best before this day after this date not the best but still pretty good there are
people trying to get your money and it's not just the irs here are 15 of the sneakiest
food business tactics you never noticed scamming you combos aren't always saving you money 100
43 take the one from the zero wait you may order a combo rather than a selection
of different items and you may figure you're getting a decent price right yes
many combos nowadays are actually priced the same as their a la carte counterpart and sometimes
even more however there is a clever way to game the system by creating your own combination deal
using the value menus you can create a combo from value menu options and come out with a
seriously great deal things aren't always what they seem here have an avocado yay more than a few
burrito businesses have been caught using avocado paste rather than real avocados in their guacamole
a former subway employee also pointed out that the light and regular mayonnaise are the same and
according to one burger chain employee it could be your decaf coffee that's actually been keeping you
up at night because it's not actually decaf excuse me that better be decaf sneaky tactics indeed
healthy menu items aren't usually so healthy hey is that healthy food fast
food restaurants are increasingly offering healthier alternatives but are they actually
that much healthier a salad is one of the most common menu options that appears to be healthy
especially when compared to other items on a fast food menu a big mac at mcdonald's has 540 calories
whereas a southwest buttermilk crispy chicken salad has 520. ron would you like some salad
since i am not a rabbit no i do not what appears to be a healthier alternative only has 20 fewer
calories than a burger and just as much fats and sodium delivery tracking isn't very accurate
pizza time you're late have you ever placed an online pizza order and received your food much
later than expected according to one pizza chain employee this is because certain staff can add
information to make it look like the item is in a different step of the process than it really is
rather than showing your food's true location staff are able to make it appear like your food
is on the way when it really hasn't even left the restaurant yet liar so what's the point of
tracking your food if the information could be false why even go to the trouble drive-through
customers are served first what is taking so long i wasted all day you could assume it's faster to
get out of your car and place an order inside because everyone uses the drive through yeah
that's what you wish steve people have discovered that not all orders are processed equally thanks
to a few individuals investigation efforts customers who order through the drive-through
are given priority over customers who order inside the fast food restaurants drive-through usually
makes up the bulk of customers and lines of cars take up more room than lines of people so the cars
gotta keep moving if you go in to order your food you'll be served between employees getting orders
ready for the drive-through adding items to your order why would you do that unless you're trying
to trick me somehow the whole purpose of fast food is that it's quick and easy so you're probably not
scrutinizing every item on the bill according to a news article one guy in illinois discovered this
after visiting a panera and discovering a weird nine dollar charge on his receipt unacceptable
when he brought it up to panera personnel they had no idea why the fee had been imposed and provided
him with some doughnuts as compensation if this has happened to you the employee may claim that
it was a mistake and that they would never add on any extra items on purpose however it can be very
hard to prove otherwise and it will most likely be your word against the staff and management which
in most cases will get you nowhere extra topping charges money money money money
extra pickles no ketchup more honey mustard the possibilities are unlimited when the orders become
too elaborate though things may get ugly a 5 million class action lawsuit was launched
against mcdonald's in 2018 because consumers claimed they paid for cheese they didn't ask for
on their quarter pounder sandwiches customers may choose between a sandwich with or without cheese
when ordering online but not while ordering in person according to the lawsuit customers have
been forced and are continuously overcharged for these items by being compelled to pay for two
slices of cheese that they do not want in order to be allowed to purchase their preferred product
no just come home no if you're ever conflicted about needing to pay extra for a topping ask to
talk with a manager grilled food may not actually be cooked that way same same but different
employees at fast food restaurants seldom turn burgers or chicken on a genuine grill
as they would at a neighborhood barbecue so what gives grilled menu dishes their
authenticity pre-cooked grilled menu items arrive at the restaurant locations with char
marks to resemble truly grilled cuisine easy peasy many of the chain restaurants and fast
food locations are guilty of this practice as it makes their food look more appealing and
allows them to market their items better some food may be expired no expiration date on this
there is now so we've come to terms with the fact that the bulk of our fast food has been frozen
we can deal with that but expired that's not acceptable customers were frequently provided food
that was over its expiration date according to fast food staff from various fast food businesses
according to a former sandwich shop employee frozen meat may be served for up to seven days
after defrosting rather than the standard three why the restaurant owner and area manager would
regularly force staff to keep serving the food for up to seven days in order to save money another
subway employee said that expiry dates were put to the test for weeks not just days food expiry dates
were frequently changed so that something would not have to be thrown out this might not seem
like a big concern for a few days but food would stay around for weeks which could result in some
serious cases of food poisoning container sizes are often a lie large black coffee do you mean
a venti no i mean consider the argument between the cup and the bowl you may order your soups in
a bowl or cup at panera with the presumption that the bowl of soup is larger and the cup is smaller
one customer pointed out that the amount of soup you get in the end is the same though what the cup
and bowl of soup were exactly the same size people would pay extra for a bowl and receive the same
cup of soup that would be served in a cup the only difference the cup is taller and narrower at the
base than the bowl fake fish a pirate well that's hardly the image we want for long john silvers
a report from new york was released detailing the high levels of seafood fraud seen in stores
throughout the region it's known as species substitution and it essentially works like this
you go to a supermarket and purchase a costly high quality white fish such as red snapper
which can run you up to 23. per pound since most whitefish appears the same once it's
been cleaned and cut into fillets retailers and restaurants can sell you practically anything
instead of the 23 red snapper you might actually have tilefish tilapia or some unknown farmed asian
catfish that cost two to three dollars per pound the difference is kept by the vendor
i'm rich i'm rich this actually occurs more than nine out of ten times with red snapper
this type of bait and switch is considerably easier to pull off in restaurants in which
the fish is frequently fried and served with sauce breading seasoning or some
other disguise another finding was that over a quarter of the more expensive more attractive
and perhaps healthier wild salmon was found to be farmed for years comparable investigations
have produced similarly horrifying outcomes all around the country fake organic foods
a series of articles in 2017 exposed how massive amounts of grains mostly corn and soybeans were
being fraudulently classified as organic and entering the country a 36 million ton
soybean shipment turned organic only after arriving in the united states boosting its
market worth by millions but preserving all of the pesticides and other non-organic ingredients
the shipments accounted for six percent of annual corn imports and four percent of soybean imports
which some believe might just be the tip of the iceberg worse yet most of this ends up in
animal feed which in turn results in meats being mislabeled as organic compounding the situation
yikes that's a recipe for disappointment this isn't to suggest you should never buy organic
but you really should exercise more caution you won't detect a change in flavor with many other
items which makes things even harder to trust show your support by hitting that like button we do
appreciate it now let's keep going the show goes on fake sushi oh no a sushi price sushi is one of
the few examples of a chef-prepared food-related scam yes you can run into problems with extra
virgin olive oil various fish and champagne at retail locations and when eating out but few
people make their own sushi at home almost all of it is ordered and not prepared by the ones eating
it according to several studies sushi restaurants have the worst track record for deception with the
great majority having at least one mislabeled item on their menu nobu was the only restaurant out of
a vast sample of new york city sushi eateries of different price ranges to come out on top
for accuracy these investigation findings are alarming sushi fraud is so common that
it's difficult to escape it except at top tier restaurants like nobu and highly expensive little
omakase restaurants that bring in their seafood daily but here are a few pointers when you see
white tuna on a sushi menu as you frequently do it's usually a red flag trust me when i say this
there really is no such thing as white tuna which appears to have been created by the sushi business
worse many times when dna testing is done white tuna isn't even any type of tuna in the sushi
world the same species replacement is common in general nigiri style is a better option than rolls
fake olive oil anchovy fillets and virgin olive oil olive oil has had more negative publicity for
fraud and fakery than any other food over the last three decades culminating in a major investigation
a few years ago that drew national attention the positive side was that things appeared to have
improved on multiple fronts as a consequence of all this attention following the investigation and
widespread coverage congress directed the fda to increase inspections of imported olive oil which
makes up the vast majority of olive oil in the united states and a recent fda investigation found
no evidence of fraud when checking 88 randomly selected domestic olive oil samples in the united
states consumers who are better informed can purchase high quality extra virgin olive oil
which is now available in more places and outlets olive oil fraud happens when you are duped into
paying a high price for inferior quality this is both a flavor and a health hazard because true
extra virgin olive oil is both wonderfully tasty and one of the healthiest oils available and when
it's not real you lose both of those advantages no god the extra virgin olive oil debate has
reappeared but this time it's because it's season's olive crop was extremely low in important
oil-producing countries such as portugal greece and italy the world's top suppliers of olive oil
in 2018 italian production fell by approximately 60 percent reaching a record low as a result olive
oil prices have risen which usually encourages cheating fake wines and sparkling alcohol i'd like
your eight dollarist bottle of wine please many of the so-called champagne brunches unfortunately
don't always serve up real champagne the problem however is much more severe than bogus brunch
menus the notion that wine names have genuine meaning extends back hundreds of years and
even predates the wine business in the united states entirely for example burgundy is more
than simply a region of france it has a thorough and intricate legal and quality definition when
it comes to red wine red burgundy for example may be prepared from nothing but 100 pinot noir
grapes harvested in specific locations deemed to be of high quality but when it comes to champagne
we may be dealing with the world's most quality controlled food product not only must the grapes
be produced in certain designated high quality zones but rules also dictate how deep they must
be planted what types may be used and even who is permitted to trim them every step of the process
including bottle fermentation and long-term aging is meticulously supervised there is no such thing
as terrible genuine champagne because of its highly controlled quality none of this applies
to imitation bubbly created legally in the united states which unlike champagne does not have to be
made from decent grapes fermented in the bottle or aged at all the widely held belief that
champagne can only originate from france is usually the case while the u.s version is usually
labeled as sparkling wine you have to take notice of where that bottle of bubbly was made but it's
not only champagne burgundy chianti port and a slew of other wines that are known for being from
a certain region in a specific nation and created under specific standards are also something that
you have to watch out for think about it even domestic wines are rife with consumer deception
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