Market Basket is Selling Food 5 Days Old.

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I was at Market Basket today and was going to buy a small pizza and wanted to see what the expiration date was and could not it find any of the boxes. I notice that the price tag was in the same place on all the boxes and lift one up
the expiration date was 7/23/11 on all the boxes of pizzas. MB was covering the old expiration date with the price tag! I told a woman that worked behind the deli and she removed all the old pizza. I would not had mind if MB had been honest about the expiration date being old but hiding it was wrong. There was no way you could see want the whole pizza looked like until you got home and open the box. They sell day bread and they tell you that it a day old but 5 days old food is pushing it.
 
Shop at a more popular store where food moves. My grocery store is very popular and I've never gotten any bad food there.
 
sallylou said:
Shop at a more popular store where food moves. My grocery store is very popular and I've never gotten any bad food there.
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MB is a popular store , Shaw's is not doing very good after they had a strike out here. We only have MB and Shaw's in my city. There a Stop and Shop in the next city but S&S cost a lot more. My city is very small. I would love to see one more store open up here but I do not think the demand is big enough.
 
I do wonder if it was the action of an individual employee. Maybe he/she was too lazy to go put the expired food in claims :P
 
Glenn said:
Don't buy it.
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If it was OK to sell the old pizza it would not had been removed from the shelve.
The fact the MB was trying to hide they where selling old food is dishonest.
I reported it one of the assisted manager and she is going to tell the manager.
 
kristy2078 said:
I do wonder if it was the action of an individual employee. Maybe he/she was too lazy to go put the expired food in claims :P
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You could be right about that. The woman that removed the boxes of pizzas did not like having to extra work.
 
thats the reason i NEVER go to food markets, vege markets are the WORST and its the most popular go figure. Bunch of morons
 
I used to work at a grocery store. I had to stock a salad bar and it was common practice to find decent strawberries out of a box of moldy strawberries or to salvage decent lettuce leaves or stuff like that. My boss insisted on doing that much to my displeasure. I never ate at a salad bar ine grocery store again after that.
 
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That's one of the reasons why I want to go back to California, you know the rest.
 
Grummer said:
thats the reason i NEVER go to food markets, vege markets are the WORST and its the most popular go figure. Bunch of morons
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Then where do buy your dairy products,meat etc. We have a small family owned store here and when I was health aide a few of my clients had the store deliver premade food to them and bread etc, and the store was selling food that going bad to my clients. I know MB does not hire the most smartest people, people that shopped at Shaw's got so fed up with their prices they go to MB instead. One guy said he said $30 a week shopping at MB instead of Shaw's. You're a moron to want to twice a much for veggies and shop at Shaw's. I was trying to tell people they should made sure to check the pull date on food. I see a lot of people not doing this or not making sure got the sale price on an item The cost of food is getting to be so expense, I want to know that the food I am buy in not 5 days old!!
 
Spoiled little kids, aren't we? The average amount of food eaten daily worldwide is about a spoonful of rice. The rest of the world either pig out or starve. :roll:
 
Beowulf said:
Spoiled little kids, aren't we? The average amount of food eaten daily worldwide is about a spoonful of rice. The rest of the world either pig out or starve. :roll:
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I saw been seeing this on Nightly News with Brian Williams , I know we throw away ton of food every day and kids all over the world and right here in USA
go to be hungry or staving to death. I read every grain of rice we throw away could be a meals for a lot of people. Look at all the money that was spent the last space ride , that money could had fed a lot of people!
 
caaraa said:
Is it good?
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Would you like me to send it to you so you can find out?
 
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Don't blame on us, blame the fda and the govt. Make people recycle food rather than throwing in the trash. Some people will waste food that hasn't even touched or eaten. We usually bring home leftovers and eat it later.
 
Beowulf said:
Spoiled little kids, aren't we? The average amount of food eaten daily worldwide is about a spoonful of rice. The rest of the world either pig out or starve. :roll:
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Can you show me statistics on this? I read the difference in caloric intake is North America has about 3500 per person per day, and sub Saharan South Africa is 2000 a day, but I could not find any information indicating the figure you state.
 
Bottesini said:
Can you show me statistics on this? I read the difference in caloric intake is North America has about 3500 per person per day, and sub Saharan South Africa is 2000 a day, but I could not find any information indicating the figure you state.
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I learned this in one of my college classes. That was some time back, but I suppose it is still true today as then. Perhaps someone else could be kind enough to come up with the stats?
 
Different dates mean different things,:

What Types of Food Are Dated?
Open dating is found primarily on perishable foods such as meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products. "Closed" or "coded" dating might appear on shelf-stable products such as cans and boxes of food.

Types of Dates

A "Sell-By" date tells the store how long to display the product for sale. You should buy the product before the date expires.
A "Best if Used By (or Before)" date is recommended for best flavor or quality. It is not a purchase or safety date.
A "Use-By" date is the last date recommended for the use of the product while at peak quality. The date has been determined by the manufacturer of the product.
"Closed or coded dates" are packing numbers for use by the manufacturer.

Safety After Date Expires
Except for "use-by" dates, product dates don't always refer to home storage and use after purchase. "Use-by" dates usually refer to best quality and are not safety dates. But even if the date expires during home storage, a product should be safe, wholesome and of good quality if handled properly and kept at 40 °F or below. See the accompanying refrigerator charts for storage times of dated products. If product has a "use-by" date, follow that date. If product has a "sell-by" date or no date, cook or freeze the product by the times on the chart below.

Foods can develop an off odor, flavor or appearance due to spoilage bacteria. If a food has developed such characteristics, you should not use it for quality reasons.

If foods are mishandled, however, foodborne bacteria can grow and cause foodborne illness — before or after the date on the package. For example, if hot dogs are taken to a picnic and left out several hours, they might not be safe if used thereafter, even if the date hasn't expired.

Other examples of potential mishandling are products that have been: defrosted at room temperature more than two hours; cross contaminated; or handled by people who don't practice sanitation. Make sure to follow the handling and preparation instructions on the label to ensure top quality and safety.

Food Product Dating | USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
 
Mayonnaise sandwich?!

:barf:

(re: favorite food of Great Britain family from gallery above)
 
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