- Spar workers from more than a few branches in Pretoria went viral after exposing alleged malpractices at their place of work
- One employee alleged that she was once pressured to prepare dinner rotten meat, whilst another claimed that she used to be forced to repackage rotten meat
- South Africans referred to as for Spar to be boycotted until motion has been taken
- Spar instructed Briefly News that they are investigating the allegations
Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News's present affairs journalist, presented protection of present affairs and societal problems during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News.
Spar staff spilt the tea on the retail giant's alleged unhygienic practices. The workers detailed prctices like how they were forced to prepare dinner meals that used to be already expired and how they might allegedly be punished through now not getting paid for not following directions. South Africans have been surprised via Spar's alleged misconduct and referred to as for the store to be investigated.
Spar workers allegedly prepare dinner rotten meat
@kasilifestylemakers6 posted videos on TikTok where employees at Spar in Karen Park in Tshwane protested. The staff had been allegedly protesting in opposition to their supervisor. They shared chilling details about how the employees would allegedly be forced to prepare and sell expired food and how they might allegedly ship those foods to orphanages.
In the video, an worker who labored on the butchery claimed she would allegedly wash rotten meat prior to repackaging it. She complained that some of the food would be taken to orphanages where they might cook the meals. Watch the video:
In every other video, a former employee who worked on the Spar in Sinoville claimed that she used to prepare dinner rotten food. They would allegedly wash the food with vinegar and recook meat that was once already cooked. She also claimed that she was once as soon as fined for customers now not buying rotten meals. Watch the video here:
Spar reaches out to Briefly News
Spar showed with Briefly News that they're conscious about the incident.
"The SPAR Group is aware of the allegations brought against retailer Chris Giannacopoulos and his SPAR stores in Sinoville and Karen Park, Pretoria. The SPAR Group does not condone selling expired food of any kind and is working with Mr Giannacopoulos as we look into the allegations. "We will have to take care of the perfect ethical and professional standards that have defined the SPAR emblem for over 60 years, and we remain dedicated to upholding those principles all the time. We do not have any further knowledge at this level," Spar said.Mzansi angry at Spar's alleged misconduct
Netizens were shocked and speechless at the allegations. More former employees complained about the manager, who is identified as Chris.
Wrong turn wrote:
“So Malema was right again about the expired food in Spar.”Kamolydia added:
“All Spars cross SA are like this. The employees are not allowed to join any union or registered for UIF.”Keorapetse R shared:
“I used to work for him at his other Spar in Wierda Park, and everything she says is true.”Prof20221 exclaimed:
“Let’s not buy in Spar for just one week.”Fauziah exclaimed:
“I once bought a rotten pie at Spar. Since then, I’ve never eaten a pie again.”Spar to investigate rotten food sold at Randfontein store
In a similar article, Briefly News reported that the Spar in Randfontein trended for allegedly selling rotten meat at their shop.
Pictures on the retailer showed rotten frozen meat in their cooler room and other expired meals being taken off the shelves. A Spar representative stated they might examine those allegations, and South Africans shared horror stories of working at Spar.
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