Frozen chicken horror

these people should be shot. its amazing how badly we get treated by big companies. i hope they get sued. there people (head management) should be put in jail for this *****.

utterly disgusting. thank goodness we hardly ever buy frozen chicken.
 
Garyvdh said:
This company may *think* it is legal, but I suspect they are about to find themselves on the short side of the law.

My wife tells me that she never buys frozen chicken in the bin freezers. She only buys the fresh packed stuff... usually skinless breasts in the freshpak section.

But how do we know where *those* chickens come from?
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There is an abottoir number on each price tag of the chicken - its by law. Its a little rectangle box with a X and a number above the X. I use to work on a chicken farm and heard all about the "other" farms and what they would do. But without a doubt the suspect chicken are those bargin packs.

They inject/spray the unfrozen birds/pieces with fat to add weight and then spray them with water once frozen to add some more weight.
 
badtrev said:
Depending on the province you live in, Checkers and Woolworths actually have the same supplier of chicken, just packaged differently, unfortunately.
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Just check the Woolies abattoir numbers and then compare to you the County Fair ones at Checkers/Shoprite. I've even seen 3 truck loads of County Fair chickens turned away at Woolies due to poor packaging and they where just repackaged for Checkers. Nothing wrong with the chicken just Woolies would no longer accept the batch anymore.
 
looks like woolies is the way to go for chickens then. rather pay a bit more and be assured of the quality.

i usually stick to the fillets though and not so much the frozen (whole) chickens.

can anyone tell me if this affects those braai packs as well ?

those 2kg frozen braai packs, you know the ones with mostly the breast and thigh pieces
 
copacetic said:
Seems I could buy a chicken, ejaculate into it, carefully repackage and return it and there's a chance it could end up on someone's table. That's a bit icky.
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Okidoki, the runaway winner of this weeks most disturbing post award.

Now I have to check every chickens bum before it goes on the braai.
 
badtrev said:
Depending on the province you live in, Checkers and Woolworths actually have the same supplier of chicken, just packaged differently, unfortunately.
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I asked woolies about the story:

Thank you for your email and bringing your concern to our attention.
Woolworths subscribes to exceptionally high quality and safety standards and would never subscribe to the practices described in the article.
Further Woolworths does not source from this supplier.
Kind regards
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mister said:
I asked woolies about the story:
Thank you for your email and bringing your concern to our attention.
Woolworths subscribes to exceptionally high quality and safety standards and would never subscribe to the practices described in the article.
Further Woolworths does not source from this supplier.
Kind regards
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I would believe that to be truthful.. but not proof... and proof is in the pudding :D
 
Having worked for Woolworths and in the protein department at that, I can confirm that they do not source their chicken from this supplier. Western Cape supplier is Rainbow Farms; furthermore, the fresh products are prepared and packaged strictly according to Woolies' specifications.
 
How do we *know* other suppliers don't do it though?
 
There's lots more schit going on in the industry people don't know about.
 
We do not buy frozen chicken, thank heavens, but who knows where else we're being fooled?

I am also well aware of the QC standards at WW, so I doubt that something like this would happen there as easily, if at all. Not that they are infallible, I'm sure, but I like to think that their standards are higher than the rest, which is what you pay the extra for.

B
 
miff... what a fowl practice

I drive by a chicken packing factory, when they have the fans on it smells like someone puked kentucky
 
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jvk said:
looks like woolies is the way to go for chickens then. rather pay a bit more and be assured of the quality.

i usually stick to the fillets though and not so much the frozen (whole) chickens.

can anyone tell me if this affects those braai packs as well ?

those 2kg frozen braai packs, you know the ones with mostly the breast and thigh pieces
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Actually Woolies can often be cheaper during December due to the fixed prices they pay their suppliers. I bought half a dozen whole chickens from Woolies two weeks back (spiced and in oven bags) for cheaper p/kg than what a plain bird costs at PnP. I gave the maid two of them (its her Christmas gift, she prefers Woolies food than cash for Christmas) and she commented on the prices too by saying that it was the same as the chicken she just bought from Shoprite.
 
What ??? KFC is chicken ????
I thought that is was just inedible lubricant for when you are constipated ....
 
analogsa said:
Hey, what's the big issue? It is factory refurbished with full warranty. Tests better than new :) I have caught Checkers refurbishing beef fillet and imported cheese by replacing the in-store stickers on many occasions, so no need for them to act surprised. They are just blessed with the most clueless customers the world can provide.
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Only thing I've seen Checkers doing is putting products close to their expiry on sale.

Maddmatt said:
:sick:

Man big companies in this country have no damn morals whatsoever. Just big f**king crooks.
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Make that big companies everywhere.
 
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