Expiration Dates?

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-08-2008, 01:34 PM

Has anyone else been noticing a shorter shelf life for food lately? I don't mean, for instance, organic with fewer preservatives. I mean stores are stocking food that expires more quickly than it used to.

When I started buying Trader Joe's flatbread, I had a good 7-8 days to use it. For the last several weeks it's been hard to find one that doesn't expire in 3 or 4 days. When we miss the market I often buy fruit at TJs, but all of the berries in the middle of the pack are already moldy the day I buy them.

Tom just went to Ralph's and found that all containers of my favorite sour cream was already expired. Fresh salsa from there is hardly good for a week now.

Are people buying fewer groceries in the budget crunch, and thusly they're trying to sell the older ones first? Is it the summer heat? I'm not sure what's going on, but it's getting harder to be value-minded and to avoid wasting all of what I'm buying.

07-08-2008, 01:34 PM	#1
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Expiration Dates? Has anyone else been noticing a shorter shelf life for food lately? I don't mean, for instance, organic with fewer preservatives. I mean stores are stocking food that expires more quickly than it used to. When I started buying Trader Joe's flatbread, I had a good 7-8 days to use it. For the last several weeks it's been hard to find one that doesn't expire in 3 or 4 days. When we miss the market I often buy fruit at TJs, but all of the berries in the middle of the pack are already moldy the day I buy them. Tom just went to Ralph's and found that all containers of my favorite sour cream was already expired. Fresh salsa from there is hardly good for a week now. Are people buying fewer groceries in the budget crunch, and thusly they're trying to sell the older ones first? Is it the summer heat? I'm not sure what's going on, but it's getting harder to be value-minded and to avoid wasting all of what I'm buying.
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