Without mentioning the operational delays, the WG Resident reports that some of Tesco’s UK grocery stores have been accused of mislabeling expiration dates and knowingly ignoring other safety procedures:

Tesco, Fresh and Easy’s parent company, allegedly has sold expired food and been fined for violating food safety laws in Britain on several occasions over the past five years, according to a pamphlet being circulated outside one of its Southern California locations, where the chain recently opened it first West Coast store.

The food company was most recently fined in January for selling out-of-date food at five stores in south Wales, according to a BBC News account on Jan. 23.

The news was being spread by protesters outside a Southern California Fresh & Easy, who handed a flier to a visitor from SJ.

“Those incidents have been strictly in the U.K.,” said Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market spokesman Brendan Wonnacott.

Wonnacott said Fresh and Easy has built its American supply chain from scratch.

“We came to the U.S. and built an entire new system,” he said. “Our date coding is very aggressive, even on produce, just so that the customers know when to enjoy items by. It’s pretty extensive.”