Why do supermarkets in Doha purposely put stickers over the important "Nutritional Information" ?
I'm really fed up with this, mainly because it is so obviously done, unreasonably, for a reason - it certainly isn't random.
Since consumers, more than ever, are investigating this information before making a purchase I can't see WHAT purpose it is serving. Personally, I start ripping off the sticky paper so's I can see the facts because I believe it's my right to do so (despite getting eyeballed by the security in the shop).
I asked a shop assistant the other day, and he had no answer except it was done on purpose (which is quite obvious anyway) but WHY???
Fear that 'we' wont buy something if we can see it's high in fat?
In order to make healthy decisions when you shop for foods, you need to understand all the information on food labels.
Although I don't think it is a legal requirement to declare Nutritional Information on the product:
"if the manufacturer makes claims that the product is ‘Low in Sugar’, it must be supported with nutritional information (normally in tabulated form)".
quote from wikipedia
Or you know what? Go over to the old souk and go to a juice bar. I like the one with all the chairs outside, with the cushions decorated in red Qatari patterns. Who needs alcohol bars when you've got all those wonderful flavors of juice, and so inexpensive? Mint lime is quite nice.
Ha ha ha, well, then, that way they don't have to change their stock so often. Smart move, you know.
Yeah, I may just have to go shopping for a juicer. If my medical clearance comes through (that was a trip and a half), and I know I get to stay, then I'll start settling in in earnest. And a juicer may be a purchase.
I've found that orange juice at least doesn't have sugar added. I'd love to drink some of the other juice, though, like guava, or mango. All sugar-laced. Carrefour has a 3-pack of Tropicana juices in honor of Ramadan, and you'd think Tropicana would be safe. Nope. Sugar in the mango juice.
Or maybe this is just how it comes... is it? Am I making an issue out of something that is frankly standard practice?
the funny thing is that the sticker has wrong translation sometimes.
also they stick it or the price label on top of the expiry date
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You know, after you said this, I called into the store just to investigate for myself, and sure enough, those damn stickers are right over just as you said. Heh. That's kind of scary if you're diabetic or have dietary issues and really really really need to know what's in the food, isn't it?
I suppose, though, that with the amount of foreign product here, you can always stick with what you know is going to work.
Here's another thing-- sugar in juice. Gah!!!!!!!!!!!!! I see some wonderful-looking juices in the shop, like mango and such, but it never fails--they have sugar in them.
My club is ok i hope.You never get tired of Bacon sarnies!! YUM
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I didnt mean to sound like i was having a go at u, just im sick of idiots on here trying to lay the law down and dictate to people wot can and cant be said !!!
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how many people really ate that many bacon sarnies before they were told they couldn't !!!
Are you keeping an eye on our British Group, Mr Paul?
When are you coming here to visit us for a week end and get a Brit Group party going ??
every james bond film ever made, and got REAL PORK BACON SANDWICHES !!!!
Yay for Bahrain !!!
And i can also drive to work without having a chance of getting killed by some idiot in a landcruiser!!
HURRAY!!
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how are you?
friend.However, jauntie can cum and clean me if she wants...
Nothing like an older lady to get the juices flowing!!
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would it not be politically correct to say
come n clean me
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
come and clean my flat !!
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best come shopping with me one day and make a fuss - it's good fun :D
what is a bachelor to do when the sticker is over the instructions on how to cook my tin of soup????!! Who can help you then??!!
but of course dahling, did I forget to mention the obligatory grape-peeler?!
must go...time for Iftar.
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and ONLY if I get to have someone to peel my grapes
Ooh, J, yes let's go shopping together..but I insist on having someone peel off all the labels you want AND carry my jar of wonderful Nivea around the supermarket ;)
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I can assure you, I shall in future insist I see what it says under the Arabic sticker!
It will be my little crusade as a bored housewife (in between all those other things I need to do) :D
you killjoy! I really wanted you to come shopping with me carrying your ever ready tin of Nivea :P
Can just imagine us, hanging around the hob nobs, greasing the labels .. NOT !
hard luck jauntie thats the way they do business here.
buy first ask questions later and if you are not happy with it better luck next time dude.
you don't NEED to check the 'fat' content ... I do! and I like to be able to see the information which is put there for a purpose!
stealth! I want to know it as I buy it NOT after the event :P
Scuse me missy, am far to busy fixing toy airplanes and sticking my fingers together then unsticking them than to peel stickers off food items!!! ;)
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once you get home you can search for that information on the web right!!
That cud be the reason
jauntie ... i never check the nutritional value when i go shopping ... if i like it just grab it and throw it into the trolley :D
on BEEB world TV :P
Gordon 'Broon'
Oh I guess so hee hee 'super glue thread'.
It's almost impossible to peel it off without tearing the REAL words underneath it OFF with it!
And I actually did worry about that security guard watching me! God forbid I was peeling off the price - cos that, often as not, isn't there either!
oh rant rant rant jauntie ...
Calm down J, haven't you got plenty of time on your hands being a lady of leisure? Time to peel the stickers off? :) _______________________________________________________
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yes, DG I imagined that was the case, but someone hasn't told the sticker people to stick it somewhere else on the jar or bottle ... SOMEONE has told them to stick it over what *I* want to read!!!!
I'm about to tell them WHERE to stick it.
See what I'm getting at? There is plenty room elsewhere and it isn't just on any old bottle or any old jar in any old supermarket - it seems to be everywhere .......... JUST TO ANNOY ME !! lol
Now you know why people in the middle east are fat....lol
But seriously J, point taken. The Arabic stickers have the ingredients listed and not the nutritional info. It is annoying when they are stuck over the nutritional info...
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I am, I'm wicked that way...but only to people who can take it ;)
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the stickers don't look like facts and figures ....
OH you NAUGHTY girl - you are teasing me !!!!!! lmao
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Jauntie, think you'll have to learn Arabic so you can understand what the sticker says ;)_______________________________________________________
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