Abi Jaoudi Supermarket Clarifies Circumstances Around Expired Good

Monrovia – The management of Abi Jaoudi Supermarket says it regrets the distortion of facts concerning the discovery of expired/damaged goods in a segregated warehouse at its Randall Street facility.

According to the management, the company has been operating in Liberia since it was founded by the late Gebran Abi Jaoudi in 1966 and been successfully delivering to clients in various locations quality brands and services with the aim of bringing to Liberia an additional variety of products even during the civil crises. 

“At no time during our operations have we sold, offered or placed on our shelves in the Supermarket neither substandard nor expired goods for sale and have never attempted to recycle expired goods,” the management said in a statement.

The company explained that the expired/damaged goods discovered seen by the Inspector General of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Josephine Davies, were in a separate storage facility awaiting disposal by the Ministry of Commerce, which has the statutory responsibility to do so.

The management: “As a Supermarket involved with the sale of a wide variety of food and other consumable items, we have always been in compliance with international standards and food safety practices among which calls for the separation of current goods from expired/damaged.

 “Indeed, the inspection that was made to the warehouse with expired and damaged goods by the team confirmed the existence of the ‘expired and damaged goods’ in a designated area in the segregated warehouse with visible signs stating that the goods are ‘Not for sale’ but damaged.”

The company reassured its customers of its commitment to Liberian market and announced the opening of a new location in Sinkor.