OT- Expiration Dates

I'm so frustrated with going to the store and when I get home I then realize what I bought has expired!

Over 4th of July I went to the store to get some weigh****chers yogurt for breakfast; when I got home I just happened to look at the package and it had expired on 6/8/2008 almost  a MONTH before I bought it.

This weekend my husband went to a different store and bought me a 4-pack of weigh****chers yogurt and I went to have it for breakfast yesterday and that too had expired 2 days BEFORE he bought it. 

The last straw was last night I had found this really good SF Black Forest pudding at the store on Sunday and I was looking forward all day to having some for dessert last night.  I happened to look on the package and couldn't believe it that had expired on 7/8/2008 that is FIVE days before I bought it. 

I wrote an email to the grocery chain that this keeps happening at in hopes they will look at the products on their shelves more closely. 

 

That is so frustrating Kathy and I know what you mean! Yogurt does not agree with me, but my DH likes Bryer's yogurt with the granola cups on top (he won't eat anything else). It must not be a big seller at the grocery store we go to because it is often expired when I try to buy it. I look at EVERY single yogurt container before I put it in my cart because I expect that it will be expired. It sounds like you will be doing the same thing.

The same thing has happened to me - almost always with some sort of cheese.  Shredded, cottage, block, you name it.  I no longer buy cheese without examining it - not just the expiration date, but looking it over good!  I've found blocks of cheese that are well within their expiration date, but that had mold on them.  Ugh... 

When it happened once, I blamed the store.  After the second and third times, I decided I had to take some of the blame myself, for NOT paying closer attention! 

It IS rather disgusting, tho - you'd think they'd check those things every time they stock a product!

I have had that happen to me before too. I have taken things back to the store that I bought them from. They've just given me a new one. Never a big deal to them. Just a thought.

My husband gets so mad over stuff like that. He takes it back receipt or not and tells them to check their stock. He often will call any 1-800 # on the product and complain. He always seems to get free coupons for new stuff.

I guess I'm just going to have to be more careful at looking at things in the store.  I use to hate grocery shopping but since surgery I've become more involved and paying closer attention to nutrition info so just have to add this to one of things I look for.

I guess the other part that makes me frustrated too is that my husband delivers a popular brand of bread to these same grocery stores.  He's in charge of stocking the shelves of his brand and clearing the expired stuff off the shelves.  He makes sure nothing is beyond its date if he didn't these same stores would be so angry at him.

Kathy~I was running into this problem with my co-op and so I switched back to regular grocery stores. I know what you mean about getting your hopes up to have something and then it is bad. If you happen to know specific dates and such you might want to documet and bring it to the manager of the store this is happening at so they are aware of the problem. Hopefully you are able to find some good food that isn't expired.

It sounds like someone isn't doing they're jobs. The stockers need to check the dates too. That particular product must not be a good seller if it sits that long. Keep calling and taking it back...with gas prices that can be spendy too.

I always check dates on everything. That is why it takes me so long to shop!

Hugs, connie d