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Festivito

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48. Yup. Expired goods still for sale make the seller a little more money
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 02:04 PM
Jun 2025

One more place where our freedom to have simple easy trip to a market is lost for a few extra bucks.

That makes their profit margin look better, and the economy as a whole looks better when profits are higher. It is only borrowed for the moment while we think about taking it back to the store for a refund. So, the economy borrows our health and welfare and tries not to pay that debt.

We are overextending ourselves with too much short-term borrowing.

Expired food for sale is just one more in a long list of our borrowing.

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I don't trust anything to be fresh anymore in a store, House of Roberts Jun 2025 #1
I stopped buying Aldo shredded cheese Marthe48 Jun 2025 #2
It's hard to cut the mold off shredded cheese, isn't it? House of Roberts Jun 2025 #6
You're getting more for your money now, too. GoCubsGo Jun 2025 #17
Handy tips Marthe48 Jun 2025 #23
When I buy milk, I have to grab it from the back of the freezer to get an expiry date that's reasonable. Swede Jun 2025 #3
I'm like you on the milk and moniss Jun 2025 #16
With ricotta cheese I just remove the water nuxvomica Jun 2025 #24
With cottage cheese the moniss Jun 2025 #52
My sons and husband Bettie Jun 2025 #20
I've noticed cannabis_flower Jun 2025 #21
This is funny cyclonefence Jun 2025 #51
My observation mirrors yours intrepidity Jun 2025 #55
Especially important on canned goods. bucolic_frolic Jun 2025 #4
I don't buy much canned food Marthe48 Jun 2025 #9
I once asked a DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #15
It's long been known that Dollar Tree will sell expired items. Intractable Jun 2025 #5
Local $Tree installed price scanners like Walmart removed a couple years back. bucolic_frolic Jun 2025 #7
Around here, Southern Florida, some DTs are large and others are small. Intractable Jun 2025 #8
I've been shopping at Dollar General for cleaning supplies Marthe48 Jun 2025 #10
Rebrand it as Money Tree. BattleRow Jun 2025 #19
Been doing Rebl2 Jun 2025 #11
Stores by me have been getting worse and worse about this moniss Jun 2025 #12
I have been involved professionally in stability testing for decades. NNadir Jun 2025 #13
I agree Marthe48 Jun 2025 #22
ran across this issue a couple weeks ago at jewel grocery -- all the cream cheese orleans Jun 2025 #14
This was some years back at Freds, I'd brought up some expired lunchmeat for them to toss... Lancero Jun 2025 #18
The 'expiration date' is entirely made up and meaningless. kiri Jun 2025 #25
Bad Produce DET Jun 2025 #26
Dollar stores are.known for having expired stuff Demovictory9 Jun 2025 #27
"Best if consumed by" dates do not mean the food is no good. Consumer Reports suggests they are usually very Martin68 Jun 2025 #28
I can't believe the expiration rules haven't been erased yet. They'll do it though. BamaRefugee Jun 2025 #29
WTF? You were shopping at the Dollar Tree. Gimpyknee Jun 2025 #30
Those expired items should have been donated Nigrum Cattus Jun 2025 #31
I volunteered at a food pantry. llmart Jun 2025 #41
I used to do stocking in Walgreens when I lived in Northern Virginia (2013-2014) tornado34jh Jun 2025 #32
Right. Most recent in back is not foolproof Captain Zero Jun 2025 #53
Especially important in the voting booth relayerbob Jun 2025 #33
That piece of moldy orange cheese was bad from the get-go not fooled Jun 2025 #34
And most of us can't afford to buy them! Marthe48 Jun 2025 #40
I always do and there's quite a bit of significantly expired stuff Golden Raisin Jun 2025 #35
It's deliberate not fooled Jun 2025 #45
When you end up with an expired item and don't realize until you're home babsbunny Jun 2025 #36
Not sure you should expect much from Dollar Tree Renew Deal Jun 2025 #37
Just An Important Chemical Point ProfessorGAC Jun 2025 #38
I always do...and if it's expired I'll check for any other expired items like it, tell an employee highplainsdem Jun 2025 #39
You really went above and beyond! llmart Jun 2025 #43
Yeah Figarosmom Jun 2025 #42
It's another way of borrowing to keep our economy afloat. Festivito Jun 2025 #44
Did you want to post on my op? Marthe48 Jun 2025 #46
Yup. Expired goods still for sale make the seller a little more money Festivito Jun 2025 #48
Thanks for explaining Marthe48 Jun 2025 #50
Walmart GF bread - a whole box of 8 packages expired in February Ruby the Liberal Jun 2025 #47
Whenever I get any vitamins at CostCo, ... aggiesal Jun 2025 #49
Beware of marinated meat or chicken canetoad Jun 2025 #54
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