Tesco’s Food Hygiene Blunder?
New display units make the bread look so yummy and touchable.
On recent visits to Tesco stores in Castlebar and Westport, we noticed these new display units for bread. Almost rustic, they do look good and the bread within looks really yummy.
Stand back and watch, however, and you’ll soon be put off. Most of the bread is not wrapped. Disposable gloves are provided so you can handle the bread – somehow you are drawn in and feel an almost primitive urge to touch and squeeze – but how many people will use them?
In less than five minutes, I watched four people approach, ignore the gloves, handle several loaves and walk away. One man lifted and squeezed just about every loaf on the display.
Oh, and the flies. Not quite a plague, but more than two or three were buzzing round, landing on loaf after loaf.
An attractive display then, great in theory but disgusting in practice. Shame.
Hello! I was wondering what you were up to wih your phone in Tesco yesterday!
Personally, I don’t think it even looks good. Wicker would be more appealing. This is more like office furniture. Also, in Westport, one of these displays is at the front of the shop amongst the bbq stuff/ dinner plates/ hand drill etc that were on special offer.
Yep, I saw this display and also saw many people gropeing the bread and to top it all a lovley little child sneezed on them too…..I staying with the wrapped, also very squishey bread!!!!
Well, as your favourite local biohazard I’d happily sneeze over them. If I were still ill that is…. Being healthy now, I say “Yuck! Pass me the sick bag QUICK!!!!”
oh I totally agree! My husband and I have been so put off by the idea of those. Not sanitary at all!