Trader Joe's milk going bad early

[Anonymous]

Careful with their fruit too. I used to buy their bags of oranges and then had two times when I noticed that half of them had mold or rot on them the day I purchased them. I love their packaged stuff but don't use them much for produce anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I won't buy milk there either. Giant all the way

My organic milk from giant was bad this morning with 1/4 left and a date of March 11th.
I also bought 2 packages of rotten organic chicken there a few weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

Actually TJs milk lasts a week longer than my Giant milk bought on the same day. So we always buy TJs. We use TJs Reston though, so maybe your stores are different.

[Anonymous]

Weird, this thread is timely. I usually buy my milk at Safeway but bought at TJ's this weekend and my 7-year-old won't drink it. Says it tastes funny. It only smells a little bit off to me but I had to go buy more milk at Safeway. Won't buy at TJ's again!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And about bread spoiling quickly: it's because they use fewer preservatives! Have you ever made your own bread? It molds very quickly.

Our homemade sourdough bread lasts 2 weeks on my counter at room temperature without mold. Something else is going on with TJs.

[Anonymous]

I don't think the milk at TJ's is ultra pasteurized. Ultra pasteurized milk is shelf stable and has very little taste, where as milk that is just pasteurized has more of a taste, will will go bad faster.

[Anonymous]

I have only shopped at TJ a handful of times, and two of those times found mold upon opening the package at home; yogurt and cheese. I have heard complaints from many people IRL of similar experiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And about bread spoiling quickly: it's because they use fewer preservatives! Have you ever made your own bread? It molds very quickly.

Our homemade sourdough bread lasts 2 weeks on my counter at room temperature without mold. Something else is going on with TJs.

This. I make 3 ingredient bread that last weeks on the counter.

[Anonymous]

We shop a lot at Trader Joe's, and the milk ALWAYS is bad within a week. Some of the produce goes bad quickly too, like cut squash. My fault for wanting convenience!

Like most of their stuff, but ugh!

[Anonymous]

Produce is hit or miss. I've always had really good luck with their dairy, but we go through milk quickly. Bread is fine too, I always keep bread in the fridge though.

You save loads of money on sauces and meat at TJs. It's WAY cheaper there than at Giant or Safeway. A marinade will cost you $3-6 at a regular grocery will be $1.50 at TJ's.

But actually it's better if the rest of you stay away. More for me!

[Anonymous]

We have been buying milk primarily at TJs in Rockville or Bethesda for about eight years and I've never had a container go bad earlier than I'd find normal - typically we buy on the weekend and finish by the next weekend, and it's always fine for the week. This is the non-organic, non-shelf-stable regular milk. Yes, if I keep a container for more than a week after opening it does turn. But that's my experience with every other place I've bought (non-shelf-stable, not ultra-pasteurized) milk, so I buy in amounts we can consume within a week. And I can definitely smell sour milk and have zero tolerance for its taste.

The PP complaining about Giant milk having gone bad despite having a March date - you realize that date is for un-opened containers, right? Once you've been opening and closing the container, the milk is going to spoil faster than when it was in sealed, nearly aseptic form.

[Anonymous]

FYI shelf stable / ultra pasteurized milk doesn't last any longer than regular milk once it's been opened. (And it's no longer shelf stable.) I don't have any health objections to it but I think it tastes funny compared to regular milk, which is why I like TJS--they are the only organic milk that is NOT ultra pasteurized.

I'v never had a problem with it going bad in <1 week. Longer than that and I usually toss milk anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot stand Trader Joes and honestly don't know why people shop there. We try to eat healthy, and it's basically a mecca of packaged junk food.

Is is all too salty for us. I get why people like it because it's one step above the basic grocery store (fewer crappy ingredients ) but it's way over salted.
And they have had plenty of mass recalls too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have been buying milk primarily at TJs in Rockville or Bethesda for about eight years and I've never had a container go bad earlier than I'd find normal - typically we buy on the weekend and finish by the next weekend, and it's always fine for the week. This is the non-organic, non-shelf-stable regular milk. Yes, if I keep a container for more than a week after opening it does turn. But that's my experience with every other place I've bought (non-shelf-stable, not ultra-pasteurized) milk, so I buy in amounts we can consume within a week. And I can definitely smell sour milk and have zero tolerance for its taste.

The PP complaining about Giant milk having gone bad despite having a March date - you realize that date is for un-opened containers, right? Once you've been opening and closing the container, the milk is going to spoil faster than when it was in sealed, nearly aseptic form.

I have read that milk has ' X amount of hours below 40 degrees C' before it spoils.
Sounds like someone isn't storing it at the right temp consistently

[Anonymous]

trader joe's is the Aldi for people with money and for people who cook using trader joe's food then claim they made it themselves.

crappy food, crappy place.