Awseome ..massive law suit fraud cometh...ka ching!!!!!!
Over twenty years ago, we went to our little local convenience store (town is about 1/2 hour away), to get a gallon of milk. We found the expiration date of the milk was the day before. The owner, when confronted by the news, said that she knew that and the milk is still good for two weeks after the date. We could see that the milk was curdling in the container, told her so, and she reiterated that it was still good. Needless to say, we drove the 1/2 hour to town.
I notice that many products have a ‘best by’ date, rather than an expiration date.
More here:
http://healthland.time.com/2013/09/18/is-your-food-expired-dont-be-so-quick-to-toss-it/
http://www.nrdc.org/food/expiration-dates.asp
I think it’s a cool idea for some. Hope they’re up on food safety, though.
As anyone that’s worked around the oilfield knows, Bologna is at it’s best when it has a slight green tint to it.
No need to repackage it, I say. I shop regularly at a chain here in CA that always has some stuff past its date right on the shelf and in the meat & cheese section, usually discounted 50% but once in a while 75% and even 80%.
Though I would never pay their claimed “regular price” for most of it — e.g. $4.99 for a pound of bulk Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage — I load up at 99c and have never had a problem. I’ve saved literally hundreds of dollars over what I’d be comfortable paying.
The last couple of weeks there has been a lady outside one of the local convenience type drugstores handing out FREE breads, rolls, etc. from one of the big baking factories in my area. I stopped one night and asked where or how she came by her bounty she was giving away for free. She explained that the bakery could no longer sell it, but it would still be good for quite a while and of course could be frozen for future use. I gladly accepted several assorted loaves and sandwich breads.
Last week she was there again with her bounty of bread, but this time a police officer was there to arrest her. Not because the bread was stolen, because it wasn’t, but because she was handing out “expired” bread. I guess locally here...you can’t even donate expired bread to the food pantry.
As noted I am using the word ‘expired,’ but for bread it is often a best buy date that is in question.
Cows die here and there on the Range at times and are pretty easy to find when getting ripe. I reckon that some Malthusian folks could try competing with the coyotes.
This is the cause of the week. I’ve heard some annoying PSAs on the radio.
Let the little people eat rancid food and enjoy Cuban healthcare.
Happy days are here again.
My brother-in-law pastored a church years ago that ran a food bank. He got all kinds of goods from local grocers - expired or nearly so - to give away at the food bank. You gotta be careful though - he gave me some expired granola bars that when unwrapped had bugs in them.