During the course of the investigation, our mystery shoppers took delivery of items that were already out of date by the time they were delivered, groceries that were within their use-by date, but looked inedible, and one item with an illegible use-by date. A&P Looks To Close 32 Stores, Unveils New Management Team, Seeks Re-Org Extension" (Press release). Best Met. March 2011 . Retrieved 2016-03-14. Meanwhile, a beetroot salad from Sainsbury's had an illegible use-by date - making it impossible to know if it was safe to eat. On July 20, 2015, A&P announced that it was filing for bankruptcy for a second time. The company liquidated in late 2015, selling as many stores as possible to competitors, and closing the remainder. During this process, all Superfresh stores were either closed or rebannered as Acme or ShopRite.

An Iceland spokesperson added, 'These findings are not reflective of our approach to providing the freshest products possible.'Which? has launched an Affordable Food for All campaign after it found millions of families are skipping meals to survive the cost of living crisis. On April 13, 2011, A&P announced plans to close or sell 25 additional SuperFresh stores: 22 in Maryland, 2 in Delaware (Dover and Milford), and the only store in Washington, D.C. [6] These supermarkets closed by July 15 and were replaced by Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, ShopRite, and Fresh & Green's. The name previously belonged to a chain of stores run by A&P, based largely in the cities and suburbs of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington DC.

Aldi is the only in-store supermarket to have been named a WRP this year. It came joint-second with Waitrose was the highest-rated for value for money along with fellow discounter Lidl – both were got four stars out of five. Aldi received five stars for value for money last year, but no supermarket did this time. In February 2016, Key Food Stores acquired the trademark and rights to the SuperFresh brand name during the A&P bankruptcy auction. [8] On March 11, 2016, Key Food relaunched the SuperFresh brand from their location in Paterson, New Jersey, formerly a Food Basics. For supermarket groceries, it is the responsibility of manufacturers to make sure products are suitably labelled. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) says dates must be based on robust evidence.

Ocado customers were impressed with its range of products, the availability of its delivery slots and its customer service at delivery, awarding it five stars for these measures. Aldi has also passed our tests on a range of behind-the-scenes measures including food safety, nutritional labelling and improving access to affordable food. We asked both in-store and online shoppers about value for money, and the quality of own-label and fresh products.