Expiration Dates?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Exactly.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Exactly.

Thanks for your insight.

I thought I'd say what happened with the mac & cheese, 'cause it sucks.

So, I figure my family won't eat it, I mean, they hadn't so no way would they turn around and eat them up now. So. We put them in the trunk and headed over to my moms; a lot of people live there so we figured it would go fast.

Headed over. Never made it. Forgot it in the trunk. No longer the cool, dry, place. It was during those horribly hot days. I figured at that point to toss it.

Yeah, I think they change things to make us toss it out and buy more. That sucks. But, I had a thought, how do we know that the old rules still apply? How about the unscrupulous companies that decide to use old ingredients at the factory, things that would make the items expire really around their expiration date?

I have heard that before about a lot of things, canned goods, film, well, different things.

I do feel better about some of the food I have that have expired. I have a brownie mix....yummmmm....so that means I get to make them. :0)

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Now I've been seeing the ridiculous ice cream thing. 1.75 qt., not EVEN a 1/2 gallon, being replaced with 1.5 qt. containers, sitting in the freezer next to each other, at the same price! This sort of "maybe the customer won't notice" bullsh!t drives me crazy.

The incredible shrinking shampoo bottles...

Went to Target to pick up some shampoo. The end-cap was a "buy 2 and save" display, so I grabbed what I was looking for then noticed the bottles look really small. Went over to the shampoo aisle and saw the regular size bottles, previously 17oz were now 13oz. Same price. The 17oz bottles were listed as a "bonus size". The "buy 2 and save" were 8 oz each.

Ended up with "family size" with a $2 off coupon, which made them cheaper than the "bonus size".

I heard Proctor and Gamble will be raising prices between 2% and 16%.

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I bought 2 packages of fridge and freezer baking soda. It says "replace every 30 days". The old packages say replace every 3 months.

I didn't realize the formula for baking soda could change like that

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Exactly.

And this was the fridge and freezer type. Not even used in food.

Oh, and MW - don't sweat the dates. If it doesn't look/smell gross it should be fine. Things don't go bad on midnight of the date on the box. Hell. my canned and dry goods are next to my washer and dryer. That area gets pretty warm once a week.

[MouseWife]

True, we keep our canned goods out in the garage by the dryer line, sweaty!

But, I've been trying to keep more inside. We've cleaned up some cupboards to accomodate more inside.

It does suck about the sizes. I need to look again at the toothpaste....last time I had a funny feeling about them but was in a hurry.....