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Romford Masala Bazaar Apologizes for Gender-Separated Free Food Queues

By Drooid · Oct 1, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC · How we work

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Masala Bazaar in Romford handed out free vegetable oil, meat joints and frozen fish for its third anniversary.
Video from August 28 showed men and women forming separate queues while staff distributed the oil.
Store manager Zayuber said the gender-segregated lines were unplanned and resulted from overcrowding during a “power hour”.
A colleague added staff did not direct customers; shoppers organized the queues themselves to speed distribution.

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Masala Bazaar in Romford handed out free vegetable oil, meat joints and frozen fish for its third anniversary.
Video from August 28 showed men and women forming separate queues while staff distributed the oil.
Store manager Zayuber said the gender-segregated lines were unplanned and resulted from overcrowding during a “power hour”.
A colleague added staff did not direct customers; shoppers organized the queues themselves to speed distribution.