Grabbed the Wrong Jar — Just Venting

[Anonymous]

Yesterday I was shopping in a hurry at Whole Foods. I grabbed a large jar — blue top — of chunky peanut butter. I thought it was the same chunky peanut butter — made from peanuts and salt — that I’ve been buying for years. Today I pulled it out to add to my oatmeal with a few chocolate chips, and I noticed that it was different. No oil on top, so no stirring needed. But it also has palm oil, sugar, and molasses in the mix — which is not what I wanted. I’m mad at myself for not reading the label — but I’m also wondering if Whole Foods changed their recipe. I’m hoping they still have the 2 ingredient version — since I’m not nuts about the taste or the additives. Grumble.

Obviously I now need to check more than just the color of the jar lid. And need to read labels — even for products I’ve been purchasing for years.

[Anonymous]

If this is your biggest problem right now, consider yourself very very lucky.

[Anonymous]

Without brand and labels, or info on if the name of the product changed, it’s hard to tell if this was a change in product or you grabbing a totally different jar.

[Anonymous]

Use it to make cookies and feed it to the neighbors.

[Anonymous]

The non natural peanut butter works best for cookies so you could save it for that.

[Anonymous]

That’s annoying. I’d return/exchange it for the right one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s annoying. I’d return/exchange it for the right one.

They're not going to take it back after it's been opened, which I assume is how OP knows they don't like the taste

[Anonymous]

It’s very frustrating. I’ve had the same issue, Whole Foods no longer offers any 365/Whole Foods brands without palm oil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s annoying. I’d return/exchange it for the right one.

They're not going to take it back after it's been opened, which I assume is how OP knows they don't like the taste

I could definitely get them to take it back. It’s all in the phrasing. Wow, having worked at a grocery store when I was 14 is still paying off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this is your biggest problem right now, consider yourself very very lucky.

Older Black female job hunter here. It’s not. It is, however, the one that I have the personal ability to address. I’ll stop there.

[Anonymous]

Is the UPC code the same?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s annoying. I’d return/exchange it for the right one.

They're not going to take it back after it's been opened, which I assume is how OP knows they don't like the taste

OP - yes they will. I just called. The packaging is very similar to the one I’ve always bought. The ingredients are different, and it’s now called “spread” — in tiny letters that I didn’t notice.

[Anonymous]

I had the reverse problem the other day where I grabbed two cans off the shelf and realized they had different labels so I spent 5 minutes scrutinizing them to see what the difference and couldn’t find one— it’s like they just wanted two different colored cans on the shelf.

Wtf people — I don’t need you screwing around with me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without brand and labels, or info on if the name of the product changed, it’s hard to tell if this was a change in product or you grabbing a totally different jar.

The package is virtually identical to what I’ve always bought — and I should have been more specific: Whole Foods brand 365 chunky peanut butter. This is called “spread” — something I only noticed after I tasted it. So it wasn’t a totally different jar. I will go back and see if there is still a similarly packaged jar that’s the original peanut “butter” that I was looking for.

[Anonymous]

Thanks to those of you who suggested cookies! It also might work for flourless banana pancakes.