Stores displaying goods that expire after days in discount offers

Consumers criticized practices of some stores that offer food commodities that expire after days, as part of their discount campaigns, which deprives the consuming families to benefit from these goods adequately.

They indicated, to «Emirates Today», that the expiration of the products of the products after days of purchase, exposes them to rapid damage and causes losses to consumers who buy large quantities of them without paying attention to the dates of the validity, especially with the stores ignoring the reference to the nature of those commodities, with the aim of increasing their profits and draining those products, demanding that the goods be displayed at least two months before the expiration of their validity, within the downloads to be able to use them For longer periods.

On the other hand, retail specialists have explained that these practices are individual, and at times are due to the ignorance or forgetting of periodic auditing on the validity dates of some products.

Discounts offers

In detail, the consumer, Karim Samer, said that he “bought a number of products from cuts in a store, to discover that among those products are packages that expire after days of purchase, which are exported milk products, and when purchasing for more than one package, these products are exposed to rapid damage before using them.”

The consumer, Saeed Abdulaziz, added that “a large number of products extend their validity for about two years, and despite this, stores are heading to display them in campaigns for downloads before their validity days end, which prohibits consumers to benefit from them when purchasing, despite the possibility of displaying them within the downloads two months before the expiration.”

The consumer, Hamid Sultan, pointed out that “it is assumed that goods in the downloads will be displayed before the expiration of their validity for a month or two and not a few days, with signs that explain to the consumers that these goods are about to end, because many consumers are exposed to the purchase of different goods of downloads and sometimes in large quantities, with low prices, and with the discovery that their validity ends within days they cannot benefit from them For expiration. ”

The consumer, Youssef Hussein, considered that “the width of the stores, the goods before the expiration of their validity days, comes in search of greater profits, because those commodities, which ranged from a large number of them between one and three years according to the quality of the commodities, can be presented with downloads before the expiration of the validity by at least two or three months, especially since it will be damaged after that, which makes buying them without real feasibility for consumers.”

Individual practices

For his part, the sales manager in one of the retailers chains, Dilip Fishal, said that “some stores offered for goods expired after days in offers of downloads is one of the individual practices in the markets, and is greatly due to the variation of operational and marketing policies between stores in the markets.”

He added, “It is important for consumers to have sufficient awareness in searching for appropriate offers and choice between them, especially with the multiplicity of alternatives and competitive offers options offered in the markets.”

The sales official in one of the retail stores, Ibrahim Kamel, pointed out that “the reasons for the display of some stores are goods that expire after a few days, due to the negligence of the precise monitoring of the goods that are about to end the shelves, with the absence of operational systems that allow surveying operations for these goods and provide them with performances before their expiration in sufficient time.”

The sales official at one of the retail stores, Pigu Freakas, said that “the display of goods may end after days not contrary to the law, as long as their validity continues until the timing of their offer on the shelves of the stores,” noting that “the display of these products within the downloads is due to factors related to marketing policies and the determination of the profit margin of those goods.”

In turn, the retail expert, Dr. Suhail Al -Bastaki, said that “the display of some stores within their downloads is goods that end in a few days, due to the neglect of the periodic monitoring operations of those goods and their validity dates, except at late times and the desire to dispose of them within the offers”, pointing out that “it is better for stores and consumers to offer those goods at least two months before the end of their validity, especially That some commodities extend their validity to two years at the beginning of their presentation, and thus put them in discounts two months before their validity is appropriate. He added that «some food commodities whose validity ends prior to their discharge are recycled for the uses of livestock or destroying livestock, in what is stipulated in supply contracts, but limited in the markets, to return those commodities to the supplier companies shortly before the expiration of their validity.

Food safety

Local and related legislation related to controlling goods or related to the Consumer Protection Law allows the display of goods as long as they are still valid, and according to federal food safety legislation, local municipalities in each of the state emirates supervise the requirements of food safety, free of damage, and emphasize the status of correct food posters on them, and clarify the date of the validity of consumption without any manipulation.

According to food safety procedures, the municipality undertakes random inspections on all food stores and restaurants to ensure the quality of the food provided, and to ensure its suitability for use.