We've all been there. You're at the grocery store, searching for the perfect piece of meat to cook for dinner tonight. You finally find what looks like the perfect cut and, after carefully inspecting it from all angles, you put it in your shopping trolley and continue on your way.

But when you get home and start preparing your meal, you make a horrifying discovery – that beautiful piece of meat isn't as good as it looked in-store! Suddenly, what was supposed to be a nice evening turns into a disaster.

Unfortunately for one Queensland shopper, that's exactly what happened when she brought home a pack of lamb chops from Woolworths. And she was so disgusted by what she found that she took to social media to warn others about it.

On her Facebook page, the customer shared a photo of a pack of 900-gram Lamb Mid Loin Chops that she purchased from her local Woolies store.

The customer shared this image to demonstrate how the meat tray looked with the label attached. Credit: Facebook.

While the tray of meat initially appears to contain several perfectly cut pieces of lamb, the customer claimed that when she peeled back the plastic film, she was dismayed to find that there was a large piece of fatty meat hiding among the meat.

She complained that since Woolies usually hides the 'off-cuts' somewhere in their meat products, she ends up with meat that is much fattier than she needs.

'The old "Let's hide the crappy meat under the label trick”,' she wrote on her Facebook post. ‘Do better, Woolworths. The cost to feed ourselves is hard enough.’

A Woolworths spokesperson has already released a statement regarding the incident, saying that the supermarket is disappointed by the customer's experience.

The spokesperson said: 'We pride ourselves on providing high-quality meat cuts to our customers, and we're disappointed to see this.'

'If our customers are ever disappointed with the quality of our fresh meat, we encourage them to return it to their local store to receive a replacement or a refund.'

The customer insisted that one chop with excessive amounts of fat had been placed under the meat label. Credit: Facebook.

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths customer has taken aim at the supermarket giant over a recent meat purchase.
• The customer claims that one lamb chop which had considerably more fat than the other pieces had been placed under the meat product’s label.
• Woolworths is disappointed by the shopper’s experience and is keen to investigate the matter with its meat supply partner.

It should be noted, however, that Woolworths and other supermarkets around Australia utilise automation to properly position and affix labels on packages of meat, which is possibly why the lamb chop ended up appearing to be hidden and partially covered by the label.

What are your thoughts on this? Should brands be more accountable for the quality of their products and should the issue with Woolworths' meat be taken seriously? Let us know your opinions in the comments below!

 

[Dinky Diz]

I don’t buy meat from the supermarkets if I can help it I use the local butcher at least you can see what you are paying for and if you don’t like what you are getter you can always complain.

 

[Earth child]

Buy from a butcher and support small businesses whenever you can or they will disappear.
Supermarkets that sell lamb forequarter chops put nice pieces on top and fatty meat underneath.

 

[Hella59]

We've all been there. You're at the grocery store, searching for the perfect piece of meat to cook for dinner tonight. You finally find what looks like the perfect cut and, after carefully inspecting it from all angles, you put it in your shopping trolley and continue on your way.

But when you get home and start preparing your meal, you make a horrifying discovery – that beautiful piece of meat isn't as good as it looked in-store! Suddenly, what was supposed to be a nice evening turns into a disaster.

Unfortunately for one Queensland shopper, that's exactly what happened when she brought home a pack of lamb chops from Woolworths. And she was so disgusted by what she found that she took to social media to warn others about it.

On her Facebook page, the customer shared a photo of a pack of 900-gram Lamb Mid Loin Chops that she purchased from her local Woolies store.

The customer shared this image to demonstrate how the meat tray looked with the label attached. Credit: Facebook.

While the tray of meat initially appears to contain several perfectly cut pieces of lamb, the customer claimed that when she peeled back the plastic film, she was dismayed to find that there was a large piece of fatty meat hiding among the meat.

She complained that since Woolies usually hides the 'off-cuts' somewhere in their meat products, she ends up with meat that is much fattier than she needs.

'The old "Let's hide the crappy meat under the label trick”,' she wrote on her Facebook post. ‘Do better, Woolworths. The cost to feed ourselves is hard enough.’

A Woolworths spokesperson has already released a statement regarding the incident, saying that the supermarket is disappointed by the customer's experience.

The spokesperson said: 'We pride ourselves on providing high-quality meat cuts to our customers, and we're disappointed to see this.'

'If our customers are ever disappointed with the quality of our fresh meat, we encourage them to return it to their local store to receive a replacement or a refund.'

The customer insisted that one chop with excessive amounts of fat had been placed under the meat label. Credit: Facebook.

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths customer has taken aim at the supermarket giant over a recent meat purchase.
• The customer claims that one lamb chop which had considerably more fat than the other pieces had been placed under the meat product’s label.
• Woolworths is disappointed by the shopper’s experience and is keen to investigate the matter with its meat supply partner.

It should be noted, however, that Woolworths and other supermarkets around Australia utilise automation to properly position and affix labels on packages of meat, which is possibly why the lamb chop ended up appearing to be hidden and partially covered by the label.

What are your thoughts on this? Should brands be more accountable for the quality of their products and should the issue with Woolworths' meat be taken seriously? Let us know your opinions in the comments below!

This is common practice amongst retailers. You have to be very careful to check under the label and the bottom layers too.

We've all been there. You're at the grocery store, searching for the perfect piece of meat to cook for dinner tonight. You finally find what looks like the perfect cut and, after carefully inspecting it from all angles, you put it in your shopping trolley and continue on your way.

But when you get home and start preparing your meal, you make a horrifying discovery – that beautiful piece of meat isn't as good as it looked in-store! Suddenly, what was supposed to be a nice evening turns into a disaster.

Unfortunately for one Queensland shopper, that's exactly what happened when she brought home a pack of lamb chops from Woolworths. And she was so disgusted by what she found that she took to social media to warn others about it.

On her Facebook page, the customer shared a photo of a pack of 900-gram Lamb Mid Loin Chops that she purchased from her local Woolies store.

The customer shared this image to demonstrate how the meat tray looked with the label attached. Credit: Facebook.

While the tray of meat initially appears to contain several perfectly cut pieces of lamb, the customer claimed that when she peeled back the plastic film, she was dismayed to find that there was a large piece of fatty meat hiding among the meat.

She complained that since Woolies usually hides the 'off-cuts' somewhere in their meat products, she ends up with meat that is much fattier than she needs.

'The old "Let's hide the crappy meat under the label trick”,' she wrote on her Facebook post. ‘Do better, Woolworths. The cost to feed ourselves is hard enough.’

A Woolworths spokesperson has already released a statement regarding the incident, saying that the supermarket is disappointed by the customer's experience.

The spokesperson said: 'We pride ourselves on providing high-quality meat cuts to our customers, and we're disappointed to see this.'

'If our customers are ever disappointed with the quality of our fresh meat, we encourage them to return it to their local store to receive a replacement or a refund.'

The customer insisted that one chop with excessive amounts of fat had been placed under the meat label. Credit: Facebook.

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths customer has taken aim at the supermarket giant over a recent meat purchase.
• The customer claims that one lamb chop which had considerably more fat than the other pieces had been placed under the meat product’s label.
• Woolworths is disappointed by the shopper’s experience and is keen to investigate the matter with its meat supply partner.

It should be noted, however, that Woolworths and other supermarkets around Australia utilise automation to properly position and affix labels on packages of meat, which is possibly why the lamb chop ended up appearing to be hidden and partially covered by the label.

What are your thoughts on this? Should brands be more accountable for the quality of their products and should the issue with Woolworths' meat be taken seriously? Let us know your opinions in the comments below!

This is common practice amongst retailers! You have to check under the label and the bottom of the trays as well if there are 2 layers of meat.

 

[elliv31]

We've all been there. You're at the grocery store, searching for the perfect piece of meat to cook for dinner tonight. You finally find what looks like the perfect cut and, after carefully inspecting it from all angles, you put it in your shopping trolley and continue on your way.

But when you get home and start preparing your meal, you make a horrifying discovery – that beautiful piece of meat isn't as good as it looked in-store! Suddenly, what was supposed to be a nice evening turns into a disaster.

Unfortunately for one Queensland shopper, that's exactly what happened when she brought home a pack of lamb chops from Woolworths. And she was so disgusted by what she found that she took to social media to warn others about it.

On her Facebook page, the customer shared a photo of a pack of 900-gram Lamb Mid Loin Chops that she purchased from her local Woolies store.

The customer shared this image to demonstrate how the meat tray looked with the label attached. Credit: Facebook.

While the tray of meat initially appears to contain several perfectly cut pieces of lamb, the customer claimed that when she peeled back the plastic film, she was dismayed to find that there was a large piece of fatty meat hiding among the meat.

She complained that since Woolies usually hides the 'off-cuts' somewhere in their meat products, she ends up with meat that is much fattier than she needs.

'The old "Let's hide the crappy meat under the label trick”,' she wrote on her Facebook post. ‘Do better, Woolworths. The cost to feed ourselves is hard enough.’

A Woolworths spokesperson has already released a statement regarding the incident, saying that the supermarket is disappointed by the customer's experience.

The spokesperson said: 'We pride ourselves on providing high-quality meat cuts to our customers, and we're disappointed to see this.'

'If our customers are ever disappointed with the quality of our fresh meat, we encourage them to return it to their local store to receive a replacement or a refund.'

The customer insisted that one chop with excessive amounts of fat had been placed under the meat label. Credit: Facebook.

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths customer has taken aim at the supermarket giant over a recent meat purchase.
• The customer claims that one lamb chop which had considerably more fat than the other pieces had been placed under the meat product’s label.
• Woolworths is disappointed by the shopper’s experience and is keen to investigate the matter with its meat supply partner.

It should be noted, however, that Woolworths and other supermarkets around Australia utilise automation to properly position and affix labels on packages of meat, which is possibly why the lamb chop ended up appearing to be hidden and partially covered by the label.

What are your thoughts on this? Should brands be more accountable for the quality of their products and should the issue with Woolworths' meat be taken seriously? Let us know your opinions in the comments below!

Have been caught numerous times like this but also get even more annoyed when you buy a nice roast and you are paying for all the water in the 'keep moist' bag. Agree with some others, if possible, go to a reputable butcher.

 

[Lizzie1149]

Couple of thing here. Lamb should have a bit of at on it. The other chops in the photo are quite lean compared to most lamb chops you buy in the shops. Also I always turn the pack over and if the label goes all the way round see if I can see what is covered by the label. Lamb in Australia is for the most part grass fed out in paddocks. They may put them into a barn for the last bit and feed them on silage but any lamb is pretty good to buy even from the supermarkets. I gave up on the local butcher as there is only one (if I want choice of butchers I have to do a 120km round trip) here and his prices went up to a point where I could not afford is meat

 

[Tarlord69r]

We've all been there. You're at the grocery store, searching for the perfect piece of meat to cook for dinner tonight. You finally find what looks like the perfect cut and, after carefully inspecting it from all angles, you put it in your shopping trolley and continue on your way.

But when you get home and start preparing your meal, you make a horrifying discovery – that beautiful piece of meat isn't as good as it looked in-store! Suddenly, what was supposed to be a nice evening turns into a disaster.

Unfortunately for one Queensland shopper, that's exactly what happened when she brought home a pack of lamb chops from Woolworths. And she was so disgusted by what she found that she took to social media to warn others about it.

On her Facebook page, the customer shared a photo of a pack of 900-gram Lamb Mid Loin Chops that she purchased from her local Woolies store.

The customer shared this image to demonstrate how the meat tray looked with the label attached. Credit: Facebook.

While the tray of meat initially appears to contain several perfectly cut pieces of lamb, the customer claimed that when she peeled back the plastic film, she was dismayed to find that there was a large piece of fatty meat hiding among the meat.

She complained that since Woolies usually hides the 'off-cuts' somewhere in their meat products, she ends up with meat that is much fattier than she needs.

'The old "Let's hide the crappy meat under the label trick”,' she wrote on her Facebook post. ‘Do better, Woolworths. The cost to feed ourselves is hard enough.’

A Woolworths spokesperson has already released a statement regarding the incident, saying that the supermarket is disappointed by the customer's experience.

The spokesperson said: 'We pride ourselves on providing high-quality meat cuts to our customers, and we're disappointed to see this.'

'If our customers are ever disappointed with the quality of our fresh meat, we encourage them to return it to their local store to receive a replacement or a refund.'

The customer insisted that one chop with excessive amounts of fat had been placed under the meat label. Credit: Facebook.

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths customer has taken aim at the supermarket giant over a recent meat purchase.
• The customer claims that one lamb chop which had considerably more fat than the other pieces had been placed under the meat product’s label.
• Woolworths is disappointed by the shopper’s experience and is keen to investigate the matter with its meat supply partner.

It should be noted, however, that Woolworths and other supermarkets around Australia utilise automation to properly position and affix labels on packages of meat, which is possibly why the lamb chop ended up appearing to be hidden and partially covered by the label.

What are your thoughts on this? Should brands be more accountable for the quality of their products and should the issue with Woolworths' meat be taken seriously? Let us know your opinions in the comments below!

I've noticed certain meats are full of gristle & tough. Some of their meat's disgusting & I won't eat it & throw it out. Their meat has gone downhill

 

[Lizzie1149]

I've noticed certain meats are full of gristle & tough. Some of their meat's disgusting & I won't eat it & throw it out. Their meat has gone downhill

If you buy oyster blade steak it is cheaper but does have a bit of gristle in it. I just pick through the packs to make sure I get ones with as little as possible. Also porterhouse and sirloin can have a line of gristle down the back of the piece

 

[Tarlord69r]

Pork as well can be tough as shoe leather

 

[Ricci]

I have just about given up buying meat. Not for any righteous reason other than it's priced itself right out of my shopping trolley! These days unless it has a markdown sticker on it I don't even look at it.

 

[Mistydolphin1]

What is really p.....g me off is the extremely tough chicken these days. Most of us dow not have time to go through the whole tenderising road, when you are busy you need something you can just throw in a pan and cook. The meat is just as bad at Woolworths, l have found Coles meats are much more tender and better cut.

 

[Petra]

I love meat with fat on it

 

[Kayer02]

This seems to have been common practice with most supermarkets for years. We no longer purchase meat from them. We know it is dearer, however we don't have a lot of meat, but we do prefer to support our local butcher.

 

[Cann]

We've all been there. You're at the grocery store, searching for the perfect piece of meat to cook for dinner tonight. You finally find what looks like the perfect cut and, after carefully inspecting it from all angles, you put it in your shopping trolley and continue on your way.

But when you get home and start preparing your meal, you make a horrifying discovery – that beautiful piece of meat isn't as good as it looked in-store! Suddenly, what was supposed to be a nice evening turns into a disaster.

Unfortunately for one Queensland shopper, that's exactly what happened when she brought home a pack of lamb chops from Woolworths. And she was so disgusted by what she found that she took to social media to warn others about it.

On her Facebook page, the customer shared a photo of a pack of 900-gram Lamb Mid Loin Chops that she purchased from her local Woolies store.

The customer shared this image to demonstrate how the meat tray looked with the label attached. Credit: Facebook.

While the tray of meat initially appears to contain several perfectly cut pieces of lamb, the customer claimed that when she peeled back the plastic film, she was dismayed to find that there was a large piece of fatty meat hiding among the meat.

She complained that since Woolies usually hides the 'off-cuts' somewhere in their meat products, she ends up with meat that is much fattier than she needs.

'The old "Let's hide the crappy meat under the label trick”,' she wrote on her Facebook post. ‘Do better, Woolworths. The cost to feed ourselves is hard enough.’

A Woolworths spokesperson has already released a statement regarding the incident, saying that the supermarket is disappointed by the customer's experience.

The spokesperson said: 'We pride ourselves on providing high-quality meat cuts to our customers, and we're disappointed to see this.'

'If our customers are ever disappointed with the quality of our fresh meat, we encourage them to return it to their local store to receive a replacement or a refund.'

The customer insisted that one chop with excessive amounts of fat had been placed under the meat label. Credit: Facebook.

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths customer has taken aim at the supermarket giant over a recent meat purchase.
• The customer claims that one lamb chop which had considerably more fat than the other pieces had been placed under the meat product’s label.
• Woolworths is disappointed by the shopper’s experience and is keen to investigate the matter with its meat supply partner.

It should be noted, however, that Woolworths and other supermarkets around Australia utilise automation to properly position and affix labels on packages of meat, which is possibly why the lamb chop ended up appearing to be hidden and partially covered by the label.

What are your thoughts on this? Should brands be more accountable for the quality of their products and should the issue with Woolworths' meat be taken seriously? Let us know your opinions in the comments below!

Better still buy your meat from your local butcher you can see what you’re buying and the quality is much better compared to the big supermarkets. Sure you may pay a little more we owe it to ourselves to enjoy good quality meat as far as I’m concerned A

 

[SusanHealey01]

I’ve also noticed that some fruit blemishes are covered by those annoying stickers - that’s clearly not done by automation

 

[Fayerae]

We've all been there. You're at the grocery store, searching for the perfect piece of meat to cook for dinner tonight. You finally find what looks like the perfect cut and, after carefully inspecting it from all angles, you put it in your shopping trolley and continue on your way.

But when you get home and start preparing your meal, you make a horrifying discovery – that beautiful piece of meat isn't as good as it looked in-store! Suddenly, what was supposed to be a nice evening turns into a disaster.

Unfortunately for one Queensland shopper, that's exactly what happened when she brought home a pack of lamb chops from Woolworths. And she was so disgusted by what she found that she took to social media to warn others about it.

On her Facebook page, the customer shared a photo of a pack of 900-gram Lamb Mid Loin Chops that she purchased from her local Woolies store.

The customer shared this image to demonstrate how the meat tray looked with the label attached. Credit: Facebook.

While the tray of meat initially appears to contain several perfectly cut pieces of lamb, the customer claimed that when she peeled back the plastic film, she was dismayed to find that there was a large piece of fatty meat hiding among the meat.

She complained that since Woolies usually hides the 'off-cuts' somewhere in their meat products, she ends up with meat that is much fattier than she needs.

'The old "Let's hide the crappy meat under the label trick”,' she wrote on her Facebook post. ‘Do better, Woolworths. The cost to feed ourselves is hard enough.’

A Woolworths spokesperson has already released a statement regarding the incident, saying that the supermarket is disappointed by the customer's experience.

The spokesperson said: 'We pride ourselves on providing high-quality meat cuts to our customers, and we're disappointed to see this.'

'If our customers are ever disappointed with the quality of our fresh meat, we encourage them to return it to their local store to receive a replacement or a refund.'

The customer insisted that one chop with excessive amounts of fat had been placed under the meat label. Credit: Facebook.

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths customer has taken aim at the supermarket giant over a recent meat purchase.
• The customer claims that one lamb chop which had considerably more fat than the other pieces had been placed under the meat product’s label.
• Woolworths is disappointed by the shopper’s experience and is keen to investigate the matter with its meat supply partner.

It should be noted, however, that Woolworths and other supermarkets around Australia utilise automation to properly position and affix labels on packages of meat, which is possibly why the lamb chop ended up appearing to be hidden and partially covered by the label.

What are your thoughts on this? Should brands be more accountable for the quality of their products and should the issue with Woolworths' meat be taken seriously? Let us know your opinions in the comments below!

For my taste the other chops were to lean but I will admit the fatty chop was to fatty.

 

[Capsam]

We do not buy meat much anymore. Far too expensive. Usually just get something on markdown suitable for a slow cook when we do buy meat. My treat now is to take myself out for a steak on my birthday.

 

[JayKay]

The tray on which that meat is sitting is clear.
At least you could turn it over to check underneath the sticker.
My Woolies used black trays which you can't see through from underneath.
If there are clear trays, they place a big piece of black stuff in the bottom, to soak up the moisture.
I can't see through this either.
I wish Superman would help me with his XRay vision.

 

[margaretritchie48@hotmail]

I don’t buy meat from the supermarkets if I can help it I use the local butcher at least you can see what you are paying for and if you don’t like what you are getter you can always complain.

Could not agree more. The butcher I go to here in Currambine, Perth looks after their customers and meets their needs. If certain cuts not on show will cut fresh for you.

 

[prendyc]

We've all been there. You're at the grocery store, searching for the perfect piece of meat to cook for dinner tonight. You finally find what looks like the perfect cut and, after carefully inspecting it from all angles, you put it in your shopping trolley and continue on your way.

But when you get home and start preparing your meal, you make a horrifying discovery – that beautiful piece of meat isn't as good as it looked in-store! Suddenly, what was supposed to be a nice evening turns into a disaster.

Unfortunately for one Queensland shopper, that's exactly what happened when she brought home a pack of lamb chops from Woolworths. And she was so disgusted by what she found that she took to social media to warn others about it.

On her Facebook page, the customer shared a photo of a pack of 900-gram Lamb Mid Loin Chops that she purchased from her local Woolies store.

The customer shared this image to demonstrate how the meat tray looked with the label attached. Credit: Facebook.

While the tray of meat initially appears to contain several perfectly cut pieces of lamb, the customer claimed that when she peeled back the plastic film, she was dismayed to find that there was a large piece of fatty meat hiding among the meat.

She complained that since Woolies usually hides the 'off-cuts' somewhere in their meat products, she ends up with meat that is much fattier than she needs.

'The old "Let's hide the crappy meat under the label trick”,' she wrote on her Facebook post. ‘Do better, Woolworths. The cost to feed ourselves is hard enough.’

A Woolworths spokesperson has already released a statement regarding the incident, saying that the supermarket is disappointed by the customer's experience.

The spokesperson said: 'We pride ourselves on providing high-quality meat cuts to our customers, and we're disappointed to see this.'

'If our customers are ever disappointed with the quality of our fresh meat, we encourage them to return it to their local store to receive a replacement or a refund.'

The customer insisted that one chop with excessive amounts of fat had been placed under the meat label. Credit: Facebook.

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths customer has taken aim at the supermarket giant over a recent meat purchase.
• The customer claims that one lamb chop which had considerably more fat than the other pieces had been placed under the meat product’s label.
• Woolworths is disappointed by the shopper’s experience and is keen to investigate the matter with its meat supply partner.

It should be noted, however, that Woolworths and other supermarkets around Australia utilise automation to properly position and affix labels on packages of meat, which is possibly why the lamb chop ended up appearing to be hidden and partially covered by the label.

What are your thoughts on this? Should brands be more accountable for the quality of their products and should the issue with Woolworths' meat be taken seriously? Let us know your opinions in the comments below!

I have found that myself, I don't buy meat from Woolies anymore, they put all the fatty meat on the bottom, I found an honest guy who sells farm killed meat, top quality, you pay more but it's better than paying for fat