Supermarkets such as Tesco's, Sainsburys and the Co-operative often reduce stock simply because they have a new shipment coming in or because there are slight cosmetic marks on the product/product packaging. They also reduce items because they are about to go past the the use-by/display-until date. This means that quite often reduced items are of high quality. This is often t he case with items nearing the use-by date.
Use-by and Display-until dates are often inaccurate. Food and product safety legislation and control tends to veer towards the side of caution. Most foods will be safe for consumption after the use-by date if they have been correctly packaged and stored. Generally speaking, it is usually easy to tell when a food product has gone bad and this can happen before the use-by date in rare cases. This is why it is is always necessary to have common sense when it comes to food. Buying items when they are reduced can save you so much off your food bill that it is worth chancing the rare this that might go off quicker then you would like.
This week I have been food shopping three times. Between the three trips I have saved £30+ Pounds on items that had been reduced to clear; £17 pound of that tonight. There is the argument that I am spending money I otherwise wouldn't of food just because it is reduced. However I have found this not to be that case - A lot of what I have bought is stuff that I would like to get but normally don't because the original price is to expensive. So, in essence, I am saving money on food I would like to begin with.
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