for a six-month trial period.
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Cllr Vic Oakman said: "The condition was put there in the first place to avoid movement of lorries after 11pm at night time to give peace and quiet to the people who live there."
An opening of a new Sainsbury’s in Dursley will mean motorist will have to queue for 20 minutes as traffic congestion will increae hugely. Local residents are angered.
Vicky Hancock, town centre manager said: "The original plans for the supermarket car park kept the access as it is now - which we knew local people wouldn't like.”
"We were concerned that it would put customers off using the store if they were worried about having difficulties getting out of the car park. Some people felt very strongly about this issue, after having to wait in the car park for up to 20 minutes at peak times."
Sainsbury's in Bath Road, Melksham had argued that the move was necessary to ensure it had fresh food on the shelves when it opened at 7am.
But Melksham town councillors rejected the application which would have allowed deliveries until 1am between Monday and Saturday for a six-month trial period.
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Cllr Vic Oakman said: "The condition was put there in the first place to avoid movement of lorries after 11pm at night time to give peace and quiet to the people who live there."
An opening of a new Sainsbury’s in Dursley will mean motorist will have to queue for 20 minutes as traffic congestion will increae hugely. Local residents are angered.
Vicky Hancock, town centre manager said: "The original plans for the supermarket car park kept the access as it is now - which we knew local people wouldn't like.”
"We were concerned that it would put customers off using the store if they were worried about having difficulties getting out of the car park. Some people felt very strongly about this issue, after having to wait in the car park for up to 20 minutes at peak times."
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