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!LICE 'IBBS $EPUTY .EWS %DITOR 4HE 3TUDENT 5NION KNOWINGLY SOLD CIDER DURING &RESHERSg 7EEK WHICH WAS PAST ITS @BEST BEFORE DATE #ONTROVERSY WAS SPARKED AT THE :ANE ,OWE EVENT IN THE ,#2 ON 4HURSDAY TH 3EPTEMBER WHEN PARTY GOERS WERE SURPRISED TO l ND BOTTLES OF (ERRLJUNGA 3WEDISH 0EAR #IDER BEING SOLD FOR ONLY a EACH .EWS OF THE CHEAP PRICE SPREAD RAP IDLY AND MANY STUDENTS BOUGHT IN BULK TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE UNPRECEDENTED DISCOUNT OF A DRINK WHICH USUALLY RETAILS AT a 3OME WITNESSES REPORT UP TO AS MANY AS l FTEEN BOTTLES BEING BOUGHT IN ONE TRANSACTION (OWEVER A FEW DRINKERS SUFl CIENTLY SOBER ENOUGH TO SPOT THE SMALL PRINT ON THE BOTTLE TOPS SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE CIDER WAS
OVER A MONTH PAST ITS @BEST BEFORE DATE /N RETURNING TO THE BAR THEY WERE GIVEN A FULL REFUND BY STAFF YET IT IS REPORTED THAT THE SAME CIDER CONTINUED TO BE SOLD THROUGH OUT THE EVENING 4HE STOCK WAS l NALLY TAKEN OFF THE SHELVES OF CAMPUS BARS ON 3ATURDAY TH 3EPTEMBER BUT THE INCIDENT HAS RAISED CONCERN OVER THE 5NION S CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY )N A STATEMENT MADE TO #ONCRETE 5NION REPRESENTATIVES DEFENDED THEIR ACTIONS h7HILST THE SALE OF STOCK AFTER ITS @BEST BEFORE DATE IS NOT PROHIB ITED BY LAW UNLIKE THE SALE OF STOCK AFTER ITS @SELL BY DATE THE 5NION S ;BAR= POLICY IS NOT TO SELL STOCK AFTER EITHER DATE )N ORDER TO AVOID WASTE THIS IS ACHIEVED BY HEAVILY DIS COUNTING THE PRICE OF STOCK NEARING EITHER DATE
h!S SOON AS THE 5NION S 'ENERAL -ANAGER WAS MADE AWARE THAT SOME STOCK HAD BEEN SOLD AFTER ITS @BEST BEFORE DATE ALL OF THE BOTTLE STOCK WAS EXAMINED AND BOTTLES WITH @BEST BEFORE DATES THAT HAD PASSED WERE WITHDRAWN FROM SALE v 4HE 5NION HAS ALSO ISSUED AN OFl CIAL APOLOGY TO THOSE WHO FEEL UPSET BY THE INCIDENT AND HAS PLEDGED TO REVIEW STOCK CHECKING PROCEDURES 9ET CORRESPONDENCE WITH (ERRLJUNGA S LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR #HECKPRICE ,TD HAS REVEALED A CONTRARY ACCOUNT OF THE 5NION S STATED POLICY ! REPRESENTATIVE FORM THE COM PANY TOLD #ONCRETE h4HE 5NION KNEW IT WAS BUYING CIDER THAT WAS BEYOND ITS @BEST BEFORE DATE 4HEY BOUGHT IT AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE PRE CISELY BECAUSE OF THAT v
(E SAID h.OTHING HAPPENS TO THE CIDER )T IS A PURE PRODUCT WHICH REMAINS SAFE TO CONSUME UP TO EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER THE LA BELLED DATE v #ONCRETE ASKED THE 5NION TO COMMENT IN LIGHT OF WHAT THE SUP PLIERS HAD TOLD US (OWEVER THE 5NION REFUSED TO COMMENT FURTHER CITING AN hONGOING INVESTIGATIONv INTO THE SALE !LTHOUGH THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CIDER ITSELF STU DENTS WHO WERE SOLD IT AT THE :ANE ,OWE EVENT ARE ANNOYED WITH HOW THE 5NION HANDLED THE SITUATION /NE UNDERGRADUATE COMMENT ED h) EAT AND DRINK THINGS BEYOND THEIR @BEST BEFORE DATE ALL THE TIME BUT ) DON T EXPECT TO BE SOLD IT AT THE 5NION BARS )F THEY KNEW IT WAS OUT OF DATE THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT A NOTICE UP SAYING WHY IT WAS DIS COUNTED v
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