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| ▲ | anticorporate 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I think where the analogy falls apart isn't whether or not there may be expired products on the shelves, it's whether or not the store will make a reasonable effort to make it right and either refund your money or replace the product with one that's known to be good. Most will. Source: I ditched the techpocalypse at the end of 2024 and now happily work at a grocery store. |
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| ▲ | compass_copium 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I feel like supermarkets more or less do tell you this--I get expired crap all the time if I don't check myself. |
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| ▲ | zephen 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Of course, you can do your own due diligence at the supermarket before you part with the cash. | |
| ▲ | DANmode 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Where are you located, generally? |
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| ▲ | kube-system 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| That essentially is the case. Grocery stores make a best effort to remove expired foods but you can often find expired food on the shelf in the US. Go make a stink about it at the customer service desk and they will probably say exactly that. |
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| ▲ | tomcatfish 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | They… will not say that, because they get a large fine if you report them. Every store I've been too has been deeply apologetic when this has happened (a small handful of times in my entire life). | | |
| ▲ | kube-system 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | In a lot of the US it is entirely legal to sell expired food. Near me there are grocery stores that specialize in “close to expiration” food, for a discount. | | |
| ▲ | NekkoDroid an hour ago | parent [-] | | Rewe in germany also has some things discounted when close to expiration as well, but it has a fat red/white label on it indicating it (usually meat products) |
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| ▲ | joecool1029 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Outside of a few states and a few product types (baby formula), they won't be fined. But yes, customer service usually swaps it out. |
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