Waitrose telling me how many calories I can have!

How dare they! Ok, tell us if the calories are high but they have no right to dictate. I would have walked out!

I would of good them to stick it and gone else where .

Meant to say told them but my computer changed it . Another thing that thinks you can't think for yourself .

They need to concentrate on the younger generations.
Knee jerk reaction from Waitrose
Implement it right from the foundation
If I remember correctly wasnt the chef Oliver
trying to do this sometime ago ..

Oh dear that is so patronizing, I’m sure will soon stop. After all if they are so health conscious don’t sell pies and chips. But to sell them and then have the audacity tell people they are wrong! It’s like how they withdrew their 5p bags (the 5p didn’t go to them) and sell bin liners for twice as much. Why not invest the money in degradable plastic bags or paper ones or perhaps deducting money for reusing. Instead they sell paper caddy liners at 17.5p each. It’s the hypocrisy that grates. I love the free guardian though.

Are they planning to inspect our trolleys at the till and remove items if they think we have too many unhealthy products?

Can’t test it out as our local Waitrose has closed. Another sign of the John Lewis Partnership losing it’s way. Written advice on nutrition and calories is fine but policing what you eat is certainly not. Another indication of our ‘nanny’ state?

I have been in a few Waitrose cafes - not many - and have yet to see one that serves chips; is this a new thing? (Strictly speaking of course, it seems Waitrose doesn't serve chips ) This is incredible situation - what happens if the customer insists? Is that person escorted from the premises, or forced to have a salad?

Sometimes I think I’m living on another planet

Certain people have a greater calorific demand eg third trimester pregnancy, post surgery, certain thyroid conditions - are they factoring in those additional calorie demands. Not everyone fits the mould.
Also, if I want a highly calorific meal when I feel like it why the he'll shouldn't I. Most days I don't eat anywhere near 2000 kcal.

ladymuck

No, we do not live in a dictatorship.

gagsy
me too I said to my DH the other day that I felt I no longer could fit in with the world they way things are evolving.

Waitrose (and its partner, John Lewis) is/are in severe financial trouble and this virtue signalling will be part of the reason why. They refuse to give even ecologically acceptable paper bags though they are willing to sell a plastic bag to whoever wants one. In the case of my last shopping trip - where I brought my own bags - everyone ahead of me bought new bags.

Additionally, they are pushing 'Veganuary' (with its associated massive profit margins compared to those of meat products) and most of the food ends up being neglected and yellow stickered.

Their well publicised spat with their food magazine editor, William Sitwell, whom they fired for teasing a vegan exposed their soi disant 'principles'.

As for telling paying customers what to eat in their cafe, words fail me.

They are a business and they should be listening to their cutomers not preaching to them. If they carry on in this way they will fail.

I am still
You say he could have bought a regular meal and stuck a portion of chips on the side?
Why didn’t he?
But unless I have totally misunderstood, you also say Pie and chips was not on the menu so , why ask for it?

NotAGran55 please read my post carefully as that is exactly my point! Pie and chips was not on the menu - then why ask for it?
You also say he could have ordered a regular meal with a side order of chips - why not do that then?
(Say that the pie was for him and the chips for you)

I am still totally

(Apologies for double posting, the first didn’t show when I first checked )

The only similar thing I have experienced was in M & S in Dublin a few years ago when the assistant in the coffee shop refused to let me have an extra shot in my coffee because “all that caffeine isn’t good for you”. Left me a bit gobsmacked.

yes the same happened to me I asked for chips instead of mash and was told the same. Told them I would therefore go else where. I am going to go on the website and complain. I did this about having to pay 10p for an extra butter with my tea cake and got a result. So heres hoping. Blinky cheek eating out is a treat and I will not be told by a shop that sells cream cakes etc what I can eat. Rant over.

Has someone been reading George Orwell?

If you're on Twitter, put up a message there so they can answer with a reason why they are doing this. I can't quite believe it!

I have just returned from my local Waitrose having collected a click & collect JL parcel .
I enquired about this at the Cafe there and the 2 assistants were totally bemused and hadn’t heard of this . They asked what branch had been doing this and looked amazed ..

Until today I didn’t even realise that Waitrose sold pie , mash or chips! Must open my eyes more .

My reaction would have been direct me to your manager.

Yes it's all a bit Orwellian. Or Kafkaesque.

Still can't find a link though so wondering whether it's all a big wind up.

If I want chips as an alternative then there is a reason for asking, if they are part of a menu as a side dish I see no problem. Some people may have dietary requirements that exclude the fat used to mix the mash. To be told No would result in my leaving the premises and a follow up letter to the manager and an e mail to head office. If the chips are being produced in the kitchen then why refuse a customer

I usually have the quiche and salad!
No potatoes.

Are the meals all calorie counted on the board? I can't remember.