Expired biscuits go for a song

PEOPLE in Katutura have been flocking to the Woermann Brock supermarket at the old Black Chain complex to cash in on a special sale of expired biscuits and damaged goods.

The so-called combo of four boxes of different biscuits is sold for a mere N$19,99. The sale started on Saturday. According to the trainee manager, who did not want to give his name to The Namibian, most of the items on sale just have damaged packaging. He admitted that some of the biscuits were past their sell-by date, but added that the biscuits could still be consumed safely four months after the expiry date.He said they were doing nothing wrong since the customers were informed that the biscuits had expired.However, Konrad Schwieger the retailer’s marketing manager, condemned the sale of expired goods and said that the managers at the shop were instructed to immediately stop selling expired goods. Schwieger said they were investigating the matter internally.’I can assure you that this will be dealt with properly. Should you know of anyone who has been affected negatively, please let them contact me directly as soon as possible,’ he said.When The Namibian visited the shop on Tuesday, there was a long queue of people wanting to cash in on the sale.A customer who spoke on condition of anonymity said Woermann Brock was putting people’s lives at risk by selling expired food.’People are taking a big risk because these biscuits are cheap and they are going to consume a lot of it. The more you eat the more risk you are taking,’ the customer said.Another customer, Timoteus Haukongo, said he didn’t think the retailer was doing anything wrong because he was told that the biscuits were past their sell-by date.Approached for comment, the City of Windhoek’s manager for corporate communications, Joshua Amukugo, promised that the municipality would investigate the sale of expired biscuits.

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