Is it safe to buy discount or salvage groceries?
As people shop at my store I see two kinds of people. Customer A may look for an expiration date and never buy anything that is out of date at all. Customer B either, never looks at these dates or simply makes sure the item is not more than a year out of date. Expiration Dates There is a little confusion about these dates. The only things Federally required to be discard on certain dates are baby formula and baby foods. Other items with dates like best if used by and use before or best flavor if used by dates are put there by the manufacturer. This is done to either cause the grocer to price food so it sells or as a means to rotate stock. Most of us have out of date foods in our cupboards we’ve been consuming over the years without realizing it. Some things like milk and potato chips do go stale after going past their expiration by a few days or a few weeks. Canned foods usually last a long time past these dates as do many boxed foods. What about dented cans? Usually a small dent is no
