• WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If they cannot apply best before rebates then the store needs to change the system of applying them. One of our local chains uses orange stickers with new barcodes for best before discounts so the self checkout scans and accepts the new barcode with a lower price.

    • barsoap@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      I’m sure they will at some point but it just doesn’t seem to be a priority. It’s not like they closed the manned tills, and the total number of items is quite low. Basically only applies to the packaged meat section and then maybe two handful of items a day, if you don’t shop in the morning you’ll probably never see a sticker.

      My guess is that with other items they run an ordinary rebate well before the best before to get rid of stale stock but meat spoils too fast for that.