Am I a dirty cheating *******?

[93Devil]

The Sweet Tea will kill you if the milk doesn't.

It's ok what you did. Big families buy the front stuff because they gobble it up so fast.

I'm guessing you are single.

Why would you purposely buy older bread or milk if you could reach back and get fresher stuff -- even if you're going to eat it in the store?

If you are a 5-3 woman with two kids who always need watching, are you going to grab way back to get an extra day's life out of bread when it will be gone in 2-3 days anyway?

My wife only drinks skim milk (goes bad faster than whole milk) in the gallon jugs and it never goes bad. And she is psychotic about exp dates.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

And all this time I was thinking that reaching around for the fresh stuff was more of a boots thing.

 

[spup1122]

They put the oldest stuff up front because if it gets to the day of expiration, they have to eat the cost. So you're better off digging unless you know you're going to use all of it that day.

 

[Fourth and 8]

Never fear. Said store will have a "Reduced For Quick Sale" campaign for all those fronted items this afternoon.

Reminds me of Archie Bunker the other morning on TV Land. Edith told him the dented cans are two cents cheaper. Archie went to hardware, picked up a hammer and began denting every can in her basket.

 

[Clever username]

http://www.moviewavs.com/0095461785/MP3S/Movies/Clerks/pissyouoff.mp3

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

http://www.moviewavs.com/0095461785/MP3S/Movies/Clerks/pissyouoff.mp3

... the ladies that go through every gallon of milk looking for that later date as if somewhere beyond all the other gallons is a container of milk that won't go bad for, like, a decade.

Edit: I think this means F_B is a Milk Maid.

 

[rallen13]

"Reduced for Quick Sale" items are not to be feared. Just Monday, I went to Kroger's and saw freshly cut and cored pineapple slices from the deli marked for quick sale at just $ .99, instead of the regular price of $2.99. I bought it, took it home and topped some Hawaiin style chicken with part of it, then took the rest to work with me Tuesday to have with cottage cheese with my lunch. Got two meals worth uf use out of a $ .99 item that showed a "Best Used By" date of Wednesday, Oct. 3, Wednesday. It was very fresh and juicy. No prob.

 

[Fourth and 8]

If you have kids, "reduced for quick sale" becomes part of your standard diet.

 

[TwoGloves]

Back when I was a bit younger, me and my unemployed roommate would often dine on what we liked to call "old meat." One grocery store nearby always had about-to-expire meat so we'd pick it up cheaply, take it home and immediately cook it. These days? Not so much.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I do the same thing - with beer.

When I buy beer, I always dig through the cooler to find the most recently packaged beer.

 

[BRoth]

I went to the supermarket today and did my weekly shopping.

But instead of taking the first loaf of bread off the shelf, I reached into the back, checked the expiration dates, and grabbed the freshest loaf.

I did the same for the gallon of soy milk I purchased and for the bottle of Arizona Sweet Tea.

Instead of playing by the rules, I "gamed the system." Does that make me a dirty cheating *******?

Just wondering.

I believe this simply makes you a middle-aged woman. However, I did immediately think of the milk maid.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Why don't you try eating on $21 a week instead?

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/202535

 

[HoopsMcCann]

They put the oldest stuff up front because if it gets to the day of expiration, they have to eat the cost. So you're better off digging unless you know you're going to use all of it that day.

or because it's usually stocked from behind

 

[BYH]

I have soy milk. The doctor says the real kind could kill me.

That was outstanding.

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

Doesn't soy milk last forever? I bought a half gallon last week and it doesn't expire until the middle of November...

 

[spup1122]

They put the oldest stuff up front because if it gets to the day of expiration, they have to eat the cost. So you're better off digging unless you know you're going to use all of it that day.

or because it's usually stocked from behind

Actually, no. That's how it works. I used to work at Super Target and they told us to put the stuff that would be expiring the next day in front because it has to get sold or they lose that money.

 

[joe]

Milk is still good a couple of days after the "expiration" date. And if you wait long enough, it makes cottage cheese, so you get two food items for the price of one.

 

[Joe Williams]

Wife and I disagree on this: I say the expiration date actually is a "buy by" date, and that even if it isn't, the stuff is good up to that date at least. She says that, once opened, the stuff (whatever it is) gets stale or sour or old or inedible faster, I guess because the air hits it and bacteria begins. So she throws out stuff 2-3 days before I would give up on it.

What d'ya think? A Mars-Venus thing?

 

[Write-brained]

Wife and I disagree on this: I say the expiration date actually is a "buy by" date, and that even if it isn't, the stuff is good up to that date at least. She says that, once opened, the stuff (whatever it is) gets stale or sour or old or inedible faster, I guess because the air hits it and bacteria begins. So she throws out stuff 2-3 days before I would give up on it.

What d'ya think? A Mars-Venus thing?

I'm with you. That's why we have a nose - to sniff whether it's good or not.

 

[buckweaver]

Wife and I disagree on this: I say the expiration date actually is a "buy by" date, and that even if it isn't, the stuff is good up to that date at least. She says that, once opened, the stuff (whatever it is) gets stale or sour or old or inedible faster, I guess because the air hits it and bacteria begins. So she throws out stuff 2-3 days before I would give up on it.

What d'ya think? A Mars-Venus thing?

I'm with you. That's why we have a nose - to sniff whether it's good or not.

Ditto. If it smells like it won't kill you ... drink up.