Will you buy expired food for half off?

[Epic Fail]

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Didn't know there are discount supermarkets that sell expired food for big discount and it's legal to do so, expired dry grocery does look edible most of the time.

 

[FoBoT]

depends on what it is
but my wife wouldn't like it, she is paranoid about that stuff

 

[SlitheryDee]

Absolutely. A considerable portion of my food is expired by the time I get around to eating it anyway.

 

[mh47g]

For myself? Maybe. For my (future) family? Absolutely not.

 

[olds]

n

 

[GagHalfrunt]

There's a lot of food that lasts WAY beyond its sell-by date. You can eat thousands of things without a problem, but you only have to be wrong once. So no.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

My local grocery store marks stuff down when it gets close to the pull date. I got several pounds of turkey lunch meats for a steep discount recently, took it home and threw it in the freezer. I saved an average of $3.00 to $4.00 a pound. None of it was expired.

 

[Born2bwire]

HOMER
Your old meat made me sick!

APU
Oh, I'm so sorry. (pulls out a bucket from under the counter) Please accept five pounds of frozen shrimp.

HOMER
(holds one up and sniffs it) This shrimp isn't frozen! And it smells funny!

APU
(brings out another bucket) Okay, ten pounds.

HOMER
Woohoo!

 

[jlee]

Depends on what it is. Lots of stuff, sure.

 

[HannibalX]

No, I won't.

 

[moshquerade]

depends.... no, if it's any kind of dairy/meat product, but most likely if it's anything else. it's a "sell-by" date, not an "eat-by" date for most things.

 

[Iron Woode]

depends on what the products are.

Dairy? no way.

Dry goods? sure.

fruits and veggies? case by case basis.

 

[Baked]

Canned only.

 

[KarenMarie]

Expired, yes.
Damaged, never.

 

[isekii]

the article mentions someone talking about cereal for 99 cents or upto 1/2 off.

you can get fresh good cereal for 99 cents or 1/2 off just by buying sale items + double/tripled coupons you can clip from newspaper inserts

 

[DrPizza]

Frequently. When I'm at the grocery store, I always check the day old baked goods section. That's about the only time I'll buy things like a pre-baked pie or already baked cookies.

 

[spittledip]

As long as you cook it to boiling point it will be ok. Like road kill. Just pop that dead my excellent compatriot in a pot of boiling water and you got nothing to worry about.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: isekii
the article mentions someone talking about cereal for 99 cents or upto 1/2 off.

you can get fresh good cereal for 99 cents or 1/2 off just by buying sale items + double/tripled coupons you can clip from newspaper inserts

You are correct. But I think the pull of this kind of store is that everything is half price or significantly lower. In normal supermarkets, they have their loss leaders and their sales... then they hammer you on everything else. That equals out savings for the supermarket.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire
HOMER
Your old meat made me sick!

APU
Oh, I'm so sorry. (pulls out a bucket from under the counter) Please accept five pounds of frozen shrimp.

HOMER
(holds one up and sniffs it) This shrimp isn't frozen! And it smells funny!

APU
(brings out another bucket) Okay, ten pounds.

HOMER
Woohoo!

Followed of course by his second ambulance trip.

 

[SludgeFactory]

I'd try old dairy & meat, but only after work on Friday. That gives me a solid 60 hrs to get it out of my system w/o the inconvenience of workplace diarrhea.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Frequently. When I'm at the grocery store, I always check the day old baked goods section. That's about the only time I'll buy things like a pre-baked pie or already baked cookies.

Hell yes. I ain't buyin' no $8 apple pie. $1.99 on the other hand...

Expired Meat - no.
Fruits & Vegetables - if it looks ok, then yes.
Boxed stuff - yes.

 

[ViviTheMage]

as long as it is not meats or anything.

My gfs mom gets lots of 'expired' foods that are perfectly fine for years, they are sealed and stuff.

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: isekii
the article mentions someone talking about cereal for 99 cents or upto 1/2 off.

you can get fresh good cereal for 99 cents or 1/2 off just by buying sale items + double/tripled coupons you can clip from newspaper inserts

i bought four boxes of honey nut cheerios last week for 2.00.

sale: 4/10.00
promo: buy 4 boxes, get 6.00 off instantly (must be on same receipt)
coupon: 1.00 off 3 boxes of GM cereal
store doubles the coupon.

me:

 

[imported_Baloo]

Those are sell by dates, not expiration dates. Many of them are phony. Many dry, canned and bottled goods can last years if stored properly, but those sell by dates are generaly a few days or a few week from when they hit store shelves. Used to be they were only on dairy products, meat, and fresh vegetables, and some prepaed foods such as potato chips, not canned or bottled goods. Now they appear on everything. They started putting them on those other products just a few years ago because they discovered that many consumers are dumb enough to throw out food after the stamped date and buy more, thereby increasing sales of those products. America is the land of waste.

It's legal because they are not expired, there is no laws limiting their shelf life - as if shelf life could be determined by law. That would be like politicians deciding it can only rain on tuesdays.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: freesia39

Originally posted by: isekii
the article mentions someone talking about cereal for 99 cents or upto 1/2 off.

you can get fresh good cereal for 99 cents or 1/2 off just by buying sale items + double/tripled coupons you can clip from newspaper inserts

i bought four boxes of honey nut cheerios last week for 2.00.

sale: 4/10.00
promo: buy 4 boxes, get 6.00 off instantly (must be on same receipt)
coupon: 1.00 off 3 boxes of GM cereal
store doubles the coupon.

me:

Yep.. usually every week they have a deal on cereal, canned soup etc...