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streetwise
#1 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:17:09 PM
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I have noticed when you visist the supermarket very often you find items especilly food items that have a day or two to expire.

Is this allowed, should the good be pulled out of the shelves ten days or so to go to esnure that consumers do not get exposed to rotten stuff.

And the strange thing is that the Kenyan consumers are aware and they have not done anything about it.

Kenyans amukeni
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:26:49 PM
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streetwise wrote:
I have noticed when you visist the supermarket very often you find items especilly food items that have a day or two to expire.

Is this allowed, should the good be pulled out of the shelves ten days or so to go to esnure that consumers do not get exposed to rotten stuff.

And the strange thing is that the Kenyan consumers are aware and they have not done anything about it.

Kenyans amukeni

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#3 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:33:32 PM
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I think its up to the buyer to check the sell by date, but I think most supermarkets pull expired stuff from the shelves.
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:00:05 PM
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nakujua wrote:
I think its up to the buyer to check the sell by date, but I think most supermarkets pull expired stuff from the shelves.


Nyeuthis never care to read those details, they only read the big prints like Mala, Lala, Fresh Miok, Yogheart, etc...tumbo iko mbele, maisha iko nyuma.
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#5 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:03:46 PM
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streetwise wrote:
I have noticed when you visist the supermarket very often you find items especilly food items that have a day or two to expire.

Is this allowed, should the good be pulled out of the shelves ten days or so to go to esnure that consumers do not get exposed to rotten stuff.

And the strange thing is that the Kenyan consumers are aware and they have not done anything about it.

Kenyans amukeni


Is this a Nakumatt problem or a more widespread one?
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streetwise
#6 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:11:24 PM
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Survey a few shoppers and you will know this is a perenial Nakumatt problem.

This is not a issue for the buyer, the buyer needs protection from such rogue business men and women.
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#7 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:15:21 PM
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#8 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:12:26 PM
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streetwise wrote:
Survey a few shoppers and you will know this is a perenial Nakumatt problem.

This is not a issue for the buyer, the buyer needs protection from such rogue business men and women.


You have a choice, dont buy. Plus the expiry date is there for you to decide whether your consumption will be within that period or not.
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streetwise
#9 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:25:06 PM
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That believe is only Kenyan. Blame the victim.

When is the cosumer in Kenya going to stand up for hir/her rights
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#10 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:28:55 PM
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streetwise wrote:
That believe is only Kenyan. Blame the victim.

When is the cosumer in Kenya going to stand up for hir/her rights


Consumer should stand up for herself and read the expiry date carefully and understand it.
The food will go into her emaciated stomach and not to the stomach of the authorities or nakumatt!
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#11 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 6:19:27 PM
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How to Shop.
Everyday staff re-arrange goods based on their expiry period.
The near to expire are brought closer to the buyer so be smart.

I usually have a hard time shopping because I have a habit of going for the item furthest from myself on the shelf even if it's soap.
Please ensure to rearrange again or else the staff will give you that look.
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#12 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 7:18:58 PM
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My shaving kit (cream and aftershave) expired in 2012 coz I don't shave that often... but I will be dead before I throw out that stuff... Expiry dates are just a way to commercialise stuff... even water has a sell by date!
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#13 Posted : Wednesday, July 15, 2015 8:25:39 PM
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Expiry dates on package labels are not an authority for matters goodness and badness of most products especially MEDICINE!!!!

And, for the records, am not "Sanctifying" the alleged practices at Nakumatt or any other retailer.
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#14 Posted : Sunday, July 19, 2015 2:59:19 PM
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kysse wrote:
How to Shop.
Everyday staff re-arrange goods based on their expiry period.
The near to expire are brought closer to the buyer so be smart.

I usually have a hard time shopping because I have a habit of going for the item furthest from myself on the shelf even if it's soap.
Please ensure to rearrange again or else the staff will give you that look.



You need not to. If the products whose expiry date are the furthest from you, go for them irrespective of the resultant 'mathogothanio'. You are the customer here and you are always right. In some countries, they even have a product return policy (within a reasonable period) where no reasons for return are sought if you do not feel like giving one.
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