salad counters in supermarkets

Shark · 13-11-2013 12:34AM

After a bout of food poisoning from eating coleslaw that I got from a salad bar put me off ever buying anything from them again. Disgusting germ infested things. Homemade is the only way now.

Sam Kade · 13-11-2013 12:40AM

A woman in super valu put her finger in the coleslaw licked it off and dipped her finger in again for a second helping :eek: The manager saw it and when a customer questioned him he made nothing of it :mad:

Freddy Smelly · 13-11-2013 12:46AM

jamesr123 wrote: »

Lads can this be allowed these days? I'm sure most of you have seen it in tesco ect.. A salad counter left unattended in the middle of the floor and people are left to pick out the likes of tuna, egg mayo, onion ect.. How can it be left like that for any scumbag to put their hands on the food?

but supermarkets have cctv watching ya in case your shop lifting

Butterface · 13-11-2013 12:53AM

I worked in the deli in Dunnes years ago. We were constantly topping up those steel containers of salads without double checking the dates and making sure the older stuff was still in date. We were only kids and the deli manager rarely made an appearance behind the counter to check on us. The sliced meats that didn't sell in the deli part during the day would be used the next day in the sandwich bar. It could be there for a few days.. think that's pretty standard practice.

I have so many horrible stories of bad food safety practice.. yet it hasn't stopped me from purchasing food from supermarkets. Likewise, the stories I've heard from restaurant kitchens hasn't stopped me from eating out.

eqwjewoiujqorj · 13-11-2013 12:56AM

What about the Cuisine de France / open display bakery section?

One well known British supermarket here has an open bakery section.

The instore 'bakery' puts pastries out in the open display and also in see through plastic containers (two per pack) every morning.

One would think the ones in the packages are fresher and have less germs but in fact some of the pastries are leftover from the open display and they put them in the plastic containers and sell them the next day.

Missyelliot2 · 13-11-2013 01:09AM

Only this evening, was witness to the 'shuffle it around' theory!
In a shop - coleslaw/potato salad ….and all that's healthy was mixed and churned ….the dry bits that were on top, were elsewhere!

For my two cents - don't buy this from anywhere.

(I have bought this germ lots of times- post mixing and oblivious!)

face1990 · 13-11-2013 02:15AM

After a long drive, quite late in the evening, I stopped into a petrol station deli (called 999, or 112 or something like that).
The stuffing looked grand until she took a spoonful of it out and I saw that under the surface it was about 5 shades lighter - it'd been there so long the outside of it had visible discoloured.

I've never been able to enjoy their chicken stuffing mush ever since

kumate_champ07 · 13-11-2013 02:22AM

theblaqueguy wrote: »

I often scratch my scrotum and or ass
Then I place that hand all over the various salad choices:D

heard something about someone injecting mercury into oranges years ago

Sigourney · 13-11-2013 02:30AM

face1990 wrote: »

After a long drive, quite late in the evening, I stopped into a petrol station deli (called 999, or 112 or something like that).
The stuffing looked grand until she took a spoonful of it out and I saw that under the surface it was about 5 shades lighter - it'd been there so long the outside of it had visible discoloured.

I've never been able to enjoy their chicken stuffing mush ever since

That'd be 911 On The Run.
Ahem.

kumate_champ07 · 13-11-2013 02:33AM

Banjo String wrote: »

We don't really have delis in Ireland though, not in the true sense.

Seriously, walk into a deli in New York for example, pastrami, salami, olives, pickles, beautiful sandwiches, club, /Cuban / blt etc. Endless amounts of choices of condiments and sauces etc.

Dublin deli.

Pierres sausage rolls. Jambons. Pies.
Ham sandwich, chicken fillet baguette.

Trying to eat healthy here is nigh on impossible, bar preparing it yourself the night before. :mad:

the nicest food I had in America was in a New York deli, maybe it was their special sauses and generous portions of meat/fish, the food was delicious and good value.

found it online, **** the menu is making me hungry! http://www.allmenus.com/ny/new-york/4764-aristocrat-deli-gourmet/menu/

looking_around · 13-11-2013 05:38AM

I only have one word OP.

"eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww"

well, it's more of a sound.

___

I used to love me a tuna sandwich from various places, .. ordered one somewhere, and saw where they scooped it from was quite discoloured and they lumped it onto the bread. I politely handed it back.. "that aint fresh"..

blegh.

Not comfortable eating that stuff now, unless I made it myself S:

padd b1975 · 13-11-2013 07:03AM

Banjo String wrote: »

We don't really have delis in Ireland though, not in the true sense.

Seriously, walk into a deli in New York for example, pastrami, salami, olives, pickles, beautiful sandwiches, club, /Cuban / blt etc. Endless amounts of choices of condiments and sauces etc.

Dublin deli.

Pierres sausage rolls. Jambons. Pies.
Ham sandwich, chicken fillet baguette.

Trying to eat healthy here is nigh on impossible, bar preparing it yourself the night before. :mad:

America is hardly the shining light we should follow when it comes to healthy eating.

Oranage2 · 13-11-2013 07:36AM

I use to work in a supermarket…

That is all!

Though one of the worst things I've seen was a guy filling his container with tuna salad, he then weighed it and put the sticker on, that's not all, he then disgustingly proceeded to add more tuna to the container, I lost all faith in humanity since then.

.jacksparrow. · 13-11-2013 08:31AM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

There is nothing in a salad counter one cannot make in minutes at home.

If you are that lazy you deserve every germ your lazy ass collects

Well sorry!!!

Some snobbery in this thread I tells ya.

loveBBhate · 13-11-2013 08:47AM

The use of the word 'scumbag' in the OP has me weak

Seems to be only myself so far, I've seen the term used times a plenty on Boards but to describe salad bar crime lords sounds absolutely hilarious imo

suicide_circus · 13-11-2013 09:20AM

I mostly like to collect my finger and toe nail clippings over the course of a month or two then sprinkle them over the supermarket saladbar when noone is looking, mostly.

Lingua Franca · 13-11-2013 10:17AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

I use to work in a supermarket…

That is all!

Really? Nothing to contribute, then?

Though one of the worst things I've seen was a guy filling his container with tuna salad, he then weighed it and put the sticker on, that's not all, he then disgustingly proceeded to add more tuna to the container, I lost all faith in humanity since then.

Oh.

Whilst that is theft, it's hardly "disgusting" when juxtaposed with the food safety and hygiene violations posted here.

looking_around · 13-11-2013 10:18AM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Really? Nothing to contribute, then?

Oh.

Whilst that is theft, it's hardly "disgusting" when juxtaposed with the food safety and hygiene violations posted here.

I guess they're posted needed a major "Sarcasm Alert"

kneemos · 13-11-2013 10:20AM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Really? Nothing to contribute, then?

Oh.

Whilst that is theft, it's hardly "disgusting" when juxtaposed with the food safety and hygiene violations posted here.

We're using that word now?

jjbrien · 13-11-2013 10:23AM

I remember when I was working about 10 years ago in Tesco in the city centre we were asked to clear some of the shelfs of the big multipack crisps as we had to clean the shelfs. When we took the first load off we found some of the packs near the back were gone out of date over 2 years ago. Seams like they were just packed on top of each other we even found some were even older than 2 years old. I make sure to check the dates on stuff now when im shopping.

salad counters in supermarkets

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