FYI Grocery stores are selling expired food!

[Anonymous]

Giant in VA will tell you flat out it's not against the law to sell expired food and they DO NOT pull it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the last month I've noticed quit a bit of food we just bought being expired already! The prices are so high out there already too they are not pulling these off the shelf at either Giant and Harris Teeters. Just be aware to check the dates on the food you are buying no sense in overpaying for expired food.

It’s been like this for years. Guess you just noticed now.

[Anonymous]

Target...Giant...Safeway. All I'm seeing are stores for poor people. Shop at Harris Teeter and this will not happen to you.

[Anonymous]

Safeway never had quality control. They've been selling expired items, forever. I always check the expiration date and once picked up an item that expired 2 years ago. Have not had that issue at Harris Teeter, yet. Speaking of expensive, in Oakland, 1 bottle of Sriracha is 24.99!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Target...Giant...Safeway. All I'm seeing are stores for poor people. Shop at Harris Teeter and this will not happen to you.

Can you read? OP said this was at Harris Teeter.

[Anonymous]

I think some of this is that they don't have enough workers to look through the labels and get rid of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the last month I've noticed quit a bit of food we just bought being expired already! The prices are so high out there already too they are not pulling these off the shelf at either Giant and Harris Teeters. Just be aware to check the dates on the food you are buying no sense in overpaying for expired food.

Most of those expiration dates are artificial and unrelated to food safety.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/expiration-dates.html

You should get a discount, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think some of this is that they don't have enough workers to look through the labels and get rid of it.

I'm just not sure they even care really.

[Anonymous]

Even the non-perishables. I bought some Teddy Grahams at Giant, and as soon as I opened the package it smelled rancid. I checked the date and they had expired two months before. So there may be some truth to these dates, even though I know some food is fine past them.

BTW, I returned them to Giant and suggested they check the shelf for more expired boxes of them. But they didn't seem to really care.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, you especially have to be careful of items that are on sale. For example I was going to stock up on a certain type of chips my kids like because they were on sale but only bought one bag because the expiration date was so near.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Target...Giant...Safeway. All I'm seeing are stores for poor people. Shop at Harris Teeter and this will not happen to you.

It's been happening frequently to me at Whole Foods recently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even the non-perishables. I bought some Teddy Grahams at Giant, and as soon as I opened the package it smelled rancid. I checked the date and they had expired two months before. So there may be some truth to these dates, even though I know some food is fine past them.

BTW, I returned them to Giant and suggested they check the shelf for more expired boxes of them. But they didn't seem to really care.

Hard to believe such a processed food would be rancid after 2 months

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this is a sign of how ridiculously expensive food has gotten that it is just not moving off the shelf. Greedy food companies raised prices too high and people literally aren’t buying. And greedy grocery stores dont pay employees enough so they dont have enough staff to rotate stock.

This is true for me. I have cut back so much and buying cheaper stuff because everything is ridiculously high. I miss Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Target...Giant...Safeway. All I'm seeing are stores for poor people. Shop at Harris Teeter and this will not happen to you.

I guess I’m poor, because I think all of those stores are too expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH and 2 of my DSs work and a local, large-chain grocery store that has a reputation for excellent customer service and products. Like anything that is manual, things get missed. It's highly unlike grocery stores are deliberately trying to pass off expired foods, especially fresh items. In addition to regular inspections by licensing officials, it's a ding on their reputation and consumers are more likely to shop elsewhere.

Whenever you buy something, you should check it for expiration, damage, problems, etc. Doesn't matter if it food, medicines or plants.

I think richest neighborhood supermarkets get the best and freshest products.
What do you think?