A Muffin Break store is at the centre of scandal today, after a manager allegedly slammed employees for throwing away out-of-date meat; confessing she was tired of removing it from bins – apparently in order to keep selling it to customers.
The messages, published by the Courier-Mail newspaper, were purportedly from a Queensland store manager.
‘The price of a bag of shaved ham are $10.25, times 2 are $20.25 (sic) was been ready to wasted,’ the message states.
‘I took them out from bin still trying to use it, but should I always doing this? Is it right thing to do? Of coarse (sic) not! But anyone ready to pay for $20.50?
‘There are lots of stuff has been wasted like this way, however this shop really can’t afford this waste anymore.’
The message allegedly included a threat that staff who didn’t comply would lose shifts.
The teen whistle blower told the paper: ‘I don’t want anyone to lose their job, but I’d rather someone lose their job and customers be safe than a customer gets ill.’
Muffin Break has launched an investigation, and stated the alleged practices outlined in the story have no place in the company.
‘Muffin Break is committed to the highest standards of food safety and workplace health and safety, and we do not condone these alleged practices,’ the company said in a statement.
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