Strollerderby

Then Whole Foods should be fined up the yin-yang. So often when I go in there, I find something that is expired. I always tell someone, and they act like it is no big deal.

In fact, my mom went to buy some milk at a Whole Foods, and the expiration date was about 2 months in the future. She couldn't believe it, so she asked someone, and they told her that their printing machine made a mistake, and they were all mislabeled. That is, the product actually expired in June, but was marked as expiring in July. She looked at them for a while, and finally said "so you are going to remove all of these from your shelf, right?" She really had to push it with the manager before he agreed. I could understand them relabeling them, but how dangerous to have something that people think is still good but is actually expired?

I actually stopped shopping there for this reason. It's like they think they have this halo around them because they sell organic products.

What are the actual risks of expired milk and eggs? I mean, I never look at the date (hello, food waste) - if it smells OK, I use it, if it doesn't, I pitch it.  What's the issue if you have milk past the expiration date that smells OK? Are there actual risks here, or just hyperconsciousness about germs? Not in defense of Rite Aid, just curious how real the issue was.  

how do they keep track of expirations these days?  i would imagine that with all the staffing cuts, that part of their job requirement (physically looking at expirations as i had to when i worked retail way back when)takes a back burner.

sorry to say i'm not surprised and i'd advise everyone to look at expirations for themselves (unless you go by smell!)  

my best friend's 19 year old daughter works at Rite Aid and she said she told her floor manager countless times about expired items and was advised to mind her business and "focus on her job" as a cashier. so i'm not at all surprised by this story. sad...

Sarah Nash

typically, the items stocked are not out of date initially, but it's someone's job to, say monthly, inventory certain sections.  not to scare anyone, but i now work in a hospital where we also have to do this with meds and you'd be surprised at how many expired things we find in our pharmacy (including automated dispensing machines).  again- you have to take matters into your own hands and look for yourself.  hospitals get cited all the time for this stuff.

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