4+ days?

  • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is the main reason why I don’t like doing online shopping. They give you all the shit that no-one in-person wants to buy; bruised fruit & veg, food with short shelf life. I’m a single guy, often have to freeze nearly everything I get online as otherwise it goes off before I can eat it all. 4 days is pathetic.

    They usually have minimum spend too, so they literally want me to buy more food than I need then give me a load of food I can’t eat in time.

  • MattiCat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How long it keeps. But as long as it’s not meat or dairy produce, it’ll be a “best before” not a “use by” date, and most stuff is usable long after its best before date. Those crumpets will be fine for at least a week, if you keep them in an airtight container or ziplock bag after opening. After that, they might be a bit stale, but still edible; warm them up nd put a bit of butter on, that’ll soften them up nicely.

  • n00b001@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This is actually the UK version of the ring. Due to bank holidays and closing early in Wednesdays the “7 days” threat is instead: “4 days”

  • sideone@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    It means there’ll be 4 or more days before the best before or use by date when you receive the product.

    • Jennifer@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Replying to say this person is correct, it’s a promise from Tesco that the food they’ll provide in your online food shop will have a minimum of 4 days until best before/use by. It so if you buy 5 different proteins for example, they won’t fuck you over and give you everything that goes out of date tomorrow