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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Twice I've brought home strawberries from the Old Town WF and the next day they were covered in mold. Now, we buy and eat the berries the same day we buy them.  Agree about the fish comment too. Even the frozen fish smelled "off" when we defrosted it. We do almost all of our shopping at WF because it has what we need, but I've learned to be really careful about my purchases and check each item for spoilage. PITA. [/quote]

This is a strawberries problem, not a WF problem.  Strawberries have an EXTREMELY short shelf life.  Most of WF's strawberries come from Watsonville, CA.  Even if they fly them here - which they don't - the strawberries are on their way to bad before they even get to DC.[/quote]

I posted the strawberries comment. I understand that strawberries mainly come from CA and are a delicate fruit, but I seem to have bigger problems with the WF berries than when I buy the exact same, organic brand from Safeway (sometimes for less!). I came back on here because I just opened a jug of fresh concord grape juice, with an exp date of 10/16/11, and was greeted with a strong alcohol smell and juice fizzing out the top. Clearly, there was a refrigeration issue with this product, since it seems to have fermented well ahead of it's "use by" date. Frustrating and with a two year old and constant morning sickness, I never seem to remember to take these products back to the store or tell management about the issue. Oh, and someone asked "why not just shop at TJ's?"---their exp dates are even sooner than WF! I've had more issues with spoiled produce, meat, and bread there than at WF. Like someone upthread said, I think it's because lots of Old Town shoppers are buying small amounts of specialty foods to eat for lunch or for dinner that night, so there isn't great turnover of produce, meats, loaves of bread, larger sizes of milk, etc. Will have to say that a point for TJ's is that they are wonderful about returns. Again, I almost never remember to take something back, but the few times I have, they have been awesome about it. [/quote]

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