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Expired Lift or Fanta 1.25l $0.50 @ Woolworths Glen Waverley VIC

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Stumbled across a trolley full of Lift and Fanta 1.25l for 50 cents/bottle. Upon closer inspection the date on the bottles are 31/12/14 and 30/12/14 - assuming 'Best Before'. I bought one of each.

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  • +5

    I assume it's "best before" cause it is illegal to sell foods after a 'use-by' date.

    • Updated :)

  • -2

    hmmmmmmm, yummmmmmmm, expired sugaaaaaaaar!

  • Cordial's cheaper.

    • +9

      Reminded me of when I used cordial to write my name on a fence on a warm summers day. When I came back later my name was spelled out in crawling ant font.

      • now you have an army of ant minions who worship you at your disposal lol

    • +3

      Only if your dad picks the fruit to make it.

      • Back when I used to have 30minute 'play times', we used to sing that song, except dad was picking something else.

  • +13

    Very convenient if you are Broden. Just takes off the price tag and take the trolley to the register.

    • haha, well thats smart thinking.

    • …take the trolley home.

  • +2

    Expired soft drink?! Only natural ingredients expire.

    • +1

      If there was any to begin with

      • When it comes down to the basic ingredients, soft drinks are just water and sugar. Neither of them expire.
        What can happen after a while though is that the drinks goes flat, which is the whole point for best before.

  • +2

    Is this really a bargain? If it wasn't past its best before date then yes it would be but how do you classify this kind of item?
    JV I need your help.

  • Normally after how many days of the "Best Before" you can't legally sell it anymore?

    • +1

      I think it would be hard to put a legal restriction on when a best before expired product is totally unfit for sale.
      Think, best before on some bakery items, and the best before on a soft drink. After one month, the soft drink may just be a little flat, but the bakery goods would be completely inedible by most standards.

      • Very true, i guess situation like this just comes down to the consumer. Would you take the risk, the diarrhoea risk, haha…

    • Its a grey area. See the below website. Basically if it makes you sick then they cannot sell it anymore. e.g. don't sell Fanta that was made 30 years ago.

      http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/labelling/dates/Pag…

      Most foods have a best before date. You can still eat foods for a while after the best before date as they should be safe but they may have lost some quality. Foods that have a best before date can legally be sold after that date provided the food is fit for human consumption.

      • Grey area, indeed. Thanks for the link!:)

      • 30 y.o. fanta would be a collector's item by now ;)

        • +1

          Might be a collectables ants nest too.

        • @ATangk: aged ant care facility lol

  • It doesn't look like they've replaced the barcode, so you could take one that isn't expired from the shelf and it should still scan up at $0.50 because the UPC is the same.

  • +1

    wow, to be honest i'm surprised woolworths would even sell this to customers.

    • Yea… they should give out for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE lol

      • Yes, they should. But if that happens, people will wait for their "FREE CLEARANCE SALE" lol…

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  • -1

    Fairly sure the dates are actually Production dates.

    • -1

      If you say so…10 day old soft drinks on Clearance???

  • since when woollies becomes reject shop?

    • since this

  • +1

    Need to get some my in-laws are visiting.

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