On the propriety of restaurants refilling Heinz ketchup bottles

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about glass salt and pepper shakers. Do you think they throw those out too when they are empty??

Once saw a kid licking one (salt). Never touched one again.

That was my kid. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Only did it in American restaurants. Other cuisines don't use ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard as much.
OP, nobody is trying to trick you. Most know those bottles are being refilled.
I actually don't have horror stories to tell you all. The chef makes sure all is clean and nobody messes with his food. All food is labelled, dated and properly store. We are not allowed to touch our face and hair. We have hand sanitizer on every corner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was at this restaurant that has 14-oz glass Heinz ketchup bottles on the tables. I think when restaurants place these bottles on the tables the message is that these are new bottles of ketchup and they will be disposed of when they are empty. I could tell they were refilled because 1) they were filled to the brim unlike new bottles, 2) there were air bubbles in the bottles unlike new ones, and 3) the top where the lid screws on was gunky with dried and partially blackened ketchup around the glass threads.

I told the server the food and drink were good but that they were putting on airs by representing the ketchup as new. She said they refilled them from bulk Heinz containers, and she does it sometimes. I believe her -- it tasted like Heinz. But, it seems unethical and deceitful to me. What do you think?

There is something wrong with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only did it in American restaurants. Other cuisines don't use ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard as much.
OP, nobody is trying to trick you. Most know those bottles are being refilled.
I actually don't have horror stories to tell you all. The chef makes sure all is clean and nobody messes with his food. All food is labelled, dated and properly store. We are not allowed to touch our face and hair. We have hand sanitizer on every corner.

wait, what? have you not traveled out of the US? I could not believe it when I lived in Sweden, they loooove consuming an entire pasta dish that is drowned in ketsup. Yes, ketsup as the sauce and that is all. They also love dunking their meatballs in ketsup. Even for this ketsup loving American, their ketsup consumption was nauseating.

Oh and for Mayo, holy sweet baby Jesus....the Germans and French and their mayo. Vats of it down the hatch with fries.

https://ladyofthecakes.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/who-eats-the-most-mayonnaise-ketchup-mustard/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Marrying the ketchup! Had completely forgotten about this task. 15 years past my last waitressing job.

And I thought corporate america had the lock on stupid terms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't even imagine assuming that each bottle of ketchup in a restaurant is new.

Or thinking that a half-empty bottle of ketchup is gross.

Or thinking that using a bottle of ketchup that someone else touched is gross.

There’s a lot of crazy in this thread. How do you people deal with daily life?

Wow. That's such a strange thing to say.

Not really. There are some serious neuroses on display in this thread. It's making me feel like I've stumbled into a "Bubble Boy" forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was at this restaurant that has 14-oz glass Heinz ketchup bottles on the tables. I think when restaurants place these bottles on the tables the message is that these are new bottles of ketchup and they will be disposed of when they are empty. I could tell they were refilled because 1) they were filled to the brim unlike new bottles, 2) there were air bubbles in the bottles unlike new ones, and 3) the top where the lid screws on was gunky with dried and partially blackened ketchup around the glass threads.

I told the server the food and drink were good but that they were putting on airs by representing the ketchup as new. She said they refilled them from bulk Heinz containers, and she does it sometimes. I believe her -- it tasted like Heinz. But, it seems unethical and deceitful to me. What do you think?

I always thought the message that ketchup bottles were supposed to send was "order some fries with your meal". Have I really been wrong my whole life?

[Anonymous]

The place I once worked at didn't marry them, we refilled them. And you were supposed to refill them during your shift if it was slow...someone got fired for never refilling his ketchup during slow times.

[Anonymous]

Whatever. As long as it's heinz and a bottle instead of a ramekin, we're cool.

Just don't stick your knife in to get the ketchup out, or, worse yet, stick the knife in, use the knife to spread on your burger, and then put your knife back in the bottle after touching your food with it.

[Anonymous]

So gross are these bottles in general, touching, as they inevitably do, the coughed on French fries of prior patrons.

[Anonymous]

Hey just get your own.

https://www.amazon.com/Squeeze-Condiment-Tomato-Ketchup-Gram/dp/B00CCTDDHY


Or you can really waste some money and get room service.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B018N2JBQK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1534081114&sr=8-1&keywords=room+service+ketchup&dpPl=1&dpID=41h4D3fKGoL&ref=plSrch


But for the most fun just carry one of these bad boys with you. Spin that open and all your kids can double dip!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FIUCBJK/ref=mp_s_a_1_7_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1534081190&sr=8-7&keywords=bulk+ketchup&dpPl=1&dpID=41WAWDALgCL&ref=plSrch&dpPl=1&dpID=41WAWDALgCL&ref=plSrch

[Anonymous]

We refilled ketchup bottles when I waited tables. It was called “marrying” the ketchups. We had to make them look new though (not fill to the brim, wipe inside and out), and management checked that very carefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So gross are these bottles in general, touching, as they inevitably do, the coughed on French fries of prior patrons.

Yep, definitely stumbled into a "Bubble Boy" forum...

[Anonymous]

I worked in a restaurant where the owner had us fill Heinz ketchup bottles with some cheap knock off. Customers noticed and complained.

[Anonymous]

I worked at a ski hill restaurant in the mid 90s. I remember opening cases of brand new empty Heinz glass bottles and filling them with food service ketchup. The head chef just laughed at my shock. These came straight from Heinz. Only brand I refuse to buy because of this shadiness. Don’t know if they still do this and don’t care. They will never get my money. I realize this is an old thread but felt like unloading anyway. Thanks!