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Retail shelf with expiry-date and batch labels on packaged food and a FIFO stock rotation sign
  • Food service
  • Retail
  • Pharmacy

Expiry Date & Stock Rotation Labelling

Printed prep and use-by dates instead of handwritten tape.

Handwritten date labels fail in three ways at once. They are slow to write during service, they smudge in a chiller, and every member of staff formats them slightly differently. The result is stock discarded early because nobody could read it, or used late because someone guessed.

Printed labels remove the guesswork. The same field appears in the same place every time, legible after a night in the cold.

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Features

  • Dates calculated and printed rather than written by hand
  • Consistent format across every shift and every station
  • Facestock rated for chilled and humid storage

Benefits

  • No ambiguity over a smudged or misread handwritten date
  • Rotation discipline becomes visible at a glance
  • Staff training shortens because the format never varies

How it works

The order matters. Each step removes a decision that would otherwise be made by guesswork further down the line.

  1. Agree the label format: item, prepared date, use-by, and station

  2. Set the printer to calculate use-by from the prep date

  3. Print on facestock and adhesive rated for chilled storage

  4. Reorder rolls on a standing schedule so stations never run dry

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