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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:18:50 AM EDT
[#1]
Walmart?
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:21:43 AM EDT
[#2]
Yes meat &fruit
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:25:20 AM EDT
[#3]
Free protein,
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:25:52 AM EDT
[#4]
Meat and milk is terrible for me. Anything cyrovac'd is a risk I wont take
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:28:43 AM EDT
[#5]
Yep milk and fruit I have noticed
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:30:18 AM EDT
[#6]
Welcome to the world of organic produce!
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:32:39 AM EDT
[#7]
I drink a gallon of milk a week, so no time to go bad.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:36:28 AM EDT
[#8]
Actually the opposite.
When I was a kid 50 years ago milk would last maybe 4 or 5 days now it seems to go at least 10 . Bread would get moldy in a week. Now it's been a long time since I've seen moldy bread, even after 2 weeks . Cheese is the same way. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:36:52 AM EDT
[#9]
yes, with fruit.
Noticed moldy strawberries at the grocery store and pointed it out to an employee. They weren't surprised and said they're seeing this a lot more, stuff is spending so much extra time in transit that its going bad by the time it gets to the store. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:37:23 AM EDT
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I was in the wholesale grocery business for over 35 years. The last 15 years I was in perishables., meat, deli, produce, frozen food. Great pains are taken at wholesale to insure temperature security and maintenance until the product arrives at the retail outlet. Where the problem resides is at store level. Product gets taken off the truck and left in the back room where refrigerated products temp out. Produce products that require refrigeration are left out in the backroom. Today's stocking of shelves goes on during the day so it is visible to all. Frozen product left in boxes of the sales floor while a lone employee attempts to stock the entire department. Same with produce and additionally the snot nosed kids that are replenishing the bins don't know how to rotate product so the newest product is stocked in the front ,and short dated or expired product is in the back. This is not a problem for just Walmart. I see it at Kroger stores, Costco, Sam's Club, Albertsons, and virtually every grocery store. I don't think it is going to get better over time. Check product expiration dates, if there is excessive condensation on a product don't buy it. Complain to the store manager about perishables and produce left out on the floor or outdated or close to outdated.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:37:55 AM EDT
[#11]
Onions and potatoes seem to not last as long as I remember they should.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:41:39 AM EDT
[#12]
Rotten eggs from Fred Meyer on a few occasions. Their Simple Truth brand, specifically.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:43:07 AM EDT
[#13]
I was at Ingle's last weekend, half the produce was already past where I would have tossed it. Can't believe they left it out for sale that long.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:43:14 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Onions and potatoes seem to not last as long as I remember they should. Definitely the potatoes have been a problem. Tupperware makes a special bin that seems to help them keep a few weeks longer. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:47:11 AM EDT
[#15]
More lax protection of the cold chain from supplier to retailer?
Perishables perish faster when they have been kept at the wrong temperature. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:47:22 AM EDT
[#16]
Bananas go from green to brown in about 2 days now.
Avocados might make it 4 days. Have switched to almond milk for most things requiring milk 'cause who the fuck knows if the milk is even good when I buy it at the store now. Fortunately haven't had any issues with my meats or tomatoes. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:48:10 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Welcome to the world of organic produce! Organics typically last longer, lol. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:49:13 AM EDT
[#18]
Anything that comes through customs has been basically expired by the time it hits the shelf for me. I make sure to check origin now and try and stay local as possible, otherwise it goes bad before its even in the fridge.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:49:29 AM EDT
[#19]
The last few months have been bad. Meat and produce both going bad almost immediately. We've tried switching stores from Aldi, Walmart, Schnucks...all seem to going bad way too quickly.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:50:39 AM EDT
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Labor shortages are leading to stock not being kept conditioned quick enough. Noticed deliveries taking longer to be kept in protected storage. Produce and dairy seem to be the main effected items.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:52:42 AM EDT
[#21]
Organic milk might be a better bet since its UHT pasteurized. So it generally lasts longer due to, or at least it used to be, the slower sales rate. We buy Aldi or Costco cartons of only whole milk when we get milk.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:54:02 AM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep milk and fruit I have noticed |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 11:54:40 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I was at Ingle's last weekend, half the produce was already past where I would have tossed it. Can't believe they left it out for sale that long. I see that a lot now at even the bigger name stores here. It used to be a little guy thing (IGA) that got second rate produce and handled it in a second rate fashion and not culling or even reducing for quick sale. This summer ears of corn looked horrible, bins of corn with dried up yellowing husks. Less and less stuff too. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:01:15 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bananas go from green to brown in about 2 days now. Avocados might make it 4 days. Have switched to almond milk for most things requiring milk 'cause who the fuck knows if the milk is even good when I buy it at the store now. Fortunately haven't had any issues with my meats or tomatoes. heres a lpt: tear the bunch of bananas apart when you get them home and lay them out separately, they will ripen more slowly over several days. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:05:59 PM EDT
[#25]
I shop in a big chain food store (Jewel) in a big city.
I've had produce go bad in as little as a day. No shortage of fruits and vegetable, but they aren't that fresh anymore. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:13:37 PM EDT
[#26]
Yep. Product QC is waaaay down, in everything. Stuff that would normally be culled is being packaged & sold. I buy those Clorox tabs that you drop in the toilet tank. EVERY DAMN BOX the tabs are crushed. The box is pristine. The problem is their packaging line is out of sync with their heat sealer and its destroying product. Customer service says 'oh well'. Same for pet food, and just about everything else. Hell even Leupold was selling blem scopes, shit they swept off the floor & assembled just to have something to sell. And went to order from Cajungrocer.com the other day and they are wiped the fuck out. Poor coonasses must be starving.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:16:40 PM EDT
[#27]
Taters,bread,fruit and others go bad a lot quicker.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:18:54 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Walmart? The milk was from walmart. One bag of flour was too. Other bag of flour came from the dollar store. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 12:35:05 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Organics typically last longer, lol. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Welcome to the world of organic produce! Organics typically last longer, lol. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:25:55 PM EDT
[#30]
I've only noticed steaks are not lasting as long in the fridge as before.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:29:15 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The milk was from walmart. One bag of flour was too. Other bag of flour came from the dollar store. Old people get milk and walk through the store talking to people they know and then before they leave they replace the now warm milk with cold milk. My FIL saw that many times at his small town walmart. He switched to family dollar for his milk to solve that problem. My parents would always freeze flower and cornmeal for a few weeks before they used it to kill off any bugs and worms. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:40:01 PM EDT
[#32]
Fruits and veggies from Whole Foods, organics mostly.
We're lucky if any of them will last a week even in the 'fridge. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:46:59 PM EDT
[#33]
Seen it with milk, sometimes spoils fast and then sometimes it goes way past the expiration date
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:51:30 PM EDT
[#34]
Rinse berries in a big bowl of cold water and white vinegar when you get home, then rinse them off and store in jars in the fridge. Will make them last much longer.
The bowl and collander from a salad spinner works great for this. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:53:19 PM EDT
[#35]
I dont shop at shit stores. So no.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:53:47 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Old people get milk and walk through the store talking to people they know and then before they leave they replace the now warm milk with cold milk. My FIL saw that many times at his small town walmart. He switched to family dollar for his milk to solve that problem. My parents would always freeze flower and cornmeal for a few weeks before they used it to kill off any bugs and worms. I was going to post the same thing. I have found a random gallon of milk left on a non-refrigerated aisle from time to time and left to go to room temperature. Figure is was some poors that had a hard choice of buying milk or getting mom a pack of smokes and the milk lost out. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 1:54:42 PM EDT
[#37]
Yes! Mostly fruit and veggies but sometimes meat as well.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 2:09:13 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Organic milk might be a better bet since its UHT pasteurized. So it generally lasts longer due to, or at least it used to be, the slower sales rate. We buy Aldi or Costco cartons of only whole milk when we get milk. It tastes cooked though. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:11:07 PM EDT
[#39]
Our milk doesn’t last for shit, and we drink more than ever. Don’t even drink out of the jug either.
I remember drinking milk a week past expiration in the past, now it spoils a week before. ETA: no problem with meat. Any fresh meat we buy is from a very reputable butcher, but the majority we eat, I shot myself. No issue with tailgate butchered deer, or hung in the garage at 40* or below for a day to two weeks (if temps are lower). The bit of processed meat we will buy (ready to eat sausages) that are smoked and vacuum packed seem to last plenty when in the fridge. |
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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:16:15 PM EDT
[#40]
Check your fridge temp. We had the same problem, and put a thermometer and found temp was about 5° high.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:36:35 PM EDT
[#41]
I've only noticed it with fresh fruits like strawberries, and they're not in season locally so I don't expect them to be all that good. Haven't had any issues with root veggies or dairy products, other than milk being out of stock recently.
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Posted: 12/7/2021 9:58:25 PM EDT
[#42]
Check the temperature in your refrigerator. It may not be cooling as well as it used to.
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Posted: 12/8/2021 12:42:57 AM EDT
[#43]
Aldi milk doesn't last as long. Seems to start to go bad 2-3 days before the use by date.
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Posted: 12/8/2021 12:55:17 AM EDT
[#44]
I've had that problem with Walmart and Sam's Club milk almost every time I bought it. It would be bad three days after I took it home, long before the expiration date. I now buy Kroger or Costco milk, or I will buy the expensive Fairlife milk before either Walmart or Sam's Club.
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Posted: 12/8/2021 1:13:29 AM EDT
[#45]
Yeah. Noticed it after my kids left home.
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Posted: 12/8/2021 1:17:02 AM EDT
[#46]
We started getting Wal-Mart milk going bad a few days after purchase, even though the exp date was a week out.
We quit buying milk there and now get it at Dollar General. No issues. |
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Posted: 12/8/2021 1:22:29 AM EDT
[#47]
Noticing a theme of walmart and dollar store for grocery shopping
 Maybe that's the issue? I typically don't buy in mass quantities. Usually enough food for a week of lunch meal prep then grab fresh stuff for dinners every 2-3 days. |
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Posted: 12/8/2021 1:46:55 AM EDT
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Just threw away a nearly full 1 pound bag of Blue Diamond smoked almonds - Tasted rancid.
And yes, it was purchased from Walmart last week. The solution to expired milk is to get UHT milk instead - It'll keep for months at room temperature, and probably for decades in the fridge.  Attached FileIt's $1 a quart at Dollar Tree. |
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Posted: 12/8/2021 1:52:26 AM EDT
[#49]
My fridges are set to 34 degrees and all of our food is bought in bulk typically. At that temp, whole milk can last for about 2 months if unopened. The only thing that doesn't stay in the fridge more than a week is chicken, to be safe.
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Posted: 12/8/2021 1:56:15 AM EDT
[#50]
Walmart is like the clearing house for all the lowest quality everything. The last few times I bought dairy\meat there it was truly awful fresh from the store. I refuse to buy anything perishable there. In fact I refuse to buy anything there period after they installed those automatic one way cattle doors and facial recognition cameras on their self checkout lanes.
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