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In reply to the discussion: Check the expiration dates when you shop [View all]Festivito
(13,852 posts)48. Yup. Expired goods still for sale make the seller a little more money
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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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
Local $Tree installed price scanners like Walmart removed a couple years back.
bucolic_frolic
Jun 2025
#7
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
"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
I used to do stocking in Walgreens when I lived in Northern Virginia (2013-2014)
tornado34jh
Jun 2025
#32
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