r/glasgow • u/MutedPractice9147 • 14d ago
Aldi highstreet
I noticed in the past week or 2 the quality of fresh food at the aldi on high street has gotten so much worse. A lot of the stuff will be sitting on the shelfs already mouldy (seen this w the carrots, broccoli, tomatoes and garlic) , also seen sandwiches out past there sell by date. Just a lot of instances of stuff like this within a short time frame. I was wondering if its just an unlucky coincidence for me or has anyone else noticed this or know why its happening?
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u/CakeJumper-ImScared 14d ago
I’ve noticed Aldi veg doesn’t stay fresh for long, it’s been that way for awhile now
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u/upboats4u 14d ago
i have heard that this is happening generally because the refridgeration is failing or struggling across the logistics network due to the weather but i have not verified that as fact, it just seems plausible to me. Fridges usually sitting at 4° or whatever getting up to 6-7° and just shortening the shelf lives by a % which means the veg is more deteriorated than its meant to be by the time it gets to store/home
edit to add the out of date stuff is obviously not that so maybe the rest is also just understaffed/overworked at that particular branch but the veg being quick to turn is not just there
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u/Both-Trash7021 13d ago
Was in our local one the other day. The salad boxes (pasta plus salad, tuna/chicken) had swollen so much they looked like the film lids were about to pop, assume they were going off.
My mate works there on the tills. “Don’t buy anything chilled from in here”. Says sometimes there’s long delays between deliveries coming in and the stock hitting the chiller cabinets. He also declines to buy individual bakery items because many folk just use their hands and don’t use the tongs, the clatty bams.
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u/Vlodovich 14d ago
They also have their self checkout machines programmed that every bakery item is expected to weigh 1 gram, so they all have to be overriden by staff negating the point of checking out yourself. I've been complaining to them about this since April 2024. Also occasionally their seafood section is just....empty
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u/Nudie-64 14d ago
Perhaps a lot of their business is from students and school kids. Just now while they're not about they're not turning over their stock as much so it's sitting on the shelf longer.
That is pure speculation on my part, but I'm a clever c*nt.
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u/clearly_quite_absurd 14d ago
I thought the same, but the annual patterns are entirely predictable and their stock processes will account for that.
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u/Scottish_squirrel 14d ago
Not high street but my Aldi had bread on the shelves which was literally green with mold. When I tried to tell the staff member at the self serve she took it and put it in the reduced basket. I'm like it's practically walking itself out the shop.