Tesco reveals meaning behind secret number and letter codes on your produce
manchestereveningnews.co.ukShoppers have been confused by a series of secret letters and numbers printed on food packaging and have been asking what the hidden meaning is.
One shopper, Naomi Willis, posted in the Facebook group Reduce Your Supermarket Spend to ask what the codes could mean. Naomi runs the group with her husband Ricky - better known as Skintdad.
She wrote: "For anyone who works in Tesco, is there a specific name for these codes (A21, F22, D4 etc)? My understanding is that they represent a month and day of the week to help with product freshness." One Tesco employee has revealed how to work out when the produce was put out, to ensure you bag the freshest foods each and every time.
The Express says that Finance Girl Bargains on TikTok shared a video, with the caption reading: “Tesco staff training taught me the higher the number the fresher the product.” The content creator demonstrated on packs of mangetout; the bag on the left had the code A3 versus the bag on the right displaying the code A6.
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