Expired food in stores...

[judymd]

big pet peeve and the local store managers know it!

[jkljkl]

Walmart is really bad about selling expired products. I have to remember to check everything there. Kroger here puts things nearing expiration on Manager's Special and usually half off or more.

Kroger's is very good about selling products before they expire. They usually have a huge clearance section with marked-down food. I love shopping at Kroger's.

[Abbybob]

I love shopping at Ralphs (a Kroger store) b/c they mark down all the near expired's down 50%+.

I buy a lot of meat on mark down and freeze it asap. It's pretty much the only way we get to eat meat.

[Doglover8180]

One of my stores will give you a free item if you find an expired item on the shelf. I found dog food that had expired 2 years earlier, I was amazed.

That's cool that you get something free if you find something expired... what's the free item?

[Doglover8180]

I went to Stop and Shop today and while granted, the eggplant were on the reduced produce rack...they were as fuzzy and moldy as could be! I think they were the same ones that were on the rack on Friday. When I mentioned it to the older gentleman stocking shelves nearby he looked at me blankly...that's it, just looked at me. He said absolutely nothing! S&S lured me in with a gas points promo last week, but I'm right back to Shaws. S&S has miserable, horribly un-helpful employees. They were the same at the check out. When I asked the cashier if it was cancel for credit his response was "whatever"....went well w/the nasty hickey on the baggers neck <blech>

This gets me - it was on markdown - so clearly they knew it was expiring soon - why not check those items - when it clearly has recently been marked down - so they should watch those extra closely. With the way stores should be moving product and re-stocking.... there shouldn't be expired stuff on the shelf - certainly not items growing things... it's one thing if something just expired... but a year out or several months is ridiculous - because that means some stocker handled that gross expired food multiple times as they shuffled it around during re-stocking... they should be checking whats on the shelf and it's dates when putting more items on the shelves.