Is Countdown more worried about woke than food safety (and furries)?
Jordan Kelly • 13 February 2024

Rats & Mice Found on Food in Countdown Stores

In a recent post - https://www.thecustomer.co.nz/shape-up-countdown - I commented on Countdown seemingly being more concerned with unnecessarily intimidating customers with absurd in-store loudspeaker announcements than the chain is about food quality.


New reports of rats and mice in fridges and running across open delicatessen food in at least two South Island Countdown stores, serve to underscore my point . . . and extend it to actual food safety.


I'll let you read the reports (and see the photos and video) for yourself:


Food Safety body to look at Woolworths' pest management after vermin spotted | RNZ News


South Dunedin Countdown to remain closed as 20 further rats caught since Friday | RNZ News  (20 rats in one store . . . and they weren't the "woke" breed of "furry" either; they were the real thing)


First Union: Rats in Dunedin South Countdown a health and safety issue | RNZ News  (MPI:  "Shoppers could be buying contaminated food.")


Come on, Countdown Corporate:  Less of the focus on initimidating your customers with woke bullshit, and more focus on making sure you don't sicken them with bad food.

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