7-11 Muffins (Are Best before Dates Changed)

Brendan86 on 05/02/2020 - 17:31
Last edited 05/02/2020 - 18:38 by 1 other user

Hi guys,

So I normally pop into 7-11 in the evenings on way home from work to grab a coffee then end up buying a blueberry muffin! Something I have to stop doing.

But I often see some with the best before date and a sticker and sometimes wrote it marker.

It got me to thinking maybe the shop/shops is tampering with the dates of the muffins, which wouldn't be hard. And the funny thing was the ones in marker were all at the coffee machine I front of you while the ones with short date were in the basket.

To me you put the short date where people are most likely to purchase. Which would be at coffee machine just like you do bread. You put freshest behind.

So what's your opinions?

I once got one that taste very stale and it was well in date. I mean it was bad.

It's also not very professional if the company uses stickers on some and marker on others. No excuse not to have a supply of stickers.

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  orangetrain on 05/02/2020 - 17:33

  +1

  You get what you pay for. Cheap, convenient, quality.

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  ProlapsedHeinous on 05/02/2020 - 17:37

  gingerloco is right

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  rompastompa on 05/02/2020 - 17:39

  +3

  Are they advertised as 'fresh'? Otherwise, it's likely frozen and defrosted. They'd then have 'consume within two days of defrosting' (thus writing a due date).

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    Brendan86 on 05/02/2020 - 17:50

    14day expiry date 😑

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  Brendan86 on 05/02/2020 - 17:49

  I went in today, my very last one I am buying! Whether it's the shop or the company I don't trust them.

  The logest expiry date was 18th Feb, That's 14 days!!

  I'm glad I'm normally quite healthy but walking home from work in evenings catches me out as I want a coffee then I'm hungry also and pass by 7eleven!

  Well that's it, No more muffins!

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  ozbargainer666 on 05/02/2020 - 17:50

  don't look at the kilojoule count

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  JimmyF on 05/02/2020 - 17:56

  But I often see some with the best before date and a sticker and sometimes wrote it marker.

  These are frozen and when removed, they date them.

  Not different than coles/woolies, 3/4 of the 'bakey' stuff is frozen, Anything with the date gun sticker on it came out of the freezer.

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    Brendan86 on 05/02/2020 - 18:01

    Wow and a 14 day expiry after frozen?

    I do not wanna know what's in them!!

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      Slippery Fish on 05/02/2020 - 18:19

      +1

      Preservatives. A local bakery where I live has bread that's still soft and fresh feeling after 6-7 days on a bench when everyone else's is mouldy lol

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      crashloaded on 05/02/2020 - 18:25

      Yup. This is pretty common, expiry only starts once thawed. Good chance the hand written date on it is the date it was removed from the freezer.

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      vinrocated on 05/02/2020 - 21:25

      5/6 Days for the single muffin at Woolies.

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  Baysew on 05/02/2020 - 18:41

  Food for thought-

  'Really dodgy': Michel's Patisserie faces investigation over expiry date outrage

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    Brendan86 on 05/02/2020 - 19:02

    I know by taste something dodgy going on and the fact sometimes sticker then marker. Doest add up.

    And the fact they have such a long expiry date whats adding an extra couple of days on with marker to sell.

    Makes me sick as a consumer if companies do that and we pay with our hard earned money for what we believe it to be.