The Fresh Chicken and Some people's ignorance!

[Michael Alexander]

THe sheer stupidity of some people.... Oranjemund Spar has for the last 13 years been importing Fresh Chicken on a weekly basis, the problem being that due to the remoteness of Oranjemund, we freeze the chilled chicken products as soon as it reaches us, with at least a 3 day grace period on the sale of the Fresh item..... Most people would come in on the Monday when the stuff arrives, buy a few packets and then take them home and drop them in their deep freezers to use at a later date.

Now, the problem for some uneducated people, is the sell by date, how can SPar still sell that product if it is past it's sell by date... We explain that, that date is a guideline for the fresh product, which we have frozen 72 hours before that date...just the same as a housewife would.... some chap had an issue with this...threatened my butchery supervisor with "I'll close this place down"... turned up today...I explained to him ... that due to our location, we cannot sell the item as a fresh item.... and that for thirteen years it has been done this way..... The supplier cannot remove the fresh sellby date, due to the way the production line works.....

Anyhow, this individual ran off to the health inspector, who has now said we cannot sell this much sought after product....At Spar we don't mind as our mark up.... is very low and we carry it more as a "convenience " for the customer....

Now I will have to substitute it with an alternative line, that will now cost more and we have to ask ourselves who will actually benefit at the end of the day....

On another point, you would have thought that OTMCO and the health department would have more to worry about with all the Afvalle and Pigs , Cows heads that are being cooked at all the informal settlement (sands)...not to mention the slaughtering of live chickens there..... all outside of the law, no abbatoir, no rules , no regulations.... no health...double standards in play in this little town of us...

Spar Head office, sends a professional health inspector to this store twice a year, to ensure that our health standards are up to scratch....... we always pass, OTMCO should stop throwing red tape at the people that play by the rules and focus on the people that are the real health problem.......

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Seems to me, that health inspector needs some education on those matters

Some learn sometimes
Some will learn never

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Deep frozen are cheaper here then fresh products

Other way round in Nam ????

[Michael Alexander]

Nope..the same here in Nam, but the mark up on the Fresh chicken was a minimum(different dept, and we try to move it quicker), not actually worth it.... But our frozen chicken had the normal mark up.....

[Bertie Horak]

If I were you I would make sure the whole town knows who is responsible for the discontinuation of fresh poultry and let him take the wrap from his neighbors. A$$hole!

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

If I were you I would make sure the whole town knows who is responsible for the discontinuation of fresh poultry and let him take the wrap from his neighbors. A$$hole!

That is exactly what Mike should do.

Print ot his post and hang it up in Spar for all to see

Maybe even add our comments for that inspector to see.....

[SandyB]

Copied  ...  On another point, you would have thought that OTMCO and the health department would have more to worry about with all the Afvalle and Pigs , Cows heads that are being cooked at all the informal settlement (sands)...not to mention the slaughtering of live chickens there..... all outside of the law, no abbatoir, no rules , no regulations.... no health...double standards in play in this little town of us...
Mike  too true  too true ... its  a  house of horrors the  informal  abboitoir / open air kitchen  / afval  thing you  mention ....  I have the same  attitude for the  smoking law inspectors ..  once or twice been in an establishment and they waltz in ..  bluntly ask them if they been into the shebeens  in townships  and tried to  fine  or  enforce smoking  laws ....   Ha Ha ..   the looks on the faces .. 

[Michael Alexander]

Scared inspectors... go for the guy that does not pay his license....leave the rapist...

I posted a sarcastic letter on the now empty chicken fridges, plenty of upset customers..... they want to know why after 13 years , there is now suddenly a problem with this.... at least they know that the "issue" does not lie with the store, but rather the narrow mindedness of certain individuals who think they are more important than what their payslip shows....

The sad thing is, the ignorant people don't always understand the sarcasim....

   

[Bertie Horak]

Well said, Mike+Sandy.  On the way to the clinic in Nyanga where I do some voluntary hours, there's hundreds of fly-ridden animal heads on sticks right next to the main road, 50 meters from the police station - every day.  That's normal.!?
But ignorant, "vlak", fools like the ones complaining about the chicken (and probably jealous of your business too, Mike), makes me sick!  Can't stand people who are unable to think logically.  If there was something wrong with the chicken, it would have been warranted, but we all know that's not the case.
I think I mentioned it to you - my Aunt from northern Namibia visited there in OMD a while ago, and she told me she hasn't seen such a beautiful, clean, friendly Spar with good quality food than yours. So, hope those inconsiderate, intellectually challenged assholes will eat their own stupidity.... 

[georg ruf jr.]

Scared inspectors... go for the guy that does not pay his license....leave the rapist...

I posted a sarcastic letter on the now empty chicken fridges, plenty of upset customers..... they want to know why after 13 years , there is now suddenly a problem with this.... at least they know that the "issue" does not lie with the store, but rather the narrow mindedness of certain individuals who think they are more important than what their payslip shows....

The sad thing is, the ignorant people don't always understand the sarcasim....

   

If they'd understand, they wouldn't be ignorant...

[Anthony]

 
Tomorrow the same asshole will probably come into the store and ask for chicken.

[Bertie Horak]

@ Anthony - Yes, or ask why the processed I&J chicken is so expensive? 

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

I hope Mike saved some of those chicken for the reunion, i am sure all would like them from the

Hey Mike ???? Good suggestion, sorry i wont be there.....

[Michael Alexander]

Still mountains of the 2kg frozen bags..... the sad thing is, the poor tate's that only wanted to buy a small pkt of chicken will no longer be able too....

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

Maybe you should stock up in IQ pills for the poor stupid who threw a tantrum like that!